Top 30 Eco-friendly Perfumes That Keep Your Skin Safe
Your skin is your biggest organ and you shouldn’t be ruining it with toxic perfume chemicals. According to the Environmental Working Group, most scents in perfumes are synthesized from the fragrance industry’s 3,100 stock chemical ingredients, or they are derived from petroleum.
And frankly unless you’re going to spend alot of time researching each chemical, it’s hard to even knw what is in that chemical labelled “fragrance”. That’s why we have done the research for you.
Fortunately, many perfume manufacturers are starting to replace synthetic chemicals with natural and sustainable ingredients and improving production processes to make them more efficient and less damaging to the environment.
The 2025 Perfume Trends Report notes that there is an increasing demand for perfumes made from natural and organic ingredients such as botanical extracts, essential oils, and plant-based alcohols and consumers in Japan and Australia show a rising interest in natural and eco-friendly perfumes, reflecting a broader concern for sustainability and health. The perception that natural products are of higher quality also plays an important role, as does the belief that natural essential oils in perfume provide a richer aroma.
For those with sensitive skin, finding suitable beauty products can be a challenge due to the harsh chemicals typically used in conventional perfumes. Perfume for sensitive skin needs to be gentle, avoiding irritants that can cause redness, itching, or rashes. Natural perfumes meet these requirements perfectly because they are free from synthetic fragrances and harmful additives.
What’s So Bad About Traditional Perfumes
Traditional perfumes often contain synthetic chemicals like phthalates, Lilial (Butylphenyl Methylpropional), and synthetic musks, which have been linked to hormone disruption, allergies, and other health concerns. Studies suggest that phthalates, found in most mainstream fragrances, can lower testosterone levels and reduce sperm count. Lilial has been banned in the EU due to reproductive toxicity concerns. Additionally, the U.S. Environmental Working Group (EWG) has identified fragrance formulations as one of the most common triggers for skin allergies and respiratory issues.
Natural isn’t always better. Many perfumes use natural ingredients derived from plants, animals, or minerals, such as essential oils, musk, ambergris, or sandalwood. However, some of these ingredients are rare, endangered, or harvested in unsustainable ways, leading to deforestation, habitat loss, biodiversity decline, and animal cruelty. For example, sandalwood trees are overexploited for their aromatic wood, resulting in a 90% reduction of their population in India. Similarly, musk deer are hunted and killed for their glands, which produce a highly valued substance used in perfumery.
Synthetic ingredients, on the other hand, are often derived from petroleum or other non-renewable sources, which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, and pollution.
Traditional perfume manufacturers often use packaging that doesn’t get recycled. It’s estimated that 120 billion units of packaging are produced annually by the global cosmetics industry, much of which ends up in landfills. This includes everything from the nozzles, to plastic wrapping, and the samples themselves.
What Defines an Eco-friendly Perfume?
Ingredients
Ingredients used in natural perfumes are sourced directly from nature, such as flowers, leaves, fruits, resins, roots, and other plant parts. The most common ingredients include essential oils, natural resins, botanical extracts, and some animal extracts like ambergris. These ingredients are typically biodegradable and sustainable, making the scent-making process more eco-friendly. Natural perfumes provide a luxurious experience of natural scents without the use of synthetic chemicals.
Unlike mainstream perfumes, natural and non-toxic fragrances prioritize botanical ingredients such as essential oils, plant extracts, and resins. While synthetic perfumes last longer due to added stabilizers, natural perfumes offer a chemical-free alternative, making them ideal for you if you have sensitivities or just seek a cleaner beauty routine.
Packaging
Glass's high-end feel and look make it a staple in scent packaging. But making glass the old-fashioned way can use a lot of energy. Some companies are using recycled-material glass bottles to lessen this. Businesses can lessen their carbon footprint and the energy required to make new glass by employing recycled glass. In addition to saving resources, this change facilitates the recycling of used bottles. This can also be accomplished through the use of refillable bottles.
