Eau, You'll Love This Fragrance

Wearing perfume can lift your mood and help make you feel attractive ... or, if it's made from cheap synthetic ingredients, it can give you a headache, nausea, or skin irritation. And that really stinks.

If you're concerned about those adverse reactions, there are some fragrance brands that are a safe bet since they never use synthetics, like Diptyque. This French company has been making heady, natural eau de toilettes for almost 50 years; each is inspired by travel and has a subtly intoxicating quality that nearly guarantees a "what are you wearing" response when you're wearing it. Plus, these perfumes come in old school European bottles with black and white sketched labels that look way more stylish in your bathroom than your boyfriend's bottle of Old Spice.

Diptyque's newest scent is Eau de Tarocco, a blend of natural oils from blood oranges, Bulgarian roses and cedar. It's a rich mix that was inspired by the summertime scent of glasses of fresh squeezed blood orange juice at outdoor cafes in the South of France.

Because of its high quality imported ingredients, Diptyque's fragrances aren't cheap ... but for an alluring hit of French culture, a bottle of Eau de Tarocco is still much, much cheaper than a plane ticket, hotel room and a large jus d'orange on a summer day.