Why the everyday perfume?

dogstarheaven

i'd love to wear it more often if i could but as money's been such an issue for me this year, have taken drastic steps to ration my favourites - Chanel no. 5, Cacharel's Gloria (sadly discontinued and I'm still eeking it's final 20ml from a bottle 10years ago!!) and Estee Lauder's White Linen.

2nd fave - Coco Mademoiselle

the others are from gifts that i wear more often but only a squirt now and again, and not everyday tho. and they're not ones i like that much either..

if i had the money, i'd invest in more perfume and go and find the ones that are more exclusive rather than run-of-the-mill types that everyone seems to wear. i really like aftershave, but am far too shy to approach guys for the brandname! Tom Ford's range is divine, but can't afford £125 for a bottle!

pearl123

If you google perfume and health risks you will find quite a few references to the possible health implications. Here's an item in the daily mail. I will say no more on this subject as I have now put up two links about the possible health implications.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049852/Promise-Me-perfume-sold-Susan-G-Komen-foundation-actually-cause-cancer.html

rachbc

berbastrike wrote: »

:T

also here are the ingredients for Coco Mademoiselle:

Alcohol, Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Linalool, Benzyl Salicyclate, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Limonene, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Ethylhexyl Salicyclate, CI 14700 (Red 4) and CI 42090 (Blue 1).


considering the skin is pourous (open to particles going through it) there must be some risk putting this cocktail on your skin.

Someone mentioned coconut oil which is agood idea, also the essential oils are really nice, eg lavender, vanilla, sweet orange, they are completely natural and safe, you could mix them with a carrier oil such as almond oil to make a nice smelling oil for skin

linalool, geraniol and limonene are all found in essential oil - everything is made up of chemicals including 'natural' things....

rachbc

pearl123 wrote: »

If you google perfume and health risks you will find quite a few references to the possible health implications. Here's an item in the daily mail. I will say no more on this subject as I have now put up two links about the possible health implications.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049852/Promise-Me-perfume-sold-Susan-G-Komen-foundation-actually-cause-cancer.html

well if its in the dm it must true - i think they've had articles on pretty much everything causing cancer

System

rachbc wrote: »

linalool, geraniol and limonene are all found in essential oil - everything is made up of chemicals including 'natural' things....

80% of my sweet orange essential oil is limonene.
But the other ingredients I listed? and the links provided by pearl, which did say that the average number of ingredients in the perfums that had not been tested by government or industry was 12, that is alot!!
And thats not including the hormone disruptors (average of 4 chemicals per perfume) and "secret chemicals" (not found on ingredient list) (14 per perfume).

Not only to mention, you are paying roughly £30 a bottle for this risk and most men do not actually like perfume either.

lostinrates

berbastrike wrote: »

imo it can be very intruding and overpowering, eg having to breathe it in with no choice, eg work colleagues

I agree, why perfume at all. I like breathing in fresh air, not some chemical spray

Toomuch perfume is awful i agree,but scent is a powerful sense. Aromoatherapy, for example, can lift a mood and pheremones are powerful. For me scenting myself, my home etc is a useful and pleasure enhancing experience. I love fresh air too, amd plant my garden with scented flowers, enjoy cutting the grass, using perfume sensibly doesn't damage my sense of smell (mine is usually rather powerful and sensitive, , but i have had sinus problems this year, i really notice the difference not having the same subtle sensitivity to my nose) but does enhance my life.

For me personally, over powerfing perfume is less a problem than the other extreme of lack of personal hygeine. I seem to encounter the latter far more often.:(

System

lostinrates wrote: »

For me personally, over powerfing perfume is less a problem than the other extreme of lack of personal hygeine. I seem to encounter the latter far more often.:(

no I would rather smell BO than perfume tbh (I do not have BO but on another person). I cannot stand knowing that I am breathing in the chemicals listed above. I have to wash my clothes anytime I have spoken to someone with perfume on because it sticks to the clothes. I am a big anti synthetic chemical / organic fan and like Weleda products and natural oils so I am biased but also just letting you know guys are not big fans of perfume.

Cat501

berbastrike wrote: »

but also just letting you know guys are not big fans of perfume.

Do you have a link(s) to back this up please?

lostinrates

berbastrike wrote: »

no I would rather smell BO than perfume tbh (I do not have BO but on another person). I cannot stand knowing that I am breathing in the chemicals listed above. I have to wash my clothes anytime I have spoken to someone with perfume on because it sticks to the clothes. I am a big anti synthetic chemical / organic fan and like Weleda products and natural oils so I am biased but also just letting you know guys are not big fans of perfume.

Ypu might not be my dh is, he buys it for me and notices what i am wearing. He also wears some scented mens things. In fact, i am one of those women who never wanted for dates and have always worn perfume and been bought it my men, so i guess i have not put too many men off!


You might not want to breath chemicals, i sympathise woth that, but my perfume is pretty low on the list of the chemicals i encounter daily. Just as i have to cope with pther peoples poor hygeine and over powering perfume then others have to cope with my more moderate volume of scent in my environement and body.

System

Cat501 wrote: »

Do you have a link(s) to back this up please?

no but I have spoke to my friends and although they don't agree with my extreme view, they say they are not bothered and have said too strong perfume is horrible. The same with lots of makeup. God didn't create us with some chemical smell, why do it.