Vegan & Cruelty-Free

Ethical Perfume Brands

Anyone can print "ethical" on a box, so we only use the word where there is something to check. Every house here makes a vegan or cruelty-free claim across its whole range, either backed by an independent register or stated on its own site, and we never blend the two. Natural, clean and non-toxic get no list, because nothing stands behind those words. The perfumes still get the same verdict as everything else on the site.

34 certified houses 962 vegan perfumes 3,972 cruelty-free perfumes

Certified houses

On an independent register as vegan, cruelty-free or both, across the whole range. Each brand page names the body and links to its listing, so you can check it yourself.

Every vegan brand we cover

Every cruelty-free brand we cover

Brand-declared

These 96 houses make the claim on their own site. We found no third-party register listing to confirm it, so it is their word rather than an audited certification.

Where to start

From vegan and cruelty-free houses whose claim covers the whole range, no more than two from each. Every perfume page says where the claim comes from.

Browse all 962 vegan perfumes

Browse all 3,972 cruelty-free perfumes

What the words mean

Vegan and cruelty-free have registers behind them, so they get a list. Natural, clean and non-toxic do not. No standards body defines them and no test confirms them, so we publish no list for them and explain the word instead.

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