The Best Natural Perfumes for Men
Top-reviewed, highest quality, focusing on natural formulas and minimal safe-synthetics.
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Badlands Scotch Porter
A Rising star
Embodies bold adventures
Unique and daring
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Rain Clean Reserve
That after-rain scent
A fresh woody scent
Helps deliver clean water to Haiti locals.
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Dirty Hinoki Heretic
Exhilarating sensory journey!
Inspired by Japanese Hinoki Forest
“Low-key sexy scent!”
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Bourbon Cedar Barrel & Oak
Screams Manliness
Bourbon, Red Cedar, Smoky Vanilla
Deeply rustic
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Cowboy Grass D.S. & Durga
Dust off your boots!
Smells like American Wild West
Rugged and Raw
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Men, it’s time to update your perfume collection and make the change to safe perfume. Did you know studies have shown that some synthetic ingredients are known carcinogens and can kill your reproductive system? You owe it to your body and your health to use products that are safe and even beneficial to your health. The great part is that you can still be the best-smelling man in any room while wearing a safe perfume.
If you have visited our site before, you know The Safe Perfumery advertises perfumes focusing on natural formulas with minimal use of known safe synthetics. We do not advertise perfumes with questionable ingredients. Sadly, what many are willing to call a ‘natural’ perfume stretches the friendship with this term. We have seen many advertised ‘natural’ perfumes with way more synthetic ingredients than natural ones. This doesn’t sound ‘natural’.
Don’t fall into the trap. This article contains our top-reviewed, highest quality, genuine, safe perfumes for men. We will always specify if they are a 100% natural formula or whether they use minimal safe synthetics so that you can make an informed choice.
Want to know more about what safe perfume is?
#1 Badlands by Scotch Porter
Price Guide: $$$$$
Fragrance Family: Woody & Fruity
Notes: Vetiver, Juniper, Grapefruit, Verbena, Balsam
Cruelty-free, colour-safe, natural ingredients plus safe synthetics.
Badlands is a real man’s perfume. Badlands embodies bold adventures, such as climbing mountains, crossing seas, hiking into the outdoors, and embracing the wild and untamed wilderness.
Scotch Porter invites you to embrace the call to the wild with delicious notes of vetiver and juniper, accented by the zesty notes of grapefruit and verbena. Badlands can only be described as unique and daring, but it is worth every minute this rugged formula lingers on your skin.
Scotch Porter is a rising star in the safe perfume industry. Badlands already has a strong reputation building. We think Badlands will soon be a top contender in the safe perfume market.
At the present time, it is only available directly from Scotch Porter in the United States. They do offer shipping internationally to Australia.
#2 Rain by Clean Reserve
Price Guide: $$$$$
Fragrance Family: Fresh
Top Notes: Bergamot, Chilled Cucumber, Waterlily
Mid Notes: Dewy White Flowers, Cyclamen, Muguet
Base Notes: Patchouli, Rainforest Vetiver, Clean Musks
Cruelty-free. Gluten-free. Natural formula. Clean are committed to never using un-safe ingredients.
“Inspired by the scent that lingers in the air after a lush rainfall.”
Rain combines crisp, watery cucumber notes and a light musky blend with vetiver and patchouli to re-create that cool, earthy scent that appears after a rain shower. Rain is more than just a scent.
Rain helps to sustain the planet and its people.
A principal ingredient, vetiver, is a tropical grass sourced from Haiti. Clean Reserve’s purchase of vetiver from Haiti supports a program that provides education and health care for farmers and their families. Further supporting the farmers of Haiti, Clean Reserve funds a program that delivers safe drinking water to the local communities. Rain has also left its mark on customers.
“Rain is heaven scent. This company has done such a great job with this lovely perfume.”
“I've tried and used many perfumes over the years (I'm 46). I have been rarely complimented on any of them, I understand why now, years later. Clean Reserve Rain is a compliment getter for me. And it's not just once in awhile, I get compliments quite often.”
If you want a manly perfume all the while knowing you are supporting a community of farmers in Haiti to receive education, health care, and clean water, then Rain Clean Reserve is an obvious choice.
