I've always loved beautiful perfumes. The luxurious brands, the sophisticated scents, the gorgeous bottles. That little feeling of indulgence when you put on your favourite fragrance.

But my relationship with perfume changed when I began my journey towards a more low tox lifestyle. And for me, that journey wasn't simply about wanting to make healthier choices. It began during one of the most difficult and emotional chapters of my life — my fertility journey.

When you're struggling to conceive, you find yourself searching for answers everywhere. You question things you never thought twice about before. You read, you research, you make changes, and you wonder whether there's something else you could be doing to give yourself the best possible chance. That was certainly my experience.

As I began learning more about the ingredients in our everyday products, I started making changes to what I used in my home and on my body. Cleaning products. Skincare. Makeup. Personal care products. And yes, my beloved perfumes.

I discovered that the word fragrance on an ingredient label could represent a complex mixture of ingredients, without necessarily revealing every individual component. And the more I learnt, the more I questioned what I was putting on my skin. But here's the thing that I don't think gets talked about enough.

It might sound trivial to someone who hasn't been through it. After all, it's only perfume, right? But it wasn't just perfume. It was the makeup I loved. The beautiful skincare products. The fragrances I'd worn for years. All those little things that were part of feeling like myself.

At a time when so much felt outside my control, I was trying to make the best choices I could for my health and my future family. And while those changes were important to me, they weren't always easy.