Musc & Figue
Blanc
Ascent Blanc28 %
vs
EDT classique 5–15 %
Ce qui arrive vraiment à un flacon de parfum une fois vide, et ce que change un parfum rechargeable.
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You finish a bottle of perfume and drop it in the glass bin. It feels like the right thing to do.
The uncomfortable truth is that in many cases, that bottle never becomes a new bottle. Not because you did anything wrong, but because of how perfume bottles are built.
How much do you know about your perfume bottle?
Often it doesn't. The pump is crimped onto the glass, with a metal spring and a plastic tube inside, and mixed materials are hard to separate. Point 1 shows why.
Thick glass and a heavy cap usually outweigh the liquid, and that's before the box and cellophane.
Ascent is extrait de parfum, with up to 40% perfume oil. Point 3 shows what that means for plastic.
Look closely at the top of most perfume bottles. The pump isn't screwed on; it's crimped on, pressed permanently onto the glass neck so it can't leak or be removed. Inside it there's a small metal spring and a plastic dip tube.
Recycling works by separating materials. Glass, metal and plastic fused together are hard to separate, and the glass itself is often thick, coloured or coated. Depending on where you live, that can mean the bottle is sorted out and discarded rather than melted down.
And the bottle is only part of it. There's the rigid box, the insert and the cellophane. All of it made for a product you open once.
Le vrai gaspillage, ce n'est pas un flacon. C'est que tout le système est conçu pour être jeté et remplacé. Chaque fois que vous finissez un parfum que vous aimez, vous achetez un nouveau flacon, une nouvelle pompe, une nouvelle boîte et un nouvel emballage pour obtenir davantage du même liquide.
Si vous portez du parfum tous les jours, cela représente au fil des ans une armoire pleine de verre. La plupart du temps plus lourde que le parfum qu'elle contenait.
Il existe une façon plus simple de faire.
Ascent was built around one idea: the container should last, and only the perfume should be replaced. The case is machined from aerospace-grade aluminium, made to last a lifetime and to be refilled endlessly. Here's what that changes every time you run out:
Up to
98%
less plastic per equivalent use
The case is the part you see. Investing in what actually touches your skin, instead of disposable packaging, is the founding idea of Ascent, and it runs through everything else too:
Every Ascent scent is vegan and free of microplastics.
Developed with master perfumers in Grasse, the home of French perfumery.
By social enterprises that create meaningful work for people who face barriers to employment.
Refills travel by regular post, from warehouses in the Netherlands and France.
The boxes we ship in are made from 100% recycled paper.

Making, filling and shipping fragrance causes emissions. Ours too. So we work in that order:
What we cut at the source
What we fund on top
These contributions don't make our products carbon neutral, and we won't claim they do.
Often, yes. Not here. The refill is the most concentrated form of fragrance there is, in a case that feels better in the hand than the glass it replaces. And to be straight with you: a refill still comes with some packaging, just a fraction of a new bottle, box and pump.
Le parfum le plus cher est celui que vous achetez, que vous n'aimez pas et que vous laissez sur une étagère. Alors trouvez d'abord celui que vous porterez jusqu'à la dernière goutte.
Retrait actuellement non disponible
Chaque parfum Ascent est unisexe et est construit autour d'un profil olfactif distinctif, des agrumes pétillants aux bois profonds et aux épices chaudes.
Blanc
Ascent Blanc28 %
vs
EDT classique 5–15 %
Marron
Ascent Marron38 %
vs
EDT classique 5–15 %
Bleu
Ascent Bleu38 %
vs
EDT classique 5–15 %
Vert
Ascent Vert25 %
vs
EDT classique 5–15 %
Orange
Ascent Orange35 %
vs
EDT classique 5–15 %
Violet
Ascent Violet30 %
vs
EDT classique 5–15 %
Rouge
Ascent Rouge25 %
vs
EDT classique 5–15 %
Turquoise
Ascent Turquoise37 %
vs
EDT classique 5–15 %
Comparé à l'achat d'un nouveau flacon de 100 ml à chaque fois.
| Caractéristique | Ascent | Nouveau flacon |
|---|---|---|
Rechargeable, aucun flacon à jeter |
Oui | Non |
Jusqu'à 98 % de plastique en moins |
Oui | Non |
Passe dans votre boîte aux lettres |
Oui | Non |
Vegan & sans microplastiques |
Oui | Non |
Assemblé à Rotterdam |
Oui | Non |
Essai à domicile, 25 € remboursés |
Oui | Non |
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