For instance, Chanel's "Les Eaux de Chanel" collection, which has minimalist packaging and recycled glass bottles, is a step in the right direction. In a similar vein, L'Occitane has begun using glass bottles made entirely of recycled materials in its product lines, and Jo Malone London has pledged to use 50% recycled glass in several of its perfumes. Diptyque allows customers to purchase refill pouches rather than new bottles every time they run out of its distinctive perfumes since it sells them in glass bottles that can be filled again. This preserves the brand's expected level of luxury while cutting down on packaging waste. Reusable perfume bottles are also promoted by Maison Francis Kurkdjian, giving fragrance enthusiasts an eco-friendly choice.
Utilizing plant-based and biodegradable materials is another creative strategy for environmentally friendly packaging. As an alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastics, some fragrance makers are experimenting with biodegradable plastics derived from sugarcane or corn starch, which are less damaging to the environment. These recyclable or compostable materials provide a more environmentally friendly packaging option. Lush has created perfumes in packaging that is both biodegradable and environmentally beneficial. Some of the brand's products are packaged in mushroom packaging, which is completely biodegradable and compostable, while their solid perfumes are packaged in reusable tins made of recyclable aluminum.
The effects of printed labels and finishes on the environment are also being addressed by the fragrance business. A lot of perfume bottles include elaborate labels, metallic accents, and printed logos. These components frequently contain coatings or dyes that are not recyclable, making recycling more challenging. Hermès, for instance, has pledged to utilize vegetable-based inks for their scent packaging, making sure that all of the materials used are easier to recycle and more environmentally friendly.
Eco-Friendly Perfumes
Henry Rose
Henry Rose has a large collection of eaux de parfum, with lovely fragrances ranging from earthy to spicy to floral scents, some of which won the Allure Best Of Beauty Awards.
Henry Rose always discloses all the ingredients its products contain. Its perfumes are completely free of carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, parabens, phthalates, and formaldehyde. Henry Rose perfumes are made of a combination of both safe synthetics and natural ingredients and are free of harmful ingredients such as phthalates, formaldehyde, and styrene. This nearly zero waste perfume brand also uses 90% recycled and 100% recyclable packaging.
The company is also Leaping Bunny certified, and its collection of fine fragrances is the first to be both EWG verified and Cradle to Cradle certified, which means that it meets the most stringent health and environmental standards. In fact they have 3 gold and 2 silver certifications from Cradle to Cradle for promoting clean air, product circularity, healthy soil and water, social fairness, and no known carcinogens.
Henry Rose produces perfume bottles that you can recycle, made from 90% recycled glass. They create caps from sustainably sourced, compostable soy. The boxes made from recycled corrugated paper.
The brand has partnered with the Breast Cancer Prevention Partners to give back part of its proceeds to research and advocacy around harmful substances in personal care products.
Ffern
If you need exclusivity try out Ffern. By the time of this writing they had already sold out of their first 2025 small batch, home grown perfume. I love that they create a new natural fragrance four times a year, one for each season, because I love to celebrate solstices. Each fragrance is released on a solstice or equinox, turning points in the year as the Earth orbits around the Sun.
They’ve been working with Magical Mushroom in south-east England to develop a mycelium bottle tray. Grown from organic waste material and mycelium (a network of mushroom roots), the tray is 100% home compostable. The making of the tray requires a fraction of the energy used in petroleum-based alternatives and relies entirely on nature to do the work.
They were the first perfume maker to eliminate plastic from their packaging. In Spring 2021, they launched the Ffern kraft tube. They removed the caps from all of their bottles, and designed a kraft paper tube to take its place. The tube functions as a cap, protects the fragrance inside from light, and is 100% recyclable, so make sure not to throw it out.
Every single component that arrives with for their members each season is recyclable. From the bottle itself, which can be left in your regular recycling collection (recycling plants are able to separate the glass and metal parts on site - just like with wine bottles), to the postage box, a Ffern package should generate zero landfill waste.
PHLUR
This certified B-Corp and eco-friendly perfume brand crafts their fragrances using only clean and safe ingredients. In fact, they vow to never use materials listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of threatened plants so as to ensure that their ingredients are always responsibly sourced. PHLUR is fully transparent about the ingredients used within their fragrances, both botanical and synthetics. They collaborate with suppliers like Pinova, who use tree stumps that would otherwise be discarded.
One Seed
One seed makes honest natural and eco-friendly perfume from plants and tells you exactly what’s in it. Fully transparent about their ingredients, One Seed, uses no synthetic ingredients and is packaged in recyclable and reusable materials. In addition to working closely with their suppliers to ensure all their ingredients and materials are sustainably sourced.
