Re: Natural Perfumery in Alternative Medicine Magazine

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At 09:46 PM 6/11/2007, you wrote:

>Hi all! There's a lovely little article on NP in the July issue of

>Alternative Medicine. Mandy Aftel

>is quoted. Just thought you'd like to know! -

Hi

Mandy was mailed the article from the magazine today and given the OK

to distribute it. I put it in the Files section as a PDF.

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Anya <anya@...> wrote: At 09:46 PM 6/11/2007, you wrote:

>Hi all! There's a lovely little article on NP in the July issue of

>Alternative Medicine. Mandy Aftel

>is quoted. Just thought you'd like to know! -

Hi

Mandy was mailed the article from the magazine today and given the OK

to distribute it. I put it in the Files section as a PDF.

I read the article, and I'm a little suspicious of the Natures Gate fragrances.

I'm sure that they use synthetics. You can smell it.

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At 11:57 PM 6/12/2007, you wrote:

>Anya <anya@...> wrote: At 09:46 PM 6/11/2007, you wrote:

>

> >Hi all! There's a lovely little article on NP in the July issue of

> >Alternative Medicine. Mandy Aftel

> >is quoted. Just thought you'd like to know! -

>

>Hi

>Mandy was mailed the article from the magazine today and given the OK

>to distribute it. I put it in the Files section as a PDF.

>

>I read the article, and I'm a little suspicious of the Natures Gate

>fragrances. I'm sure that they use synthetics. You can smell it.

>

I agree, . One of their perfumes in particular I remember as

being really synth. Sometimes their PR people pull a fast one on the

magazine editors. It's a long road to educate everyone.

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>

>

> >Hi all! There's a lovely little article on NP in the July issue of

> >Alternative Medicine. Mandy Aftel

> >is quoted. Just thought you'd like to know! -

>

>

> I read the article, and I'm a little suspicious of the Natures Gate

fragrances. I'm sure

that they use synthetics. You can smell it.

>

>

>

> Hi ! I totally agree- I know that Nature's Gate is using some synthetics.

They list

" fragrance " on a few of their products. My nose (or, rather, my sinuses) can

usually tell,

since I tend to get an inflammatory response when there are synthetics present.

If it makes

me feel crappy when I sniff it, it's fake (esp. " fresh " types of synthetic

fragrances). They

can't fool us!

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Anya <anya@...> wrote:

<I agree, . One of their perfumes in particular I remember as

being really synth. Sometimes their PR people pull a fast one on the

magazine editors. It's a long road to educate everyone.>

Yes, its one of those " if it's in a health food store, it's natural " things.

It's actually really bugging me the way health food stores and natural food

stores are carrying synth perfumes and cosmetics scented with synths. It just

really seems hypocritical to me, and contrary to the whole point of natural

cosmetics! Ok, so they have some synthetic preservatives, but come on.

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--- Shea <goblinboy60660@...> wrote:

> Yes, its one of those " if it's in a health food

> store, it's natural " things. It's actually really

> bugging me the way health food stores and natural

> food stores are carrying synth perfumes and

> cosmetics scented with synths. It just really seems

> hypocritical to me, and contrary to the whole point

> of natural cosmetics! Ok, so they have some

> synthetic preservatives, but come on.

>

Hi ,

This has really been bugging me too. I bought

products labeled " natural " or " organic " for years

before I figured out they were full of synths. The

other day my husband brought home a bottle of

" natural " dishsoap from the food co-op which smells

like artificial pear. I read the ingredients and one

of them is " pear oil. " Pear oil?! It obviously has

nothing to do with actual pears but the language is so

deceptive. The average consumer would have no idea

they were using a synth fragrance.

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>

>

> > Yes, its one of those " if it's in a health food

> > store, it's natural " things. It's actually really

> > bugging me the way health food stores and natural

> > food stores are carrying synth perfumes and

> > cosmetics scented with synths. >

>

>

> Hi ,

> This has really been bugging me too. I bought

> products labeled " natural " or " organic " for years

> before I figured out they were full of synths.

>... The average consumer would have no idea

> they were using a synth fragrance.

>

>

>

....and " Aromatherapy " is one of the fashionable buzzwords... if we

call it so, it must be so... right? YEEEUCK.

Was visiting a friend--- she was using an " air freshener " in her

house that literally made me sneeze... and then cough. Couldn't get

out of there fast enough. And she thinks it smells great.

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scimitar_saluki wrote:

>

> >... The average consumer would have no idea

> > they were using a synth fragrance.

> >

> >

> >

>

> ....and " Aromatherapy " is one of the fashionable buzzwords... if we

> call it so, it must be so... right? YEEEUCK.

>

Hi ......

Unfortunately this is the case.......The misuse of the word is either

through ignorance or downright ripoff marketing......

I've been in a grocery store where they were selling lamp rings and

" Aromatherapy " oils.....

" Rose " , " sandalwood " and " lavender " were all the same price.....

Narural Perfumery is gonna be another of those buzzwords.....as it gains

momentum....It's already happening....and you'll see it more and more in

the marketplace....

There have been folks who have come to this list, and tried to stretch

the idea of NP to include their synth approaches....

The public hasn't a clue......

Example....I had Ruth's rose concrete shipped to me at

work.......(Thanks WhiteWitch!!!)....

I offered sniffs.....

No one could identify it as a rose product......a coupla folks thought

it looked disgusting.....(I will refrain from passing on their

comments....<G>...)

My Boss said it reminded him of the resort town candle shops his wife

drags him through every vacation....

Now, I did my best to educate these folks.....but how far can you get in

5-10 minutes...?

And, as anyone who is into natural essences knows, there is a learning

curve....

In fact, with the number of true EOs, Abs, CO2s and other extraction

system essences, one might view it as a lifetime learning curve....

So, be ready for it when the marketers rip off Natural Perfumery

also......

And you will get just as incensed as the Hedge Wizard does when he sees

how the word and concept of Aromatherapy has been bastardized....

--

W. Bourbonais

L'Hermite Aromatique

BTW.......The next time I was in that grocery store by the " AT " pegged

display, I had a supply of postits that I stuck to the carded items.....

Each had the letters B S on it......

Guerilla AT....

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Fraser <hazyjane@...> wrote: >

>

> Hi ! I totally agree- I know that Nature's Gate is using some synthetics.

They list

" fragrance " on a few of their products. My nose (or, rather, my sinuses) can

usually tell,

since I tend to get an inflammatory response when there are synthetics present.

If it makes

me feel crappy when I sniff it, it's fake (esp. " fresh " types of synthetic

fragrances). They

can't fool us!

>

Yes, I remember when I used to use their shampoo and conditioner. At first I

kind of liked the smells, but like most synths, they got disgustingly cloying.

I think on some level I knew the difference, even though I was still learning

the difference between synths and true naturals.

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