Where to Find the Best All Natural Perfume

It is old news that in 1999, due to frequent consumer complaints that exposure to Calvin Klein's "Eternity" perfume had led to asthma, migraines, sensitization, and even multiple chemical sensitivity, the Environmental Health Network (EHN) had the perfume analyzed by an industry laboratory specializing in fragrance chemistry. The laboratory analysis showed that "Eternity" is composed 41 ingredients, some of which are well known to be toxic to the skin, respiratory tract, and the nervous and reproductive systems. Other ingredients are well known carcinogens. Since then, The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has conducted other analyses and reported that the perfume industry uses 3,000 different ingredients, most of which are synthetic. Plus, 900 of those ingredients are known to be toxic, posing health risks, and even carcinogenic. Furthermore, unfortunately, the perfume industry is presently not required by the FDA to label all of their ingredients because their ingredients lists are considered trade secrets. In other words, mainstream perfumes are full of toxic, synthetic, petrochemical ingredients that pose known, irreparable health risks to the lungs, nervous system, and immune system. Mainstream perfumes also pose a cancer risk.

This is very unfortunate because perfumes have been an essential part of humanity through out the ages. Perfumes have been used to enhance sensuality and change moods and have even been used for healing benefits through out time. But the healing perfumes are made of natural ingredients. The good news is that while the mainstream perfume industry insists on using synthetic ingredients that endanger our health, it is still possible to find all-natural perfumes composed of all of their all natural, healing ingredients.