Using all-natural ingredients with at least 80% organic content, their perfumes are gentle on both the skin and the environment - just as they should be.
They developed Nothing to Hide™ as a standard by which all of their products are created:
Are fully transparent, listing every single ingredient used
Are 100% free from synthetics and harmful ingredients
Contain only 100% natural, plant-derived ingredients
House of Linnic
Founded by Lindsay-Nicole, this Black woman-owned brand, formulates its unisex phthalate-free fragrances using only natural and plant-based sourced ingredients. The founder’s mission is to “employ talent that is as diverse and culturally rich as the world we live in.” Additionally, this fragrance brand strives to limit its packaging waste by using materials that can be recycled and up-cycled.
Additionally, they support women and children who are victims of various forms of abuse.
Thorn & Bloom
Thorn & Bloom is an artisanal perfumery handcrafting luxury botanical fragrance brand that uses only the finest natural aromatics. As a proud member of the Natural Perfumers Guild, Thorn & Bloom is formulated using only 100% botanical aromatics, such as essential oils, absolutes, and tinctures in a base of triple-filtered USDA Organic Grape Alcohol. Thorn & Bloom’s sustainable perfumes are also free of synthetic aroma chemicals, preservatives and GMOs.
Natural perfume contains aromatics derived from whole sources in the natural world such as roots, flowers, moss, seashells, and tree resins.
Wild and Woman
Wild and Woman Oil-based perfumes are made with natural, synthetic and organic ingredients. These ingredients are sustainably sourced and do not contribute to the pollution and environmental damage caused by the production of alcohol based fragrances. In addition to using natural and organic ingredients, Wild and Woman Oil-based perfumes are also packaged in eco-friendly materials.
The roll-on applicator is made from glass, which is recyclable and does not contribute to plastic waste. The shipping packaging is also made from sustainable materials, such as paper and cardboard, which can be recycled or composted.
IME
Certified 100% Natural by the Natural Perfumers Guild, IME fragrances are crafted using only natural ingredients and free of any artificial and animal fragrances, colors, phthalates, parabens or synthetic ingredients. Their sustainable perfume products range from solid perfume bars to glass refill bottles. They are Certified Toxin-Free with Safe Cosmetics Australia and Certified Member of Organic Beauty Brands.
Blade + Bloom
Handmade in Chicago, {blade + bloom} is a Black woman-owned apothecary brand using only 100% natural, high-quality, and plant-based ingredients. Products include roll-on aromatherapy fragrance oils (can be used as sustainable perfume), candles, body balms, body/face serums, body scrub, soaps and more.
All products are handmade using high quality ingredients, packaged in recyclable / reusable containers and feature a minimal, gender-neutral design.
St. Rose’s Eco-Friendly Perfumes
St. Rose’s ultra-luxurious natural scents include candles and perfumes across four types— floral, fresh, spice, and wood— all made with certified cruelty-free and vegan ingredients.
St. Rose prioritizes ingredients from cooperatives and farmers at origin to provide smallholder farms with a stable income through a traceable supply chain.
Their Recycle Program encourages customers to mail their empty Eau de Parfum (50ml) bottles back for proper disassembly and recycling processing. As a thank you for joining in our efforts to reduce waste, customers will be sent a $50 gift card towards their next Eau de Parfum purchase!
THE COOL FACTOR™ is the ST. ROSE sustainability program focused on carbon neutralizing activities that keep the Earth cool.
Clean formulations that are gentle to skin and earth with ingredient transparency and traceability.
Sourcing at origin and utilizing biotechnology to create safe ingredients in harmony with nature.
Climate action through redistribution of profits and partnering with conservation groups.
Circularity, reducing our carbon footprint, and continually striving to do better each day.
Sana Jardin
Sana Jardin is a socially conscious, luxury fragrance house crafting sustainable eaux de parfum and candles, all with delightful scents. The Sana Jardin brand is focused on the concept of the alchemy of energy. This ancient philosophy focuses on harnessing the vibrational energy of flowers to promote emotional and spiritual well-being.
The brand uses Leaping Bunny approved, clean ingredients and includes at least 15% essential oils in every product. Sana Jardin sources its essential oils by distilling flowers discarded by the perfume industry, turning waste into exquisite fragrances.
