Is Your Favorite Perfume Making You Sick?

Kathleen Naomi
Mar 7, 2022
2 min read

Updated: Nov 12

Ever wondered why that perfume, lotion, or car air freshener makes you feel off? I did too… until I discovered the shocking truth about toxic scents — and what to do instead.

What Do Perfume and Mr. Bubble Have in Common?

Brilliant commercials.

Who else waited for Mr. Bubble to appear?

Mr. Bubble commercials started in 1961.

Oh, how I loved them.

As kids, my sister and I would gather bubbles into a face-sized mound,

and wait… and wait… and wait…

For Mr. Bubble.

We even sang the Mr. Bubble song.

Alas, Mr. Bubble never appeared.

I was devastated.

I just knew he would show up.

He never did.

I truly believed the commercial.

And then there are perfume commercials.

Perfume makes you desirable.

IRRESISTIBLE.

I’m all in!

Do you know the truth about perfume and other scented products — air fresheners, car fresheners, lotions, cleaners, etc.?

Perfume — Why Does It Make Me Feel Sick?

(Including scented lotions, cologne, car scents, cleaners… basically anything that’s not made with natural ingredients, like essential oils.)

For years, I wore my favorite perfume.

I wanted to smell good.

As the commercials said.

It made me desirable.

And everyone was wearing it.

It also made me super NAUSEOUS.

And yet, I still wore it.

Not really connecting the dots that

when I wore it, I felt sick.

Or maybe I didn’t want to know.

I assumed that what we eat,

what we wear,

must be okay… must be healthy.

I was wrong.

I was 46 years old when I learned that most perfumes and scented products are toxic.

The ingredients?

Disgusting, if you do your research.

Chemicals used to make plastics
Ingredients that can cause cancer
Compounds that damage organs

They make you sick.

Literally.

This makes me damn mad.

And it should make you mad too.

Why are toxic chemicals allowed in:

Products we put on our skin
Laundry detergent
Cleaning solutions
Makeup
Air fresheners

— when there’s nothing fresh or healthy about them?

Why is this not common knowledge.

Why are we kept in the dark.

Kept sick.

Now that I know better, I do better.

Not perfect. Not always.

But much much better.

Do I still wear perfume? Hell no, unless there are no toxic chemicals in them.

There are perfumes made with natural ingredients.

I buy and use essential oils.

The smells are magical.

Healing.

No harsh chemicals.

My favorite essential oils brand is Doterra.

From what I understand, the way they extract the oils

is top-notch.

One of the most important things I’ve learned in almost 60 years:

NATURAL IS ALWAYS BEST

Find your inner movie star.

xo Kathleen Naomi