Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I talk to Natural Perfumer Charis Angel about the launch of her new range of natural perfumes 'Essentially Botanic". From childhood Charis loved the fragrance of flowers, but it took the stresses of a corporate marketing career, and her work as a celebrity complementary therapist for her to even consider creating her own uniquely therapeutic and stress relieving natural perfumes. During our conversation Charis highlights the crucial differences between synthetic and natural perfume we consider the incredible mood enhancing effects of plant extracts, and we imagine a world without perfume. Please join me as we look at life through a different lens.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Natural perfumes, like Essentially Botanic, are made from pure plant essences and offer therapeutic benefits, while synthetic perfumes are created from petrochemicals and can cause adverse effects. Charis's perfumes combine clinical aromatherapy with natural perfumery, using stress-alleviating plant extracts to create beautiful, mood-enhancing fragrances. Smell is a powerful and primal sense that affects our emotions, memories, and overall well-being, making the choice of perfume a highly personal and impactful decision. Synthetic perfumes often use cheaper materials and focus on packaging and marketing, while natural perfumes prioritise quality ingredients, resulting in a more expensive but healthier product. Charis's journey from a stressful corporate career to becoming a natural perfumer highlights the importance of self-care and finding solutions to manage stress and anxiety. Essentially Botanic is committed to sustainability, using eco-friendly packaging that can be reused, recycled, or even planted to grow wildflowers. Mono perfumes, made from a single ingredient like patchouli or lavender, are gaining popularity as a simple and natural alternative to complex synthetic blends. Natural perfumes offer a wholesome and environmentally conscious way to experience the beauty and benefits of fragrance without the potential harm of synthetic chemicals. BEST MOMENTS "When you breathe in the beautiful aromatics, the molecules, the rose molecules you breathe into your olfactory system, which, which links to your limbic system in the brain, which is where, you know, emotions are sort of managed as it were." "Smell is so important to us, really. I mean, smell is one of our most primal and probably one of our most important senses in terms of smelling danger, smelling each other." "We love the planet. I love the planet. All our perfumes are made, and formulated with plants from our beautiful planet. And we want to show our love and respect to the planet by doing our little bit to be as eco-friendly and sustainable as possible."   ABOUT THE GUEST Blog In 2023, Charis Angel decided to take the plunge and started to create a collection of natural perfumes, formulated with organic essential oils and floral absolutes, reputed to help you handle stress and blended with luxurious, skin-loving organic jojoba oil and Vitamin e, to help nourish the skin with vitamins and minerals.   Her mission is to teach people how to incorporate the beautiful aromas of nature into their everyday hectic lifestyle, in order to help them handle the stresses of everyday life. Her natural fragrances pair beautifully with the practice of various healing activities and therapies such as meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, somatic therapy, EFT, yoga, pilates, Tension Release Experience, psychotherapy and so many more.   Socials & Contact   Instagram: essentially_botanic facebook: Essentially Botanic   www.essentiallybotanic.com     CONTACT METHOD FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/caropartridge LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-partridge-03131520 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/partridge_caroline