Sana Jardin offers training to local women so that they can develop and sell their own products made by upcycling the waste by-products of perfume production. They keep all the proceeds, so this awesome initiative enables them to earn an income year-round while reusing resources that would have otherwise gone to waste!
Sana Jardin’s perfume bottles are recyclable, and they come with compostable caps and boxes made from upcycled coffee cups.
The 7 Virtues’ Ethical Perfume
Whether you prefer florals, warm & spicy scents or fresh, fruity fragrances, you’ll find them in eight distinct choices at The 7 Virtues.
Natural oils are ethically sourced from Afghanistan, Egypt, Haiti, India, Madagascar, Rwanda and Sri Lanka. They’re Fair Trade where possible.
They opt for upcycled rose rather than pure rose oil. Hydrodistillation of rose petals creates a blend of rose oil and water and uses half of the waste, while still maintaining the character of the oil.
They have teamed up to support Days for Girls most recently, an international organization that advances menstrual equity, health, dignity, and opportunity for women and girls, transforming periods into pathways.
M.HAINEY’s Cruelty-Free Sustainable Perfume
Dubbed “A brand of natural Perfume that’s revolutionizing the genre” by Vogue Paris, M.HAINEY makes candles, haircare, and gender-neutral perfumes made from natural botanicals and designed for long-lasting wear with a scent that evolves over a period of hours.
Choose from the likes of Palo Santo or Moon Flower with concoctions crafted from organic and sustainably harvested botanicals. All eco-friendly glass perfume bottles are designed for reuse and made from heritage glass and reclaimed objects.
They offer Carbon-neutral shipping on all orders. They also have a page that goes ingredient by ingredient to show whether they are harvesting threatened plant species.
The Nue Co
The Nue Co blends health and fragrance, offering perfumes that enhance well-being and are made from ethically sourced ingredients. Their products are crafted with clinically studied components that are over 50% organic or community-sourced.
The Nue Co prioritizes ingredient quality, ensuring their fragrances are free from artificial additives and unnecessary fillers. Extensive testing for efficacy and purity ensures that each product delivers a safe and effective experience.
Currently, 95% of their packaging is infinitely recyclable. They are working on the other 5% (which you can send back to us as part of their internal recycling program). They are a Climate Positive, plastic neutral business, with B Corp certification pending.
Future Society
Future Society is a brand that embodies optimism and creativity in the face of uncertainty. They are committed to using their platform to inspire change and unlock new possibilities. Each perfume is a reminder of humanity’s potential to create beauty and innovation. Future Society embraces sustainable practices by crafting fragrances that respect the environment and encourage a brighter future. Their scents are crafted to inspire action and creativity, offering a glimpse of what humanity can achieve at its best.
Clean Beauty Collective’s Plastic-Free Perfumes
Minimalistic, versatile and affordable scents are what you’ll find at Clean Beauty Collective. All ingredients are responsibly harvested from organizations that pay farming communities fair trade prices at a minimum.
The brand’s eco-conscious packaging includes FSC-certified paper, biodegradable cellophane, wood caps from Spain and recyclable glass bottles.
The H2EAU collection supports EARTHDAY.ORG’s Protect Our Oceans campaign which highlights the importance of safeguarding our oceans.
Rainwater Botanicals’ Zero Waste Perfumes
Natural perfumes, skincare products, healing salves, bath soaps and lip balms…they’re all here at Rainwater Botanicals. Products are locally handmade in the USA in small batches with locally sourced and organic ingredients where possible.
Eco-friendly packaging includes glass bottles with metal caps which can be reused or recycled.
Vyrao
Vyrao is a well-being brand on a mission to fuse energetic healing with master perfumery. Its eau de parfum contains a supercharged, ethically sourced Herkimer diamond crystal, which is known for raising and purifying energy.
The company’s perfumes are composed of 88% natural ingredients, 80% of which are certified organic. They are formulated using a mix of essential oils as well as some synthetic chemicals that are completely safe for humans. The perfume base is 100% organic sugar cane alcohol.
Vyrao’s products are also free of harmful chemicals, like parabens and preservatives, and they are 100% vegan and not tested on animals.
