Smell delicious with eco-fragrances

Perfumes and fragrances envelop us in a delightful scented aura, but they shouldn't contain so many chemicals to achieve that special scent. After Harper's Bazaar found bacteria, urine, and antifreeze inside counterfeit fragrances last year, people have focused their attention on finding a more natural fragrance.

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Look for natural ingredients
Flower and fruit extracts, musks, and oils are major fragrance contents, so check if they dominate the ingredient list. 

You should be able to pronounce and know of most of the ingredients inside the fragrance for it to be considered natural. 

Stay away from harsh chemicals
Chemicals are used to dye color and retain scent in fragrances.

EPA has named several chemicals that frequent our beauty products, especially fragrances, that can cause respiratory distress, be possible carcinogens, and depress the central nervous system. 




Some are listed below:

• acetone  
• formaldehyde
• toluene
• ethanol
• camphor
• ethyl acetate
• benzaldehyde, benzyl acetate, benzyl alcohol
• musk amberette, musk xylene, musk keytone (natural musk is fine)

Compare prices and scents

If there is a particular fragrance you want that is not natural or not in your budget, compare scents and prices with more natural options to still get your ideal scent.

The Environmental Working Group created a report on the chemicals found in commonly used fragrances:

http://www.ewg.org/notsosexy

Remember fragrances will still contain some chemicals, but the fewer the better. And watch out for the particular chemicals in the list above.