Perfume of the year — The Independent
You’ve upgraded everything else you use every day. This is the one you haven’t.
£20
Discovery Set, 4 × 2ml
£20 back
credit toward a 50ml bottle
30 days
to choose your one
Free UK delivery. Your £20 credit arrives by email.
“I’d upgraded my skincare, my supplements, even my washing powder. I’d never once looked at my perfume.”
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Most of us have changed the food we eat, the skincare we use, the supplements we take, even what we clean the house with.
Fragrance is the thing worn closest to the skin every single day, and for most people it’s the one product that never got looked at.
Not because anyone decided it was fine. Just because nobody asked the question.
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Medeau is formulated while avoiding ingredients such as phthalates, parabens, formaldehyde and known endocrine disruptors — the same list you already read labels for in skincare and cleaning products.
Every ingredient is evaluated for its safety profile.
It isn’t about creating fear around fragrance. It’s about giving you a more considered choice in the one category that never offered you one.
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Many Medeau fragrances use bio-identical ingredients — molecules carefully created to mirror those found in nature.
It means the scent behaves like the natural material without the pressure on natural resources, and it sidesteps some of the allergen concerns that come with traditional raw botanicals.
Which is also why Medeau won’t tell you natural is automatically better. Some of the most common fragrance allergens are entirely natural. They formulate on the evidence, not the label.
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Fragrance behaves differently on every person. Four 2ml vials is roughly ten wears each — enough to give a scent a full week on your own skin.
Wear it to work and see if it holds. Wear it in the evening. See which one someone comments on.
Then pick the one you keep reaching for, rather than the one that smelled good on a card in a shop.
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The set is £20, and £20 comes back to you as credit toward a 50ml bottle. It arrives by email and it’s yours for 30 days.
So the trial costs you nothing but the time it takes to wear them.
The only thing you’re risking is finally finding the one you’ll wear for years.
The Discovery Set
£20
includes £20 credit toward any 50ml bottle (£95)
Formulated without
Also free from synthetic dyes, animal-derived ingredients, and nitro or polycyclic musks.
Assessed against some of the most rigorous ingredient standards in the beauty industry, including the EWG database.
It’s not about creating fear around fragrance. It’s about giving people a more considered choice.
Most people are surprised. The one they expect to love is rarely the one they keep wearing.
Lost In The Forest is the favourite among our male customers. Daydreamer, Siren and Paradiso lead with everyone else. There are no rules — the right one is the one that feels like you.
Calm & Clean
Elderflower, peony and jasmine, cut with bergamot and powdery heliotrope
“clean girl”
Sweet & Feminine
Waterlily and grapefruit blended with ripe quince and powdery musk
“soft and a little nostalgic”
Floral & Radiant
Jasmine, ripe peach, vetiver and Japanese cherry blossom over sandalwood and musk
“main character energy”
Woody & Grounding
Warm amber and herby anise over cedarwood and guaiacwood
“quiet confidence”
Verified review · Discovery Set
Lovely fresh set and something for everyone in there. I've worn Armani for a couple of years and will be swapping it out for Medeau. Love the fact Medeau scents actually last and no allergic reaction or headaches which is a major plus point.
Leah S. — Sittingbourne, England
Verified review · Daydreamer
Smells great and lasts the whole day, unlike other “natural” fragrances. Great to be able to wear parfum again without worrying about getting random headaches.
Fred — Eindhoven, Netherlands
Verified review · Siren
Ordered originally the discovery set to see how the other perfumes smell like. Went this time with Siren and it’s my favourite. I love that it’s non-toxic — this matters a lot to me.
Andreea A. — Liverpool, England
It’s emailed to you after your order is confirmed. Apply it at checkout against any 50ml bottle. It’s valid for 30 days from delivery, which is roughly the time it takes to give all four a proper wear.
Around ten wears each, taking a wear as three to five sprays. Enough to live with one scent for a full week before moving on.
Longevity varies with your skin chemistry, environment and how you apply it. Medeau is formulated to deliver the performance of a luxury fragrance while holding to its ingredient standards. Apply to moisturised skin at pulse points, let it dry rather than rubbing it in, and judge it across a day rather than the first ten minutes.
Our fragrances are formulated with carefully selected ingredients and designed to be as gentle as possible on the skin. That said, everyone’s skin is unique, so we recommend patch testing if you have particularly sensitive skin or known allergies. For many customers, Medeau is the first fragrance they’ve felt comfortable returning to after years of avoiding perfume altogether.
Because synthetic doesn’t automatically mean less safe, and in a number of cases the opposite is true. Some naturally derived fragrance materials are more likely to cause irritation or sensitisation than carefully developed modern alternatives. We formulate based on evidence rather than labels. The goal isn’t to be all-natural — it’s to make the most considered fragrance possible.
Not exactly. Our formulations are assessed against some of the most rigorous ingredient standards in the beauty industry, including the EWG database.
Medeau is formulated while avoiding phthalates, parabens, formaldehyde and known endocrine disruptors. As with anything during pregnancy, if you have specific concerns we’d always suggest checking with your midwife or GP.
Medeau ships within the UK. We hope to offer international shipping within the next few months.
See the delivery and returns policy linked in the footer.
Then you’ve spent £20 and learned something about your skin that no shop counter could tell you. See our returns policy for full details.
The Discovery Set
£20
includes £20 credit toward any 50ml bottle (£95)