Best fragrance or nice smelling body butter/cream for someone VERY prone to sensitive skin/asthma?

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Best fragrance or nice smelling body butter/cream for someone VERY prone to sensitive skin/asthma?

Looking for as hypoallegenic as possible and not too pricey (up to £20-ish).

Thanks :)

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Honestly, something with no fragrance at all.

You just won't know what their trigger is if it is a gift. All fragranced products given to me are greeted with extremely grateful thanks and then secretly regifted/charity shopped as soon as the giver's back is turned. Anyone likely to be a repeat giver gets told tactfully on another occasion.

I have ezcema, asthma and migraine and fragrance is just not worth it. there are plenty of gorgeous products out there with no fragrance.

I could've written Anna's post ^^

Also, it's often the fragrance itself that sets off the reaction. It certainly is with me.

I completely agree with AnnaMagnani - don't buy them anything unless you've checked with them first that their skin will tolerate it.

I've got really sensitive skin and react to lots of (unknown) things - even no-fragrance products sometimes.

I don't use anything new unless my usual stuff stops working (which happens sometimes....)

If anyone ever gives me any skincare items, perfumes etc. I just give them to my sister (who has normal non-reactive) skin.

I’ve got a lush cream called Sympathy for the skin. It smells delicious yet is kind to my very sensitive skin. I dont have asthm though.

Hi all,
Just to be clear, by "someone" I meant myself, not as a gift to someone else lol although I realize the way I worded the post wasn't great.

Main thing I want is something with a nice long lasting fragrance but also good for sensitive skin/asthma. I do agree that the fragrance is what sets off the reaction in products often but I'm hoping there's some sort of fragrance that someone thought worked well with sensitive skin.

I'm hoping there's some sort of fragrance that someone thought worked well with sensitive skin

I've never found one that works with my skin, but it just depends what your triggers are as we're all different.

I would suggest you separate out perfume and body products and wear it separately.

While you are still likely to find that perfume triggers your asthma, you can narrow it down much better and it isn't all over your skin. I've found buying perfume samples works well for me as if I have 10 0.5 ml samples I don't feel that upset if 5 are no good and 0.5ml applied with the plastic dipper lasts a surprisingly long time.

My top tip is steer clear of anything with aldehydes in - sadly that means all the Chanels are out. You may already know particular fragrances from flowers you can't get on with so don't be fooled by 'essential oils'. They are just as bad.

Personally I am OK with anything Guerlain plus then random other things by trial and error.

OP why do you want fragrance? Why not just use an unscented product?

I really like the Avene Lotion with lavender...it's still really gentle and the lavender scent isn't too strong. Found it in Savers and liked it so much that I went back and bought two more. Not overly expensive if you find your skin doesn't like it.

It’s difficult because what one person is sensitive to might be totally different to what you are. DD and I both have very sensitive skin. Some products I can use with no problem, DD can’t. I think it’s a case of trial and error. Don’t splash out, try get small sizes and go for the most likely set of ingredients not to cause problems and try stuff out on a small area first. It’s very annoying and often very expensive because you end up giving away or throwing out stuff that proved to be no good for you.

No idea but if you find one I'll be exstatic!!

I can use aqueous cream for 2 days before I get a reaction, oil of olay one day, aloe vera (sadly forever living) sometimes as many as 3 days

But continual use of anything mean sore rash