Are Civic-Minded Perfumes Gauche or Good?

What's your opinion?

Fragrance for Charity a Yea or Nay?

I was recently reading about a perfume, Girlie, which donates half of its proceeds to a school in Kenya, and did a little searching on other fragrances that give back. Interestingly, there seems to be some debate on whether or not a charity-friendly perfumes and cosmetics are in good taste. What do you think?

After catching commentary on posts about past projects like the Scent of Peace by Bond, which donated $2 from each sale in 2006 to UNICEF, I started thinking about what makes charitable perfumes a controversial topic.

My opinion? It all depends on the amount, and how you present it. The Scent of Peace fragrance No. 9 was conceived after September 11th and only pledged to give a measly $2 per bottle, whereas the Girlie scent, out now, is offering a whopping 50% of profits to children. I have a feeling that the recommendations below will be more easily accepted...

Beauty That Give Back

*100% of Lush's Charity Pot hand and body cream profits goes to humanitarian, environmental, or animal welfare-related projects, and they've sold over 18,600 pots of cream to date.

*MAC's collaboration with Fergie benefits the MAC Aids Fund to benefit men, women, and children living with HIV and AIDS. You can check out the lippie here.

*Peacekeeper Cause-Metics is the first cosmetics line to give all of its profits to "Women's Health Advocacy and Human Rights issues."

*Tom's of Maine donates 10% of their pre-tax profits to charitable organizations, some of which support the arts as well as the the environment, education, and human needs. They also urge their employees to donate 5% of their paid time to volunteer activities.

Do you buy cosmetics that donate a certain percentage to charities or give back in the way of community projects?