Enchanteur Perfumed Talc in Alluring Review and Thoughts on Talcum Powders

When we were kids, mom would dust our backs with baby powder after bath to keep us feeling fresh and lessen the chance of getting prickly heat. Talc after all absorbs sweat and prevents friction. Years later, we still use talcum powder, sometimes as face powder, more often during summer. Oblivious to the possible dangers posed by inhaling it, until recently.

It started after I've read from the papers that a certain talcum powder maker was and is being sued by ovarian cancer patients who used the product on their genital area. When I first heard about this, I was actually surprised that some people practice this. I mean, is it safe to be putting stuff into/near your orifices unless they are meant to be put there?

But then I have not been entirely cautious as well. I so enjoy sniffing bottles of fragrant anything. Well, apparently there are cases of people with pulmonary problems caused by cosmetic talc inhalation. So unlike before, I'm now extra careful, especially with perfumed talc. A hard thing to do when one is as fragrant as this one. Enchanteur Alluring Perfumed Talc 's scent is a combination of rose, iris and vanilla so say its website. I don't get the vanilla much but the delicate aroma of florals is there. I can still smell it on my arms even as I perspire.

The powder is rather finely-milled and lighweight. Enchanteur Alluring Perfumed Talc does not feel sticky on my skin. However, other body powders seem to be able keep me from sweating more than this does.
  
Also, not a fan of the container. Enchanteur Perfumed Talc is dispensed from a bottle with pinholes protected by a screw cap, unlike most talcum powders which are housed in bottles with lids you twist open and close. If I upend a capped bottle, I have to be careful in unscrewing the cap since some of the powder would have escaped the holes into it. It could get messy and wasteful.
 
This was a gift. While Enchanteur Paris products have been available at Watsons stores in the Philippines for close to a year, Enchanteur products have yet to make their appearance in major beauty counters. There are online stores that already carry them though. Both Enchanteur and Enchanteur Paris are made in Malaysia by the same company.