Vyrao makes sure to package its fragrances in a sustainable way. Its perfumes come in recyclable glass bottles and FSC-certified recycled paper packaging, and their boxes are made by one of the only certified Carbon Balanced Printers in the United Kingdom. The fragrances and candles don’t come wrapped in single-use cellophane, and the paper used is made from 100% recycled, post-industrial fibers. It has been awarded 'Blue Angel' certification by the German Federal Environmental Agency.
Abbott
Abbott is a sustainable perfume brand offering 8 unisex scents, all inspired by an ecological destination. Its eaux de parfum are made to ground you, bring you closer to nature and help you live in the moment, like the forest, the beach, the mountains, or even the desert.
Abbott formulates its perfumes with the cleanest, sustainably sourced ingredients, all of which are PETA-certified vegan, cruelty-free and disclosed on the website. They are hypoallergenic and completely free of carcinogens, sulfates, phthalates, and parabens.
The brand also packages its products in recyclable glass bottles and boxes. Plus, for every full-size perfume purchased, it donates a portion of all proceeds to a local organization that supports conservation efforts in the United States.
DedCool
Dedcool is a vegan fragrance brand creating 100% genderless, non-toxic scents for everyday wear and for the home. It makes all its perfumes with an innovative process that uses no water.
In replacement of water, the company crafts its formulas using a signature blend of 23 certified organic plant extracts and clean, biodegradable ingredients. The plant extracts are added to nourish, soothe and help with their beneficial, anti-inflammatory properties.
All the brand’s products are handmade in Los Angeles and produced in small batches. Everything is free of harmful chemicals, like petroleum-based ingredients, toxic preservatives and fillers, and carcinogens.
Dedcool is also a member of 1% For The Planet, and its manufacturing facilities and warehouses are certified carbon neutral.
Skylar
Skylar is a sustainable perfume brand that produces hypoallergenic, vegan and cruelty-free perfumes, all made in the USA.
The company uses an organic sugar cane alcohol base for its perfumes, and it lists all its ingredients on its website. Its fragrances are all free of skin sensitizers, endangered plant species, phthalates, parabens, and more than 1,300 other questionable toxic ingredients.
Safe for sensitive skin, Skylar’s fragrances are also almost entirely made with non-toxic synthetic ingredients as the brand strives to preserve the Earth's natural resources.
The perfume boxes are produced using FSC-certified paper, and both the perfume bottles and caps are 100% recyclable. Skylar even donates a portion of its proceeds to a different charity each month, and so far, it has supported social and environmental organizations like Feeding America and the Surfrider Foundation.
Rahua
Rahua creates sustainable hair care and body care products with the planet in mind. All its products are made with organic, plant-derived ingredients, including its oil perfume.
Rahua’s oil perfume comes in an elegant rollerball bottle and is completely non-toxic and vegan, formulated with the highest quality pure plant essential oils.
It also contains handmade “symbiotic®” ingredients, meaning that they are grown in undisturbed areas in the Amazon rainforest, harvested and prepared using indigenous knowledge by local people, and purchased at a price that helps to sustain these traditions, empower the indigenous people, and grow the local economy.
Rahua’s labs and manufacturing facilities are USDA-certified organic, and the company donates part of the proceeds from some of its collections to support conservation efforts. The brand even won the Cosmetic Executive Women Beauty Awards in 2020.
By Rosie Jane
By Rosie Jane is an Australian clean beauty brand with a great selection of perfumes that are all sustainably made. By Rosie Jane is extremely transparent about all the ingredients it uses for each of its perfumes.
From sweet scents to floral and fruity fragrances, the company’s perfumes are all formulated with 100% safe, non-toxic and responsibly sourced ingredients. Its eau de parfum is made with organic cane sugar alcohol, and its perfume oils contain organic fractionated coconut oil.
Free of endocrine-disrupting ingredients, by/Rosie Jane provides complete ingredient transparency and uses certified organic ingredients whenever possible. The sustainable perfume also comes in recyclable packaging made using wind power, vegetable-based inks, and responsibly-sourced paper.
The brand is also one of the only perfume brands that are climate-neutral certified, and all its products are 100% vegan and certified by Leaping Bunny.
Everything By Rosie Jane sells is handmade in Los Angeles, and sent in 100% recyclable packaging made using wind power, FSC-certified paper and vegetable-based inks.
