Air Fresheners or Air Poisoners

Our sense of smell is the most direct of all our senses! The scent of freshly mown grass, the streets just after it has rained, the woods, freshly baked bread, the ocean, a rose garden—we all have our favourite, and we react very positively to these smells.

We are constantly bombarded by smells, and increasingly big business tries to make money out of our very basic sense. Pumping fake fresh bread smells into supermarkets, selling home deodorants designed to mask odours and introduce perfume. Fabric conditioners and washing liquids add strong perfume to clothes, and then there are cleaning products, candles, scented drawer liners, moisturisers, perfumes, deodorants, makeup... All loaded with a whole host of ingredients hiding under one word - perfume!

Nice as it seems, many of these smells are not at all innocuous. One of the most problematic chemical products of our times is perfume, in its varying disguises. Perfumes contain a long list of chemicals, and may even include the very carcinogenic ingredient formaldehyde! What is also problematic is that manufacturers are not required to declare the ingredients of a perfume, so you have no way of checking this out!

We do not NEED any of these smells. The nicest smelling clothes are those that have been dried outside. If your house smells stale, let some air in!

However - should you want to add some nice smells to your rooms (I know I do sometimes), then we do have totally natural room sprays that will not add anything toxic to your home! Which is as it should be!

See our range of lovely Natural Skin Care Products.