#3 Dirty Hinoki by Heretic
Price Guide: $$$$$
Fragrance Family: Citrus
Top Notes: Lemon, Cedar, Nutmeg, Thyme, Pine
Mid Notes: Hinoki, Cypress
Base Notes: Elemi, Wormwood, Fir Absolute, Ambrettolide, Balsam, Frankincense
Vegan, cruelty-free, natural ingredients plus safe synthetics.
Dirty Hinoki takes you on an exhilarating sensory journey.
Imagine trekking through the wild hinoki forests on the Japanese Island of Yakushima. Deep in the forest, you find your own nature shower and relax among the trees as you take in all the scents of nature. This journey is the inspiration for Dirty Hinoki.
Earthy notes swirl through your nose, and much like bathing in the forest, Dirty Hinoki is designed to give you a multi-sensory experience that will clear your mind and allow you to appreciate the beauty of the world around you.
Dirty Hinoki will take you on a unique journey, providing the perfect escape. What is even better is the non-toxic, all-natural ingredients with carefully selected, safe synthetics.
While technically a unisex perfume, we think this makes a strong choice for any man. We will leave you with this review to decide whether you should make this your next safe perfume choice.
“Dirty Hinoki has all my favourite wood tones, plus a hit of citrus, herbs, and Hinoki cypress (which I'm now obsessed with) - already blended to perfection. I can wear this fragrance any day, anywhere, and invariably someone mentions how "clean" I smell...but that it's low-key sexy too. This parfum is now part of my permanent collection because it contains a balance of the fragrance notes I already love to wear, plus an unexpected hint of Hinoki - which makes it even better!”
#4 Bourbon Cedar by Barrel & Oak
Price Guide: $$$$$
Fragrance Family: Woody Amber
Top Notes: Bourbon
Mid Notes: Red Cedar
Base Notes: Smoky Vanilla
Vegan and all-natural formula.
Bourbon Cedar screams manliness from across a smoky room.
Bourbon Cedar cologne is a natural, essential oil-based fragrance. An exquisite blend of bourbon, red cedar, and smoky vanilla inspired by the wood-aging tradition of American distilleries. Bourbon Cedar becomes unique to every man when combined with his natural chemistry. The men have weighed in, and this is what they have to say:
“Definitely very pleased with scent , it’s the most true to scent of cedar wood I’ve used ever.”
“The smell itself reminds me of the smell of fresh cut lumber or a wooden chest.”
“This cologne is a wonderful masculine smell. My wife loves it! It's not an overpowering smell, just a deep rustic and masculine smell - the way we should smell.”
Men, Bourbon Cedar is calling us to take up the rustic notes of Bourbon, cedar and smoky vanilla and embrace the fullness of masculinity.
#5 Cowboy Grass by D.S. & Durga
Price Guide: $$$$$
Fragrance Family: Woody Aromatic
Notes: Rosewood, wild thyme, bergamot, sagebrush, basil, rose otto, vetiver, grass, ambergris.
Natural ingredients plus safe synthetics.
Dust your boots off, Cowboys!
Cowboy Grass, born in ‘08, marked the turning point for D.S. & Durga. Cowboy grass began as a concoction crafted from herbs, citrus peels and flowers. D.S. & Durga took a journey to master the art of perfumery. They delved into ancient techniques, unravelling the aromatic dance between various botanicals.
Cowboy Grass was born from experimentation but became a unique signature scent.
Cowboy Grass is a scent of great contrasts. Bergamot intertwines with earthy thyme, while sage and basil juxtapose the delicate essence of rose otto. Finally, vetiver's rugged aroma shakes hands with benzoin's warmth, evoking the essence of the American Wild West.
The American Wild West: the vast expanse where grasses, herbs, and shrubs are the lifeblood and ceremony for generations. Cowboy Grass embodies this entire scene with its rugged and raw fragrance. Cowboy Grass is reminiscent of worn saddles and the lingering scent of an aged Colt 45 revolver.
“Smells like the great California outdoors! I never liked perfume before, but my friend wears this one, and I really liked it. Was very wary of spending so much $$ on my very first bottle of perfume, but I’m hooked!”
“It smells like hay. Like an herb garden on the prairie. It projects really strong for a couple of hours and stays on sling for 6-8 hours. It's a really incredible effort to recreate the smell of desert grass.”
These reviews this perfume is getting have us throwing on our denim, reaching for the Akubra and wanting to order Cowboy Grass pronto! Yeehaw!!
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