MOODEAUX
MOODEAUX is a black-owned fragrance label that crafts perfume oils combining clean, luxury fragrances with skincare benefits. Its sophisticated signature scent, the SuperCharged SkinScent, comes in a travel spray pen, which you can take everywhere with you.This cruelty-free formula contains a concentration of over 30% fragrance oil. It leaves out the typical alcohol, water and dyes we can find in most perfumes, and instead, uses botanical ingredients that help lock in moisture, like grape seed, fractionated coconut, apricot, and meadowfoam seed oils.
The brand created Black In Fragrance, a movement building an ecosystem of support and help for Black perfumers and black-owned fragrance brands. MOODEAUX also donates 50% of the revenue from each sale of its limited edition merch directly to Black creatives.
Plus, the company sends its products in biodegradable mailers and allows you to send back your empty travel pens.
Leahlani
Leahlani is a Hawaii-based artisanal skincare brand selling several perfumes, all featuring tropical fragrances that evoke the lush nature of the islands. They are all composed by hand and made in small batches with organic, wildcrafted ingredients.
Leahlani also makes two aromatherapy essences that, again, will transport you to a tropical island. With their fruity and floral scents, they can be used as a regular perfume or an aromatherapy treatment to promote grounding feelings of harmony and comfort.
The brand strives to minimize its environmental footprint, so it has a strict low-waste policy on the boxes and packing materials it receives, and it reuses most of them to ship out wholesale orders. Leahlani also makes sure to ship its products in recyclable packaging, and its headquarters in Kaua’i are 100% solar-powered.
DefineMe’s Non-GMO Perfumes
DefineMe is on a mission to empower self-worth and confidence through scent.
You’ll find everything from sweet and floral notes to warm and fruit scents and delicious-smelling fragrances in between. They make it easy to browse by scent or find your perfect match with a scent quiz. Scents can be bought as perfume mists, reed diffusers, travel sprays, body oils and hair fragrance mists.
Fragrances come in reusable bottles apart from the 1.7 recyclable oz bottle. They use locally sourced packaging, FSC-certified paper and vegetable-based inks.
Altra
Altra’s perfumes are 100% natural, vegan, and cruelty-free, offering a pure connection to nature. Their compositions explore the intersection between the natural and man-made worlds, creating a new approach to fragrance.
Their commitment to sustainability is reflected in their refillable glass bottles, recyclable aluminium flasks, and plastic-free packaging. Altra partners with ethical suppliers and supports environmental projects, embodying a dedication to responsible manufacturing. Founded by Beckielou Brown and Bridget Plant, Altra aims to celebrate beauty while respecting the planet.
Juniper Ridge
Juniper Ridge is a brand inspired by the wilderness of the American West. They create men’s natural colognes using sustainably harvested plants and tree resins, capturing the essence of nature in each bottle. Their fragrances evoke a sense of adventure and rugged masculinity.
Juniper Ridge creates their essential oils by sustainably harvesting flora and upcycling trees removed for fire mitigation. Through time-honored perfuming techniques, they steam-distill the organic materials gathered in Oakland, CA.
Juniper Ridge’s products are free from synthetic perfumes, parabens, phthalates, preservatives, and dyes. They prioritize environmental respect at every level, ensuring their offerings are cruelty-free and packaged in Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) paper.
By avoiding toxic and artificial chemicals, they aim to bring their customers closer to the wild places they hold in high regard. Inspired by the outdoors, Juniper Ridge believes in actively protecting the environment, leading to the establishment of their Western Wilderness Defense Fund.
Through their Wilderness Defense Program, they donate 10% of their profits or 1% of their sales (whichever is greater) annually to organizations dedicated to preserving wilderness areas.
Quw’utsun’Made
This sustainable perfume brand, founded by Arianna Johnny-Wadsworth, was created to help preserve the traditional knowledge of the Coast Salish Nation.
Each product is handmade in small batches in her studio using 100% renewable energy. All Quw’utsun’ Made products are formulated using local and wildcrafted ingredients. The fragrances, which are beautifully named The Beader, The Weaver, The Carver, and The Tzinquaw, are phthalate, paraben, and SLS-free and made using only natural ingredients.
