5 Reasons I don't Wear Perfume 

I've known for a while perfume and nail polish is bad news but kept holding on (old habits die hard after all) BUT you've inspired me and given me that push so I'm giving my bathroom a detox and dumping all the toxic shit OUT! Thanks Joy - inspirational as always 💖😊

I can’t be without perfume I love smelling good

Perfume lovers forget that their beloved scent isn't experienced by them alone. It is afflicted on to others. On to babies, asthmatics, and people like me who suffer to every fragranced product we am forced to breathe.

There is so much about this that I had never heard! Thank you and so glad that I found you from Redhead Mare

Looking forward to the video on natural fragrances!!!

Thank you so much for making this video! I feel the same way about perfume toxicity, but I also really miss wearing my old perfumes, so I plan to start making my own with essential oils!

I stopped using scented items after learning that the smell of clean is nothing. I thought it was weird that nearly everything I owned had a scent to it from detergents to shampoos to lotions and deodorants. Since cutting out nearly all scented items (my natural deodorant is scented) I find I'm more sensitive to fake scents. I have to have a scented deodorant, that's definitely something I don't see changing.

Eden's Garden do essential oil roll-ons. I like the Jasmine and Rose ones as perfume substitutes for everyday. It would be quite easy to make them yourself too. Great video - as always!

Haven't worn in years. Now just a dab of essential oils and I'm good. Work with a gal who gets massive headaches. I have too. Thanks for info Joy! Anxious to hear about your potions! ☀️🌸🥀🌺

SO interesting, thank you very much!

Hi Joy! Thanks for educating 😊 Good points!

Wow I never knew that's why "fragrance" as an ingredient does disclose the ingredients comprising the fragrance. Thanks for that bit of information! Great video!

thank you so much for this! I knew perfumes and conventional shampoos, etc are not good for you, but have been slipping of late. thanks for the kick in the pants I needed! time to look for natural substitutes!

I remember back in highschool when AXE was popular, boys would douse themselves instead of taking a shower and there was a warning given to the student body to not wear it in enclosed spaces like the bus because people barely learned it can cause allergic reactions to inhale.

Very interesting. Worth watching. Thank you.

I love that a Glade candle ad popped up before this video...

Thank you thank you thank you. I’m researching this topic and you are almost the only one on RU-vid talking about it 👍🏼😊

While you are on this topic, what products do you use for body/face /hair/.. I know you said that you are going to tell us in an up coming video what you use to smell nice, so can you include these as well.. Thanks Jean

Thank so much for this information. Please made part II

If she used to use Ck Eternity , it means she had no clue about perfumes to wear anyway ... that is pretty much the worst one. It gives you an idea of her ignorance in perfumes...there are plenty of subtle and light perfumes out there. She is overdramatizing.

Amazing thanks soo much.. I haven't used Cologne for years..

such a nice information shared by you 💌

I use to wear perfume too, over the past few years of "greening" my life, perfume definitely went! I would use all those celebrity perfumes 😣 Now I use essential oils mixed with witch hazel as my "pefume" and some days I just use nothing! I can't stand all those crappy body sprays etc from cetain bath stores, even going in those stores gives me a headaches from all the smells! ! 🙈 great video Joy !

Love it!! I kwew some info with fragrance et parfum but not that much!!! TY 🙏🏻 I STOP wearing it years ago ! Glad I did! I kwow I will never go back to it now!! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Super important info! Stopping with perfumes right now! Hoping it will help my skin because nothing else dose...

I have stopped using perfume I simply use essential oils. I am looking forward to your perfume ideas. Thanks Joy

Another great video!

Very interesting video. Do you have a list of products you use everyday items

I agree , cancer is something I worry a lot about. But I love perfume. I used to wear them everyday. Now I got so scared I stopped wearing it for the past 8 months. Is it okay to wear them once a week? Ideally I am searching for a pure sandal wood stick to make paste out of to apply on myself.

