Your Guide to Vegan Perfumes

Everyone loves a good perfume, but did you know a lot of mainstream brands aren’t cruelty-free or vegan-friendly? Yup, many are sold in China where animal testing is required by law. Secondly, many use animal-derived ingredients. 

The good news? There are tonnes of vegan and cruelty-free options! Whether you’re looking for something new and luxurious or vegan dupes of classic favourites, there are plenty of perfumes to discover without harming any bunnies.

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Eden Perfumes

This award-winning perfumery is a favourite amongst vegans as they have a dupe for every famous scent. Chanel No 5, Marc Jacobs Daisy, Joop Homme, Britney’s Fantasy … They have it all! Not only are their scents vegan and cruelty-free, but you’ll save yourself a small fortune as their perfume prices start from just £18 for 30ml. They have a huge selection of female, male and gender neutral scents. You can find their dupe list here.

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If you fancy a sniff, Eden Perfumes have shops in both Brighton and London. Fortunately for the eco-conscious, you can refill your empty Eden bottle in store!

Facetheory

Best known for their cult vegan skincare, Facetheory also have a signature fragrance – FR 01 Fragrance. It’s gender neutral and contains only natural fragrance oils. This is one of my favourite summer scents as it’s both fresh and seductive. It’s a must-have for any patchouli lovers, as Facetheory layer the earthy scent beautifully with warm spices and vibrant clary sage. It also lasts well throughout the day – I can apply in the morning and still enjoy hints of the scent by the evening.

Although buying fragrances online can feel risky, Facetheory send this perfume through with a tester – so you can try it out for a couple of days before deciding whether you want to keep or send back the unopened full size fragrance. Great for helping out customers and reducing waste! 

You can enjoy a 25% saving on all Facetheory products with discount code VEGANBEAUTYGIRL25 – you’re welcome!

Kierin NYC

Kierin NYC is a bold, genderless perfume brand straight from New York that’s also vegan and cruelty free. They’re also proudly a ‘clean’ fragrance brand . This means that their products are made without sulfates, parabens, phthalates and formaldehyde.

Their four fragrances are grounded in storytelling and work to evoke feelings and influence moods:

• Santal Sky – a warm woody fragrance to refresh the soul and calm emotions
• Nitro Noir – a spicy, mysterious fragrance that guarantees attention to the wearer
• 10AM Flirt – a fresh, flirty fragrance that uses fig and sandalwood to entice
• Sunday Brunch – a celebratory fragrance reminiscent of bucks fizz and earl grey

Can’t choose? They also have a discovery set.

The Perfume Shop

Only recently, due to the vegan-boom, The Perfume Shop began stocking vegan perfumes and even launched their own vegan perfume range!

You can find the following vegan-friendly fragrances online:

• The Perfume Edit is The Perfume Shop’s first fragrance collection and each scent is certified vegan.
• Valeur Absolue combined fine perfumery and well-being to create their gemstone infused fragrances centred around emotions.

Lush

Best known for bath bombs and shampoo bars, many are unaware that Lush also sell perfumes! They have a huge vegan perfume offering. Lush perfumes are genderless and use minimal packaging, ethical ingredients and top quality essential oils to create truly unique fragrances. Exactly what you’d expect from the brand! However, sometimes their scents are a bit too unique and have a habit of polarising people!

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Lush understand how important it is to sample a scent before purchase. This is why most Lush stores have perfume sections in them and why they also sell ‘washcards’ (both in store and online) as part of their perfume collection. This is a £2 sample which lets you check out a scent before you commit to purchase. Great for if you’re stuck indoors and aren’t able to sniff them out at your local Lush! Some of their bestsellers include: the cosy Turmeric Latte, the scrumptious Vanillary, the sexy Lust and the warm and woody Smugglers Soul.

Floral Street

Floral Street have a store in Covent Garden where you can smell and shop their fragrances. They have a large selection of fine fragrances which are full of flowers. As a result, their perfumes range from soft and romantic to exotic and tough scents, plus everything in between. They’re great for ethical shoppers because all of their fragrances are vegan, PETA certified cruelty free and packed away in reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging.

Some of their perfumes include: Wild Vanilla Orchid, Black Lotus, Chypre Sublime, London Poppy and Iris Goddess. Discovery sets are also available for purchase if you’d rather not commit to a full perfume – especially helpful when buying as a gift!

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You can check out some of my other popular blog posts here:

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