If something good this 21st century has brought us is that there is increasingly more awareness about the need to protect the ecosystem. #PlanetFirst. With the amount of technological advances there are today, and since the world of cosmetics is not exempt from them, there is no room for brands to use animals for experimentation with their products. Don't you think?
That is why today we want to answer a question that surely has crossed your mind if you are a lover of the world of perfumery: Are Fragrance cruelty free?
What are cruelty free brands?
The cruelty free brands are those in which during the process of making their products, no animal has been hurt or mistreated.
And of course, to obtain the final products, a thousand tests are usually done in which different components are mixed to get the right final formula. When there was no social awareness against animal cruelty, 100% of beauty brands tested their products on animals before a human tried them, to ensure they did not cause irritation, wounds, or worse.
Currently, many brands have championed the cruelty free trend, since thanks to the advances in technology, it is not necessary to use animals to test products. Unfortunately, many cosmetic brands remain in the dark and continue doing so.
Differences between a cruelty free Fragrance and a vegan Fragrance
The world of perfumery does not escape this wonderful rising trend and more and more Fragrances are not only do they not test on animals, but they are also vegan.
But wait... Aren't vegan products and cruelty free products the same? Not at all, although these terms can be confused since they belong to the eco-friendly realm and are closely related.
A Fragrance can be cruelty-free but not vegan. But a vegan Fragrance will always be cruelty free. How is this possible? Let's see:
Cruelty-free Fragrances
A Fragrance is cruelty free when it is not tested on animals before being put on sale. The manufacturers use other much more ethical means to verify that it has an appropriate formulation and does not cause irritation or rashes when applied.
Vegan Fragrances
On the other hand, a vegan Fragrance is one that contains absolutely no animal-derived components. What? That some Fragrances contain components derived from animals? Yes. The world of perfumery is so vast and its aromas so diverse that the creator of a Fragrance must resort to sources of very diverse origins to obtain ingredients that make their creation a completely unique aroma.
One of the essential animal-derived ingredients in fragrances is musk, since it is an excellent aroma fixer and makes a Fragrance lasts hours and hours. Musk is obtained from the musk deer glands, a species originating from the northeast of Asia. The problem with using this substance in its natural origin is that to produce it you have to completely extract the gland, which causes the death of the animal.
A completely unnecessary death nowadays thanks to the advances being made in the field of chemistry, since they produce synthetic compounds (that is, artificial) that have a very similar aroma, intensity, and duration -not to say identical- to ingredients of natural origin.
Currently, almost all fragrances are made from synthetic components, so not only do they not use components from the animal world, but they also do not use wood or natural flowers to obtain these essences. Thus, it contributes to responsible consumption of the planet's resources and, therefore, to environmental care.
And now that you have seen what their differences are, you will surely wonder… Is it possible to find a cruelty free and vegan Fragrance? Well yes, it is possible. In DIVAIN, for example.
DIVAIN is the reference brand of cruelty free Fragrances from Spain. All our fragrances are cruelty free, so if you are looking for a Fragrance respectful to animals, turn to the more than 900 fragrances that make up our catalog.
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