Hey, I have just subscribed your channel and I am really enjoying your videos..I wanted to ask whether those attar perfumes are the same or different?I don't like those strong smell of deodorants and perfumes but I do like attar(with mild smell) though it gives me headache sometimes😅

I'm looking forward to knowing how to make my own scents with essential oils. It is something I have been wanting to do and I'm so excited about your next video. I would love to see a video on essential oils. I'm just starting to use them, but have been confused if there's a difference with food grade essential oils and aromatherapy oils. I know nothing about these and don't know what to use when. If I'm making my own toothpaste do I need to use a food grade one? I know I would do so much more if I knew about the different ways to utilize essential oils. :)

What shampoo brand do you use? Your hair looks very healthy.

Oh Joy, I can't wait for the other video! I'm addicted to perfume and would love to replace it for something vegan and more eco-friendly. Thanks for raising awareness of all these issues! Great video, as always

So scary! Thanks for the great info!

I am new subscriber. thank u so much for this info. you are amazing. i have a question : what do u think abt oil fragance ? This video is very intresting. Thank you and a big thanks to your husband. The cameraman :)

Just spray fragrances on your clothes and not your skin or buy fragrances with natural ingredients that you can find in niche brands like Creed for example, so you don't have to worry about the chemicals.

Do you use dr.bronners soaps?:) would love to know what shampoo and conditioner you use as well!

Every time I use my perfume I get a terrible headache and my wrists tingle and ache plus nausea so am going to throw it out. This was very informative!!:)

How about those vegan and cruelty-free perfumes? Are they safe?

That's is a really great talk. My advice natural attars. They are expensive but just so good.

Grandma use to carry vanilla pods but sometimes she wore Maja, do you think carrying aromatic sachets is less harmful?

My coworker wears essential oils and they burn my eyes and make me nauseous. She says I can’t be allergic because they are all natural and have no contamination. They are the higher end oils. Well , I am looking for a new job.

Does perfume make a person smell bad ?

Hi Joy! When will you be making the video on how to use essential oils as a body scent?

That got deep just for saying she doesn’t wear perfume 😂

Good video, makes me wonder what nasties are in my favorite cologne.

Comparing axe to a fragrance lol and 3000 chemicals? Sorry but that is over exaggerating number. I wear fragrance every day and I never had a problem. Wearing fragrance makes me less tolerable to foul smell. Starbucks is more dangerous than fragrance. Do you realize there's a reason why some fragrances stick longer to clothes because they use more fragrance oil and less alcohol? TThere's Hermes fragrances that only last 2 hours because the oils they use don't last longer than 2 or 3 hours? By the way, essential oils are chemicals. A normal person couldn't afford real lavender​ oil because it cost 3000 dollars per kilo

Absolutely, even most expensive perfume / cologne I use (Guerlain’s Imperial for men or Creed Aventus or Very Valentino) you can not spray them on your skin only clothes and where your nose won’t be smelling it, because most of these, will cause what is called a reaction in the esophagus, the feeling is similar to a heartburn: (try it while spraying yourself in a car with closed windows and no a/c, you will see what I am saying) Also, for MEN your pheromones that would potentially attract women can be off, so keep this in mind when wearing something on your skin !💰is in your skin.

Thank u for this. I live in a basem not apartment with no windows in my bedroom and every time I spray my perfume I feel nauseous and paranoid. Do you recommend air purifiers? Do u have suggestions n how to improve the air quality in such an apt? I am definitely going to stop using perfume!

