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ThatiPhoneKid

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Today I was in Debenhams doing some Christmas shopping when I received a phone call, so I was speaking to someone on my iPhone 11 whilst shopping and someone who was standing next to me started spraying perfume and I could feel the spray on my face, as I could feel the perfume going over me I’m worried some of the perfume must have gotten on my iPhone.

Could this have caused any damage to my iPhone at all? I am very paranoid about liquids getting on my iPhone.
 
Today I was in Debenhams doing some Christmas shopping when I received a phone call, so I was speaking to someone on my iPhone 11 whilst shopping and someone who was standing next to me started spraying perfume and I could feel the spray on my face, as I could feel the perfume going over me I’m worried some of the perfume must have gotten on my iPhone.

Could this have caused any damage to my iPhone at all? I am very paranoid about liquids getting on my iPhone.

No... perfume can weaken the waterproof seals on iPhone, but at this amount I don’t think so.
 
No... perfume can weaken the waterproof seals on iPhone, but at this amount I don’t think so.

Ok thank you!
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No... perfume can weaken the waterproof seals on iPhone, but at this amount I don’t think so.

It was just so annoying and I try my best to not get solvents in my iPhone and this happened, it’s made me worry it could cause cosmetic damage to the phone.
 
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Many ladies I know store it in a handbag filled with leaked perfume and make-up without issue.

Don’t worry about it. A light bit of spray won’t do a thing.

Thank you for this, made me feel better.
I'd be more concerned about the perfume stinking up my phone if it were a scent that I did not find agreeable!

I think it was a nice smell, can’t smell it on my phone though
 
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The only thing perfume (In the context you described it as) could probably have an interaction with would be the Oleophobic coating. But if you have a screen protector on it, then that would be negated.
 
The way water resistance works in a phone is using seals where you can (around the screen, around ports etc). Where you can’t use adhesive seals like speaker grills and mics, you utilise surface tension with making a fine mesh, so water instead of going through, collects into a waterdrop on the surface of the mesh.
This is the reason the phone is rated for only 2-4 meters of depth. Any below that could break this surface tension because of the pressure is higher the deeper you go.
This is also why we won’t probably see IP69 on a phone, that test includes using water jets.

The weak point of this kind of water resistance is that steam can enter the phone easier, so bringing your phone into a steamy room, like bathroom after shower is a no.

It is highly unlikely that a liquid, that is very lightly sprayed onto your phone could actually enter the device.

I assume you use a case and a screen protector. Now even if just a tiny bit, but they still add to the water resistance capabilities.

Just an FYI, I sometimes see old iPhone SEs that got dropped into the bath and pulled out instantly. When I open them for inspection they often don’t have a single drop of water in them. Even though the SE has no water resistance rating, the phone is so tightly built, water has a hard time entering it during that really short time.
 
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Today I was in Debenhams doing some Christmas shopping when I received a phone call, so I was speaking to someone on my iPhone 11 whilst shopping and someone who was standing next to me started spraying perfume and I could feel the spray on my face, as I could feel the perfume going over me I’m worried some of the perfume must have gotten on my iPhone.

Could this have caused any damage to my iPhone at all? I am very paranoid about liquids getting on my iPhone.

I'm fairly certain your phone will be fine. If it was constantly getting sprayed it'd be another story but if it was one or two sprays it'll be fine. It's sealed very tightly anyway so it wouldn't have gotten inside the phone.
 
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I’ve spilled aftershave on my phone (the splash on stuff) I had left it sitting in the spill, I didn’t realise it had spilled near my face down phone. Anyway, it managed to get up in my grill (earpiece). Wiped it off best I could and didn’t affect usage in any way after that. It did stink of Hugo boss for weeks though. IPhone was fine.
 
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Knew who posted this thread before even looking at the author. The answer is no. Just like the answer to nearly all of your “can ____ damage my iPhone?” threads.

Some people are paranoid about it or just have OCD. If you knew this why even go into this thread? Ignore it and move on. Making the OP fears invalid isn’t going to help anybody.
 
A while ago in some other thread the OP did disclose that he actually is dealing with clinically diagnosable OCD, and that this really is not a joking matter for him at all. His concerns and worries are very valid to him and one reason he posts the questions he has done over the years is to maybe get some sort of reasonable insight from others that perhaps he doesn't need to worry so much. Unfortunately this also brings out a lot of ignorance, especially in the form of mocking posts which are not at all helpful. For this member his concerns are very real, and it is not helpful to make fun of him, his other posts or his concerns. Would you make fun of someone who has cancer?

Unfortunately around here it has become all too common for people to casually bandy about the term OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) without really having any understanding of exactly what that means in the clinical sense and that in fact for those who are diagnosed with it this is a very real and difficult situation with which to live on a daily basis.
 
A while ago in some other thread the OP did disclose that he actually is dealing with clinically diagnosable OCD, and that this really is not a joking matter for him at all. His concerns and worries are very valid to him and one reason he posts the questions he has done over the years is to maybe get some sort of reasonable insight from others that perhaps he doesn't need to worry so much. Unfortunately this also brings out a lot of ignorance, especially in the form of mocking posts which are not at all helpful. For this member his concerns are very real, and it is not helpful to make fun of him, his other posts or his concerns. Would you make fun of someone who has cancer?

Unfortunately around here it has become all too common for people to casually bandy about the term OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) without really having any understanding of exactly what that means in the clinical sense and that in fact for those who are diagnosed with it this is a very real and difficult situation with which to live on a daily basis.

Amen. I didn’t know he posted about all this prior but OCD is a real thing and to dismiss his concerns doesn’t help him at all. No need to dismiss it because it is valid .... to him and that is what matters.
 
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