BY HELENA SCHWARTZ, 18 June 2012

So you may now know that synthetic perfumes aren't exactly the healthiest thing to put on your skin and allow its vapours into your lungs. Are there any alternatives? Consider green, all-natural perfumes that are not that boring or bland. Think Creed, Serge Lutens, Annick Goutal, or Lavanila. What's different about them?

Natural perfumes are created from raw and rare plants. To make a natural perfume, aromatic compounds are obtained through tincturing, enfleurage, infusion and distillation, and then added to a combination of carrier oil and water or a natural alcohol base. These bases are gentler to human skin and nasal membranes and are less likely to cause an allergic reaction. Read more of this post