Pacifica Perfume

When you dress to impress, not only do you want to look like a goddess, but smell like one too. But beware, an intoxicating scent may be toxic indeed—an ordinary vial of perfume contains carcinogenic chemicals that can be just as harmful as those found in cigarette smoke. Yet, rest assured on your search for the most scintillating scent—Pacifica Perfume offers an array of natural and sustainable fragrances for you to choose from. They carry natural fragrances & perfumes in florals, herbals, fruits and woods and all in various products- including candles, spray perfumes, soaps, and more!

Here are the products I tried and loved:

Island Vanilla Perfume: is inspired by the lush, floral notes of vanilla from Tahiti.  With subtle floral, fruit, and tea notes, this is a beautifully distinct version on the classic vanilla fragrance note.  That’s how Pacifica describes this perfume.  How would I describe Pacifica Island Vanilla Perfume?  Vanilla, sugar frosting, a hint of a coconutty flavor – and baking – that’s what I think of whenever I get a sniff of this yummy smelling perfume.  Cookie cravings!

Hawaiian Ruby Guava Perfume: this sexy and sultry tropical blend combines sweet, berry-like notes of Guava with a bright, citrusy top note of Pomelo and a warm and subtle Coconut base. Pacifica Roll On Perfume contains pure grain alcohol and Pacifica’s signature perfume blends with essential and natural oils.

Lotus Garden Perfume: this transporting fragrance evokes the inspiring ambiance of a garden full of citrus trees, fresh herbs, and rare plants from all over the world. Lose track of time as layers of lotus blossom, cassis, green violet leaf, and pink pepper take you on a fragrant journey.

My Five Beauty Obsessions: Amanda Walker

By Well+GoodNYC

Amanda Walker knows fragrance.

After working for traditional brands like Avon and Victoria’s Secret Beauty, Walker left the world of synthetic scent and launched A Perfume Organic, a line of carefully crafted USDA-certified organic perfumes.

She’s also a raw foodie and a runner, so we were dying to know what the New Yorker stocks in her medicine cabinet.

Here’s what she’s currently reaching for:

1. Your Crown & Glory Shampoo Just For Her in Lavender, $16
I love this incredible shampoo with apple juice, cedar wood, and thyme. Because of the tons of apple juice, my hair is super silky and shiny, not dried out like most shampoos leave it. My scalp feels great, so I’m hooked! It contains tons of certified organic ingredients, and I love that it’s made in my home town of Park City, Utah.

2. Weleda Wild Rose Smoothing Night Cream, $20.85
This is an excellent night cream because it smells incredible and it’s not greasy. Especially when my face is wind-burned from skiing (I just got back from a trip) or being out in the cold, I know I’ll wake up looking hydrated and fresh. I only dab a little bit on because it’s super emollient.

3. Dr. Hauschka Floral Deodorant, $19.50
I swear it’s the only one that works! It’s super luxurious with real Rose Damascena oil. I order three or four bottles at a time.

Keep reading for 2 more of her favorite products here…

Give Scent

After living two years in Italy, and then returning to teach yoga retreats in Sicily, Elena Brower fell in love with the culture, the pace, and especially the scents. In particular, she discovered a Sicilian almond oil blend that inspired her to create a scent of her own. Wherever Elena wore her scent, women and men alike fell in love with the captivating fragrance. In collaboration with Alexandra Lyon Perelman and a boutique US-based fragrance shop, The Fragrance Shop, they recreated the blend, paired it with summery citrus and vanilla to round it out, and GIVE was born.

GIVE is made with pure oils, not tested on animals and a portion of the proceeds benefit Women for Women International, an organization that supports female survivors of war and conflict with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency. GIVE scent really lives up to the name!

There’s something special about Give’s sweet-smelling blend of almond oil, grapefruit, spicy vanilla and leather - a flirty aroma/fragrance with staying power.

Visit their website to purchase the beautiful scent.

Honoré des Près

Honore des Pres was born in Paris between Saint-Germain des Pres and the Fau­bourg Saint Hon­roe, with a goal to cre­ate 100% nat­ural and artistic per­fumes. The fab­ulous scents of Honore des Pres con­tain no syn­thetic fra­grances, no col­or­ants and no phtal­ates. 100% of the ingredi­ents are from nat­ural ori­gin and 80% of the total ingredi­ents are organic. With the fant­astic pack­aging it makes a great gift! Here are the ones I tried and loved them all:

Honoré des Près – I Love les carottes

This perfume is built around a very well known extract with its fruity, edible and spicy facets. But this carrot is pulled out from the soil and its flesh is exposed. The carrot extract with its multifaceted scent and disturbing original notes is the key of the perfume. It smells like the true “ingredient” in the kitchen with the amazing contrast between the brown earth and the vivid orange color of the root. In this oil there is also the powdery earthy facet of the orris but above all, a moist note that reminds patchouli in its very raw nature. The combination of all elements with the carrot overdose might represent the invention of a new genre “the vegetable fougère” where the original accord bergamot-(lavender)-geranium-(coumarine)-patchouli was replaced by a new one close to the original inspiration of roots, soil and leaves. Fougère du jardin!

