Perfumes and colognes may soon be a thing of the past in Toronto schools as the local school board thinks about making the halls of learning fragrance free.

Trustees at the Toronto District School Board voted to start a so-called fragrance-free environment workgroup. The group will look at the possibility of eliminating scents from the school system.

While the group studies the issue, trustees decided to launch an awareness campaign aimed at convincing students and staff members to use fewer scented personal items.

School employees or students who complain about a fragrance will also have a course of action. The TDSB says it will respond by trying to make that working area free from the troublesome scent.

Trustee Josh Matlow was behind the board's decision. He convinced other trustees to investigate having scent-free schools, similar to studies being done by boards in Halifax and Calgary.

The TDSB is one of Canada's largest school boards with 270,000 students.

With files from The Canadian Press