Essential oils can also be dangerous. There was a story about a daycare where the kids were manifesting all kinds of weird neurological symptoms because of an essential oil diffuser that was being used.😮

I wish more people may watch this video and consider seriously the usage of fragrances. Not only in perfumes cosmetics, but also in cleaning products (for your wash or house chores) or wax candles, maybe naively used to create a "feel good" sensation. Our society has arrived to a point that, literally speaking in english, we do not "use" a perfume but we "wear" it as a piece of cloth, and without it? Are we "naked"? Unfortunately, whenever you make notice this issue with fragrances, not everybody is ready to take you seriously. Please, stay sure to clean yourself with water and marselie soap, use deodorant when you perform with other persons, but consider those health issues too: If you do not live those difficulties on your skind (literally), it remains hard to understand. This dark side is SCARY to live, but I count on the sensitivity of others too 🙏🙏🙏

I stopped using perfume as well, i threw out all my 20 high end perfumes. I noticed now that ive stopped using them ive became sensitive and actually get headaches if i walk into a perfume department or when someone sprays it. I switched over to Pacifica because i think they are a way better alternative for those special occasions. How do you feel about Pacifica?

My husband and I don't like perfume either. Best decision we've made in our lives. 👌

Oh no, glad to hear that Walker Axed the Axe! ;)

Im a student at IHN. I do youtube on the side, maybe at the time I can do co op, maybe I can come help you out

Waiting for your next video ...

Great video. I suffer terribly from reactions to other people's perfumes. Now I have the ammunition I need to try to dissuade them from wearing perfume. Thank you.

so how do you treat your nails if u dont wear nail polish?

You can add bath and body works products to high chemicals and toxins being released into our body and into the environment. I always thought it was just me sensitive to many products but it was my body trying to tell me, scream at me that it does not like those chemicals and toxins! Thank you also for sharing.

I've stopped wearing perfume for religious reasons (Islam) ..the ruling is that a woman must not wear perfume and pass by men so that they smell her...I can wear it if I'm around women and girls but I can never garrantee that in my day I won't have to go out and some strange man won't pass me by or some street vendor won't smell my scent if the perfume is still on me so it was easier to go without...but I must say I kinda miss wearing it

Coco mademoiselle makes me feel quite happy.

I find that oils make me feel sticky and although the fragrance is nice it doesn't stay, but the stickiness does.

true but you can find perfumes that are 100% natural ingredients. Don't totally steer people away from the chance to smell things they would have to fly thousands of miles just to get a wiff of. For instances, Oud wood and Sandalwood.

Awsome video

When will you put that recipe 😶

I don't wear perfume either just roll on deodorant. The reason why is because I have a sensitive nose and too much scent gives me a headache/migrane. Plus when you buy perfume you have to finish it so if you're not going to use it often why get it. Plus I'm a picky person so if I go to the perfume shop for me to buy one I need to smell at least ten others and smelling that much perfume in a day just gives me a headache, makes me feel dizzy, and my nose tickle (making me want to sneeze ) plus they can be expensive. Why do I need perfume anyways? I've taken a shower and I used my roll on , what else ....

Listen to the lady with the bangs.

What about attar? Middle eastern oil perfumes?

This make me want to turn my perfumes to Room& Linen Sprays

Me too!

My daughter and I were just laughing at the new poison girl perfume every one she walks by gets sick I think it was a Dior commercial. I definitely have alot of those symptoms . When I was a teenager I would douse myself in perfume for years. Now I can barley go past the soap isle in the store.🌞💛💛💛💛💛💛💛🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

Also replace deodorant with natural alaun, I think it’s alum stone in english

YT is getting too comfortable with this unskippable ads.

I have over 40 bottles - almost all of them are full...YIKES!

what about wall flowers or room spray?

You also look a lot heathier than most people that wear them, so good for you.

My husband used Axe too and the same thing happened to me. I stopped buying that for him.

Jeremy Fragrance disagrees.

