Submitted by kcshoe14 t3_10hiniy in askscience
BeneficialWarrant t1_j5ft3vx wrote
No, an allergic reaction requires circulation. The perfume might diffuse into tissue and activate a few surviving mast cells, but the vasoactive chemicals (cytokines and biogenic amines) would have no real effect. Every sustained immune response I can think of requires recruitment of other cells (through circulation). Some tissue-resident phagocytes could maybe become activated through passive diffusion (although this is much less likely without circulation), but any effect they have would be *far* less damaging than the enzymatic reactions already taking place in tissue after death.
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