Sustainability

Designed to use less. Honest about the rest.

Sustainability at Ascent starts with the product itself. Every Ascent scent is a concentrated perfume extract, so one spray a day is enough. We've built a system that uses less material, travels lighter and lasts longer. Where our footprint remains, we tell you exactly what we do about it.

Packaging

Built to be refilled

Your case is made from aerospace-grade aluminium, built to last a lifetime and made to be refilled endlessly. Each 20 ml refill holds the same amount of perfume oil as a traditional 100 ml eau de toilette, using less than 1 gram of plastic. That's up to 98% less plastic per equivalent use. Refills fit through your letterbox and travel by regular post, shipped from warehouses in the Netherlands and France, close to most of our customers.

Ingredients

What’s inside

Every Ascent scent is vegan and free of microplastics, created with master perfumers in Grasse. Investing in what actually touches your skin, instead of disposable packaging, is the founding idea of Ascent, and it’s as true for our ingredients as for our cases.

People

Made together

Sustainability is social, too. Our products are assembled in Rotterdam, our home city, by social enterprises that create meaningful work for people who face barriers to employment. Keeping assembly local and inclusive also means shorter transport routes and money that stays in our own community.

Emissions

Reduce first. Contribute on top.

Making, filling and shipping fragrance causes emissions. We reduce ours at the source through lightweight refills, letterbox delivery, local fulfilment and assembly, and boxes made from 100% recycled paper. On top of that, we fund climate and nature projects. These contributions don't make our products carbon neutral, and we won't claim they do, but we will show you exactly what we've contributed.

Our contributions to date

130 trees planted in the Netherlands

Trees planted through nature restoration in the Netherlands (10) and new forest in Zambia (120).

100 trees planted in Zambia

Tonnes of CO₂e retired protecting the Matevén forest reserve in Colombia — certified under Verra VCS & CCB.

3 tonnes of CO2e in verified credits retired

Projects supported across the Netherlands, Zambia and Colombia — all through Regreener, a certified B Corp.

All contributions are made through Regreener.

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Last updated: September 2026. We update this page as we make new contributions.

What these contributions are and aren’t

These projects sit outside our own supply chain. They protect and restore forests, but they don't reduce the emissions from making or shipping your order, and we don't count them that way. Reducing our own footprint comes first. These contributions come on top.