Honoré des Près – Vamp à NY

It starts with an impressive and exceptional natural tuberose absolute note, one of the most expensive on this planet. It becomes than tropical jasmine-tiaré-frangipanni with that alluring solar and bubble gum note infused with the darkness of a sweet vanilla with facets of rum and wrapped with balsamic benzoin. It ends with a natural frangipani note like Songes from Annick Goutal. The most precious white flower notes are expressed here not through their perfumistic interpretation and the illusionary reconstruction of the scent but with their true soul extracted with modern means. Like a journey across the oceans in the tropical area, the perfumer took the white from petals India to Tahiti and in the storm, this “Vamp à NY” is like a “nectar of gods”. What else is the true nature of a vamp than drinking the souls of mortals and exhausting them in the sunset? In this case it is the soul of the most beautiful and alluring white flowers and during the entire evaporation you can see how each “night queen” becomes a different one. The translation between the facets is very smooth and actually the perfume transforms itself. What actually might seem unbalanced is in fact the evolution of flowers from morning to the sunset, all with an amazing solar heat wrapped in the softness of a balm. The flowers are embalmed in sweetness and their soul is preserved. This is not another easy sexy perfume – but the expression of a ritual with beautiful raw materials. Because it is 100% natural we might imagine this is a scent used 1000 years ago in a forgotten temple in the jungle. One facet evokes the new curcuma root extract.

Honoré des Près – Love Coco

Usually coconut perfumes end in a big vanilla sticky note. But with this one the very recognizable scent is expressed in a new way, textured and contrasted. All is again very raw inside. You take the coconut, feel its dark woody skin, open it, touch the white skin, the delicious juice and experience all the sensations where freshness is contrasted with sweetness and smoothness. There are 2 elements that are rather unusual and delicious in this perfume – an anis note that opens the coconut in a fizzy sweet way and then a very light licorice note. The coriander leaf sets the original voice of this delicious perfume. Not a sweet coconut but one that starts to caramelize in the sun when the almond milk becomes thick. The volatile molecules are trapped inside this perfume of delicious contrasts.

For more checkout their website.

Hawaiian Body Products

Ola Hawaii is an authentic, island-made collection of bath and body products, including body crème lotions, body scrubs, lip balms, lotion mists, body butters, body washes, bath soaks, hair care and candles, among others in a variety of exhilarating fragrances. Centered on the Hawaiian concept of well-being, the Collection features an assortment of pure, fresh, organic and natural-based skincare treasures that use an assortment of fruits, flowers, herbs, essential oils and other natural ingredients – found only in the tropics. Ola Hawai’i products are eco-friendly, paraben-free and not tested on animals. The products combine natural and organic ingredients that have been used for thousands of years to detoxify, purify, rejuvenate and replenish the skin. They offer wide range of beautiful island products including face, bath and body products that will transport you to a tropical paradise and transform your mind, body, heart and spirit wherever you may be….

Here are the products I loved:

After Sun Healing Remedy: Made with hydrating and cooling organic Aloe Vera, healing and antioxidant-rich Noni juice and Tamanu oil, antioxidant-rich Green Tea and moisturizing Coconut water, the After Sun Healing Remedy serum instantly repairs and replenishes damaged, thirsty skin (it’s a must have). It also contains a blend of Hawaiian herbs and oils, known for their anti-inflammatory and therapeutic properties, making it the perfect relief and healing cure for too much sun.

Ola Coconut Lemongrass Pure Shampoo: Nourishing, moisturizing and strengthening with organic Hibiscus Flowers, Bamboo and Hawaiian Honey. A delicate, nourishing and strengthening fusion of a pure plant based formula. A balanced blend of sweet, seductive tropical coconut and tangy lemongrass.

Ola Coconut Lemongrass Pure Conditioner: Conditioning, softening and strengthening with Organic Hibiscus Flowers, Bamboo and Fresh Noni. A conditioning, softening and strengthening fusion of a pure plant based formula and it smells so sweet but light.

Kukui Candle in Passion Fruit Citrus: These natural coconut wax, Hawaiian beeswax and kukui nut oil candles transform the ambience of any room into a tropical escape. It smells so fruity and yummy.