Yesterday will be the last day I have ever put on perfume! Not to mention the money this would save everyone! I already threw away all of my chemically skin and makeup products yesterday after learning how bad they all were. Probably 90% of them had "parfum/fragrance" along with at least 3 other ingredients detrimental to our health. I'd been using all of them on a regular basis.. some for over 5 years. Its so crazy to me that companies are actually allowed to sell this shit. Sorry but having my fake tan on fleek (is that how its spelled? lol) and hair formed into perfect ringlets all day everyday, is not worth slowly giving myself cancer/ sabotaging my health I work so hard to have in every other way. Thank you so much for sharing

Joy, do you know the brand Shea Moisture? I'm from US and I'm a fan of it, but would be awesome to here your opinion!! 😘

Ahhhhh! I must admit, giving up my perfume is so tough....I LOVE perfume...but I know every time I wear one of mine, I sneeze like crazy and get a massive headache! Sad-face...Joy, I was wondering, do you wear essential oils or an essential oil based perfume?

FACTS THANKU NO MORE

You say you can use essential oils, that is a lot of what the fragrance consists of. Seconded only to alcohol. The ‘chemicals’ which you claim there can be up to 3000 different varieties of all packed into a bottle. This is simply not the case. Overly misleading as the average is 14/15. Furthermore these chemicals are used in the minutest of quantity’s. You make a point of loving the planet so that’s why you don’t use perfume. How about you stop driving your car. Stop using electricity. Your cooker etcetera. All of these examples would be much better in regards to the environment if you was to cease using them.

I know some people who wear perfume every day including to bed 😬

Yes I have asthma and am the same way

Do you have any information on "natural fragrance" ?

I don’t wear perfume because the strong smell...... Someone was wear a strong perfume in the car It made my stomach hurt and...... I feel like not living....I didn’t know what to do but wan I saw this video I know what was wrong with me Thanks joyous

Thats right...synthethic perfume is toxic...i love natural perfume and i want to show how usefull is that to iranian people

people can make theyre own perfume too. at least youll know whats in it.

I am having all these symptoms, acne on the ears, suffocation, nausea, headache, desorientation from perfume at work. At home I feel fine, no perfume here, no laundry with scent. I can't wear clothes with scent or laundry scent, it really bothers the brain. You feel the perfume in the air the mist, it floats in the air, and your feel sprinkling in your eyes pin needle and burning. I had to seek legal intervention. The person with the perfume is just like a mobile air freshener, whenever the person moves any part of the body even seated, the perfume activates in the air, it's horrible. The symptoms can be severe, mild, medium depending on what type of perfume. One day I was in a store, and I kept running away from one person, and she kept coming towards me while she was exploring the store, and I kept moving opposite direction. I approached her and I said "what are you wearing, is that laundry detergent, what's the name?" I wanted to know the name of the real poison. So I said: If you knew how this smell, you would never wear this, do you have children at your home, do you have pets, don't wear this. You will keep people away from you. She got terrified and she was so glad that I told her the smell causes repulsion on other people. I said water and non scent soap is enough to keep fresh. I used the non scent Dove bar soap. Whenever I go to the grocery store, it's the most sold in the shelf and the other poison one stay on the shelf. The body wash I use is the Ocean breeze by Suave, it's very mild scend and my body does not complain and the smell does not stay, that's another product that leaves the shelf first, sometimes ran out. When you are at work just observe the people with perfume, if you and other start sneezing, coughing, tearing eyes, difficult breathing, it's not flu, it's the damned poison perfume.

Too bad this is not going to change how much I like my perfumes...Will just spray it onto my clothes instead of skin

What do I do with my old perfumes? I feel bad throwing it away to sit in a landfill. Any ideas?

I get headaches from perfumes.

so sorry you can't wear fragrances, I love them and enjoy the wonderful fragrances.

good for you !! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻......I WEAR PERFUME AND LOVE IT, and good for me

I feel like small hedeak but only when i smell too close. Vut i love cologns i wear it every day It is much important how u eat then cemicals in TESTED PRODUCTS

Omg I just bought 10 bottles of perfumes. I feel guilty.

and be careful with your animals too, don't spray air freshener in your home or those poison laundry scent. OMG, it's a killer.

Why are you shouting?

i just wear perfumes when going out with friends and stuff but not during work time cozi work as a Nurse 👩‍⚕️