So where do we still find pure, uncontaminated botanicals in this ever-increasing toxic world?

Our shea butter comes from Ghana. Women hunt and gather the only fair-trade, organic shea nuts in the world. The butter is hand-kneaded in baskets hand-woven for that very purpose.

Frankincense hails from Somalia. Providing frankincense essential oil for miessence supplements the semi-nomadic Samburu’s income. The valuable resin is collected from the Boswelia bush and transported by donkeys.

Cinnamon and Clove Essential Oils and Tamanu Oil come from Madagascar. Our Fair-trade suppliers organized a mobile still to steam distil oils so farmers in Madagascar can receive fair wage from their crops.

Our new, certified organic, hand-blended botanical perfumes are the latest editions to our miessence range that embody our high standards of purity. Because, really, what smells better than nature?

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The perfume boom began when Jacques Guerlain created Shalimar in 1925, and Francois Coty launched his fragrances, Grasse, Chypre de Coty, and La Rose Jacqueminot. Scientific advances during WWII enabled the creation of even more complex chemical perfume classics like Opium, Chanel No. 5, and 4711.

When Charles Revson created Charlie for Revlon, women began buying perfume for themselves. Cosmetic counters everywhere were flooded with a glut of synthetic perfumes created by multinationals and their imitators. From there the industry has flourished. And in fact, in the weeks leading up to Christmas this year, it is expected that a bottle of Chanel No.5 perfume will sell every 30 seconds around the globe!

The good news is that consumers are growing more discerning. And with increasing alarms over the impact of synthetic perfumes on the health of both people and the planet, there is now a move towards boutique or niche scents, perfume produced in small quantities by traditionally trained artisans. Often billed as ‘natural’, many of these perfumes still contain potentially harmful synthetic ingredients.

But not Miessence. Our six, glorious, botanical perfumes are certified organic. That means that they contain only pure, unadulterated essential oils, extracts, and absolutes. No toxic synthetic chemicals. Ever. A pure, pristine scent you will be proud to wear. That’s because you’re worth it, and we know it!

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Banning synthetic smells from the workplace is turning out to be the social issue of the century. More and more people are suffering from multiple chemical sensitivities, (MCS Syndrome), with reported allergic reactions such as headaches, dizziness, irritability, hypertension, and depression. Providing these people with a fragrance-free environment has become such a critical issue that it won’t go away.

The concern has been taken up worldwide and continues to grow in intensity. Australian environmental specialist Dr. Mark Donohoe has been quoted as saying that he believes the chemical fragrance issue may become even larger than the anti-smoking campaigns of the past. Already, anti-fragrance reform is taking effect in the most unlikely places. England’s Lady Mar is a well-known campaigner on chemical poisoning issues in the UK. In 2004, she almost single-handedly succeeded in stopping the excessive use of synthetic colognes and perfumes in the resolutely traditionalist British House of Lords.

The European Committee has instigated research to evaluate the uses of all chemicals on the European market. Germany already has regulations to fight synthetic fragrance issues. And in the US, employees are claiming protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

But, for now, it appears that control is more likely to be exerted by employers responding to workers’ complaints. Writing in the Melbourne Age (2004), Elisabeth King said, ‘…after banning the wearing of freshly dry-cleaned clothes, perfumes, and over-fragranced cleaning products on a trial basis, they (employers) often discover that all of their employees, not just MCS sufferers, feel much better.’

Miessence understands how chemically sensitive people feel. That’s why we created six pure scents made out of certified organic flowers and plants. That’s why you’ll never find a synthetic chemical in any of our products. Smell Good. Feel Good. Look Good. You can trust us because we’re Miessence.

For more information or to purchase certified organic botanical perfumes click, here.

Source: MiTimes 007

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