FAQs
Our perfumes are made from a blend of botanical and floral extracts, resins, tinctures, natural isolates and nature identicals. They are NOT made with any endocrine disrupting ingredients, no phthalates, harmful synthetic musks, parabens, sulphates, petroleums, siloxanes, BHT and more - nothing that will harm your health.
We send a 2.5ml sample with every 50ml bottle for risk-free purchasing. We have a 7 perfume sample set that comes with a $20 credit for a 50ml bottle. We also have a 21 day returns policy for all of our perfumes.
There’s no regulated definition of “clean” beauty. To us, it means products made WITHOUT toxic chemicals. So no chemicals will ever be used that are harmful to your health, animals or the planet. This means no phthalates, parabens, sulphates, mineral oils, petroleums, siloxanes, DEA, PEGS, BHA, BHT, no nitro/polycyclic musks, no phenoxyethanol, nothing toxic, EVER. Nothing that will disrupt your endocrine system.
Yes! ALL of our products are free of hormone disruptors. There are no endocrine disruptors in our perfumes, so no phthalates, no harmful synthetic musks, no PEGs, parabens, sulphates, DEA, BHA BHT, petroleums, siloxanes, mineral oils.
This is why we created Recreation - to have a luxury perfume range that is non-toxic - free of endocrine disruptors.
Endocrine disruptors can cause everything from headaches, weight gain and mood swings to more serious issues like reproductive issues, problems with unborn foetuses, have been linked to cancer, auto immune diseases and more.
We've tested our fragrances on a number of people with perfume allergies who have NOT had any reaction with our perfumes, and we also have hundreds of reviews from people who are normally allergic to perfume but they can wear ours (check our reviews section). Saying that, you're a unique unicorn! If you're concerned, please try the Discovery Set first to test each one and hopefully there's one (or more!) in there that will work on your skin without reaction. Our fragrances contain no harmful chemicals, you are LESS likely to have a reaction as reactions are usually caused by harmful synthetics and chemicals and synthetic alcohol. We use organic sugar-cane derived alcohol which also comes with little to zero reactions. Check out our reviews section for all the happy customers who can now wear our fragrances!
Our perfumes are free from phthalates which can disrupt the development of reproductive hormones in male foetuses amongst other things. None of our products contain essential oils which are harmful to pregnant or lactating women. We always recommend you checking with your doctor before using any products however.
All of our products are 100% certified vegan and cruelty-free. We don't test on animals and we don't use any animal-derived ingredients.
Our perfumes have been tested and last approx 8 hours on skin, more if you spray on hair or clothes. We advise to top up after this. Our perfumes do not last 24 hours like a lot of chemist/department store perfumes because they do NOT contain phthalates or harmful musks - the toxic chemicals that make perfumes stick to skin. These are scientifically proven endocrine disruptors and will mess with your hormones, causing a multitude of health issues. You don't want to be spraying these on your skin!
Yes you can use the GQG body + hair serum oil on your face, it's an excellent face moisturiser. Keep in mind that it does have our clean fragrance in it so keep away from eye area.
We do have VIbrant Skin Face Oil which is specially formulated for face and can be used liberally around eye area! Wake up with the best skin if you use this the night before.
Yes! Both the GQG oil and the Vibrant Skin Face Oil are formulated to be safe while pregnant. Vibrant Skin contains a phyto-retinol (Bakuchiol) that is safe for use in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. It's been scientifically proven to work exactly the same as retinol but doesn't contain Vitamin A so is safe to use. We would always recommend you check with your doctor beforehand.
The Recreation crew will get to work packing your order as soon as you place it.
- Shipping is AUD$9.50 within Australia, FREE when you spend over $99.
- New Zealand shipping is a flat NZD$9 rate to anywhere in New Zealand.
NZ shipping is a flat AUD$7. Allow 1 - 7 days for NZ shipping
Other international:
We are working on shipping to other international markets but they are not available for shipping right now.
We send Australia Post from Sydney. It can take anywhere from 1 - 5 days (allow a few extra days if regional or in WA/NT)
Australia - Australia Post
New Zealand - Various carriers
International - DHL
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