Sustainability in Perfume - A Real Buying Factor or Just a Trend?

More and more brands are promoting sustainable perfumes - from refillable bottles to natural ingredients and eco-friendly packaging. But how much does this really influence purchasing decisions?

Is sustainability an important factor for you when buying perfume, or do scent, longevity, and price matter more in the end? We're curious to hear your thoughts!

Tzapan 1 year ago

Sustainability is the future of perfumery. I'll give an example: some years ago ,not so many,almost everybody thought Mugler A*men had been discontinued. The fans of this fragrance who had bought the bottle that the owner can open to refill,simply bought the refill ! This was not a fragrance disrupt. Mugler is a house that cares about sustainability!

Ringtale 1 year ago

I really wish I could say 'yes', but I'm not paying much attention to these aspects when it comes to perfumery. I find it hard enough to find scents I really love and if I also would have to take the sustainability in consideration it would get even harder to find something I like.
(though I love the house of Guerlain and they do claim to care about the bee's, but I don't know it this really means sustainability in all aspects).
I also tend to think that some of the more natural perfumes may be lovely, but may not 'perform' very well where it concerns longevity and sillage.
But this poll does make me think and I'm willing to find out about houses that take action on the matter and see if there's anything that would match my taste. (any recommendations are welcome :-))

ExUser 1 year ago

Dont want to sound harsh but just give me my fragrance man. I couldn’t care less if the ingredients are eco-friendly or not.
Child labour for the picking of raw materials is a while different story though

DorothyGrace 1 year ago

I don't buy that much perfume and hardly ever repeat purchase although that is quite typically because as soon as I love something it is discontinued (looking at you Mon Parfum Cherie par Camille). I have a couple of travel sprayers that can be refilled with anything but find once it has been used for one scent it takes the dickens of work to remove the fragrance so a new one can be decanted into it. I clicked the little dial thing to see how it worked so accidentally clicked that eco didn't matter at all which isn't quite how I go about things in my day to day life as I do try to cut down on plastic waste e.g. using bar soap shampoo rather than plastic bottle shampoo.

Stolzman 1 year ago

I'm really sorry, but I don't care about green washing. This is another fashionable marketing gimmick.

Ghostwillow 1 year ago

Refillable packaging for the fragrance itself is nice, and I pay attention to shipping materials as well—I prefer 100% compostable or recyclable. I would love if brands were more transparent about labor issues throughout their supply chain. Conversely, "clean" marketing (which I view as inherently unscientific) makes me less likely to purchase a fragrance. Overall, if it doesn't smell good, none of this matters.

Salahharake 1 year ago

While sustainability is a great bonus, scent, longevity, and price ultimately matter more when choosing a fragrance. After all, a perfume should first and foremost be something you love to wear! Who agrees?

GeorgeReid 1 year ago

I agree 100% with this.
Environmental sustainability features such as refillable bottles are a nice bonus. However, the priorities with fragrance purchases are if I like the smell of a fragrance on me, and if I can use it in my daily life.

Omnipotato 1 year ago

I don't give a damn about bottles and the "natural"-ness of ingredients (whatever that means), but I do care about where and how raw ingredients/essential oils are sourced. Not just sustainability and for the environment, but making sure the people involved are not being exploited, such as child-labor jasmine picking in Egypt

Fragrance16 1 year ago

I like refillable...and not particularly for the sustainability part( ..however it is an extra reason to like sustainability). I just like the freedom and extra-ness of being able to experience the fragrance fully. Non refillable are kind of restrictive when there are refillable out there, you know.

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