Organic Perfume
Real Scents From Nature

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Finding Your Scent

I always liked the thought of having a signature fragrance. The one fragrance that you will always, hopefully pleasantly, associate with a certain person.

It can be a challenge to find that perfect fragrance. I think we all know someone who has made some questionable perfume choices. But to be honest sometimes it's hard to tell.

A scent may smell great at first and after awhile reacting to our own body chemistry change into something quite different and sometimes no matter how great a fragrance smells on us those around us either don't like it or they are sensitive to it as so frequently happens in my family.


Most perfumes are a mix of few natural and quite a few synthetic ingredients. Don't be fooled by wording that makes a fragrance sound natural many perfumes are far from that.

Reading the ingredient list on the back of your favorite perfume sometimes does not tell us enough. The way labels on many personal care products are worded we can never be sure exactly what's in them.

The seemingly harmless word fragrance on a label may not only refer to the combination of "secret" ingredients that make up a fragrance but also a chemical known as phthalate which is commonly used in fragrance and is suspected of being toxic.

To check out the safety of the ingredients in many popular brands of perfume and other personal care products, check out Skin Deep

Ordinary perfumes help to create environmental problems because so many pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides are used to grow flowers. These chemicals when being made, used or disposed of create problems for everyone especially those in other countries where most of the flowers are grown and where pesticide use is far less regulated. See organic flowers.

This is where organic perfume is the perfect answer.

Perfumes can be created with as few as three ingredients. When you look for organic perfume or natural perfume more than likely you find a short list of understandable ingredients. Some companies even list where these ingredients come from.

Basic Organic Perfume Ingredients

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Organic or natural essential oils.

Some of the most popular perfumes available are made with only two or three essential oils.

Distilled water.

Organic natural grain alcohol - made from a variety of different grains.

No questionable phthalates, synthetic or petroleum based ingredients.

Organic perfume is healthier because it give us another way to to minimize exposure to chemicals. An added benefit comes from the use of essential oils. We could choose a fragrance that not only smells great but can help to relax, energize or even help concentration.

Choosing a Scent

I look for certified organic if possible, no animal testing and no animal ingredients. What a shame but not enough companies can make these claims.

I like companies that offer samples if I can find them. It is especially important for me to be able to try a scent and then be near a sink in case I have to wash the fragrance off.

I get an almost immediate headache from some fragrances and have had to run to the restroom in the mall when an over eager sales person sprayed me before I could stop them.

A Few Choices For Organic Perfume

Aubrey Organics

They offer 6 scents from light everyday scents to more sophisticated scents for the evening. What I like so much about these fragrances is that they have been designed for women with sensitivities to fragrance so I feel more comfortable ordering.

After saying I like to order from companies that offer samples here I am showing you a company that does not. The only reason I do this is because I have confidence in products I buy from Aubrey and they do offer a satisfaction guarantee.

I also like the very thorough description of the ingredients and what's helpful is seeing what fragrances are used to create each scent broken down by top note, middle note and bottom note fragrance. This gives me a much better idea about this scent.

Lavender Farms

If you are a fan of the scent of lavender like I am you will find a wonderful selection of single note fragrance and some interesting blends. Very afford ably priced which is good because too do not offer samples.

This company grows their own certified organic lavender and they can choose from 70 different varieties of lavender to use in their many products.

As a person sensitive to scent, lavender is one of the few floral scents that I can enjoy without problem. I find it to be lightly sweet and refreshing plus it is a very popular for use in aromatherapy.

Ayala Moriel Perfums

This is a wonderful perfumers website with very thorough descriptions of all the ingredients and their source along with beautiful and romantic descriptions of the perfumes that can almost having you imagining what the scents would be like.

Many different fragrances to try, they do offer inexpensive samples, and instructions on how to go about sampling perfume properly.

They will also work with you to create a signature fragrance by using a fragrance questionnaire and consultation. A company concerned not only with creating a great product but also with issues of sustainability, fair trade, being cruelty free and more.

Tigerflag Natural Perfumery

Very nice selection of natural perfumes, diffusers, scent rings and candles. Indian Attars ( more exotic Oriental blends), essential oil blends and natural perfumes give plenty to choose from when looking for your special fragrance. Samples are available and the prices are very affordable.

Fragrance and Allergy

Fragrances are one of the most common allergens and the mish mash of different synthetic chemicals that are being used to create fragrance are often the problem. Since I am so sensitive to scent I had all but given up trying to find a scent that I could handle. The purity of ingredients in organic perfume give me hope.

Maybe you are thinking that organic perfumes would solve the allergy problem. I know I did but I found out differently when I took an aromatherapy course and discovered several essential oils that bothered me. Which I realize now makes sense after all essential oils are the essence of flowers or plants that many of us are sensitive to.

I have found that when I choose an organic perfume with just a few or even just one essential oil this helps as the fewer ingredients gives me a chance to isolate essential oils I might be allergic too.

Choosing organic perfume is a way to experience real, pure, natural wonderful scents that do not disguise our natural body chemistry but blend to create that unique fragrance signature.