Country of origin: Canada

Perfume Brands from Canada

In Canada, stronger concentrations and longer-lasting scents lead the fragrance market, Circana says, while younger buyers coming into the category are driving sales of body sprays and mists. Canadian houses listed on this page include Zoologist Perfumes, DSQUARED², The 7 Virtues and M·A·C Cosmetics.

17 houses 601 perfumes

The perfume market in Canada

Canadian shoppers want quality. After several years of rapid growth, Circana says, they are building fragrance wardrobes and carrying scent into body care, from body oils to mists.

In figures

Designer 4 houses

Niche & Independent 6 houses

Other kinds of house 7 houses

Perfume from Canada, in numbers

Of the 601 perfumes from Canada with a verdict, 58% are Favourites, 29% Statements and 13% Acquired. Favourite, the most common, is our mark for a broadly appealing, versatile scent.

The notes that turn up most often across 601 perfumes from Canada, with how many of them use each:

Of the 17 houses, 6 are niche or independent, 4 designer and 7 are other kinds of house, such as celebrity lines and retailers' own brands.

Launches run from the 2000s to the 2020s, and the 2020s were the busiest decade, with 323. We know the launch year of 98% of these perfumes, and count only decades with at least 10 launches.

The houses from here that readers look up most are Zoologist Perfumes, DSQUARED² and The 7 Virtues, and the most viewed perfumes are Moth Eau de Parfum by Zoologist Perfumes, 2 Wood Eau de Toilette by DSQUARED² and Rabbit Eau de Parfum by Zoologist Perfumes. That is our own page views, not sales.

Questions about perfume from Canada

Which houses count as being from Canada?

Those based there, as recorded on each brand page, whatever their tier: designer, niche and independent, Arabian or anything else. A house whose country we have not recorded appears on no country page, and a house is listed once it has at least one published perfume.

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