Tropical Mist: Tropical mist is made with pure ionized water (exceptionally healthful and super hydrating), Infused with a natural scent blend and botanical extracts of Aloe Vera, Witch Hazel, Lemongrass and Passion Flower to help soften the skin. I loved the Paradise Plumeria Mist and it smells very exotic.

Checkout their other beautiful products here.

 

Aftelier Perfumes

Aftelier is a collection of natural, artisan scents created by Mandy Aftel. She creates them by hand in small batches, the perfumes smell divine—deeper and more complex than most commercial scents, which are derived from synthetic ingredients and use alcohol as a carrier. She also makes solid perfumes and candles.

My favorites are:

Secret Garden: is all about rich sensual pleasure–rather defies olfactive family categorization, as there are many facets to its rich body. Let us perhaps call it a “fruity floriental with delicious near-gourmand hints and sensuous animalic qualities.

Poplar Buds Absolute: is fruity, floral and animalic in nature. When smelled neat it can be slightly off-putting due to the initial aroma of overripe stone fruits. If given time to breathe Poplar Buds Absolute reveals a rich olfactory impression and is an ingredient worthy of the perfumer’s palette.

Honeysuckle Absolute: offers an aromatic impression that is less complex than Poplar Bud Absolute, but it engages the senses by telling the kaleidoscopic story of all narcotic florals (Tuberose, Jasmine, Orange Blossom, Magnolia, etc.) The character it reveals is one of a white floral vintage which evaporates in fits and starts before reaching a honeyed dry down that echoes the enigmatic scent of autumn outdoors.

Fig: A mix of fir absolute, jasmine sambac, and yuzu, duplicating the aroma of this sweet fruit to a tee. Speaking of “tea,” she makes that, too — of the perfumed variety, of course.

Cocao: A blend of jasmine, blood orange, and cocao from a Costa Rican plantation. Psst — Aftel distills the cocao herself.

Checkout their other products and scents here.

Plume Natural Perfumery

 

The days when a woman walks into a room, accompanied by a cloud of perfume, and leaving an indelible fragrance footprint in her wake are so over. As more and more woman are learning about the danger of phthalates—a fragrance stabilizer used in most synthetic perfumes that can wreak havoc on hormones—perfume as olfactory assault is losing street cred. Natural perfume, besides being a healthier choice, is a subtler one, uplifting the mood of the wearer and making only her most intimate circle privy to the richly textured scent hovering on her skin. Plume Natural Perfumes are a collection of 100% natural perfume oils and solids that are hand-blended using traditional European perfumery techniques. All Plume perfumes are infused with a swoon-worthy blend of pure organic and botanical essences. Plume strives to provide customers with a luxurious scent experience that is subtle and personal, free from synthetics and chemicals, and enriching to the senses.

They also have a variety of silver and brass vintage-inspired lockets filled-to-order with your choice of solid perfume.

I love their Gingerbread & Fir: Apart from making me crave ginger cookies, it is a gorgeous scent. It has all the warmth that I expect from a good Fall or Autumn inspired scent and it has the perfect amount of gourmand notes. Wear it and indulge in some ginger cookies or a spice chai tea.

Checkout the perfume scents here.

The Fragrance Contest – There’s a Prize! (CLOSED)

Yyyaaayyy Spring is almost here and I want to do a contest so get ready for the spring. Almonds and cherries, magnolias and hardenbergia, cyclamen, tulips, lilies and roses are in bloom again. It is really a season of flowers. The floral fragrances are my favorite for the season Spring. My favorite fragrance for the spring is going to be A Perfume Organic’s White Magik. Hum, now lets jump to the contest details.

Note: This contest is only open for my US and Canadian followers.

Details: For the Spring season pick your first favorite fragrance (organic/natural). Then write me an email at rubybeautyorganics@hotmail.com with SPRING in the subject line, and include your first name, your location, the name of your favorite fragrance and a brief description of why you love it. Send this to me by the end of the day Monday,   March 26th.

Special favor: Tell your friends on Twitter, Facebook, at the gym or at the café. Follow my blog and Facebook. Spread the word!

Prize: Travalo, the refillable perfume atomizer (the color I have chosen is great for spring so that will be a surprise for the lucky winner)

Qualities:

• Made of 98% recyclable, environmentally friendly, lightweight material.
• Turns your favorite full size perfume into a travel set! Keep the big bottle at home and take the Travalo with you.
• Pump your perfume directly into the Travalo perfume atomizer.
• Compact size. Slip the Travalo capsule in a clutch, your pocket, or small purse.
• No mess when filling, funnel free, can be reused again and again.

Visit their website to find out details on how to use it here.