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Mother's Day Gift Guide: The Best Travel-Friendly Vegan Perfume

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Perfume is a personal gift that shows how well you know your mom. It’s also a practical present for frequent travelers who want to smell terrific on their adventures. A great, high-quality perfume can be the gift that keeps on giving, too, since a bottle of perfume can last for weeks or months. Consider giving one of these travel-friendly vegan perfumes to your mom this Mother’s Day.

Skeem Coastal Driftwood Wood Block Perfume

Skeem’s Coastal Driftwood Wood Block Perfume is a memorable vegan, cruelty-free perfume. It was created with clean, natural ingredients, and it comes in a travel-friendly mini size. You can carry it right on the plane in a purse, backpack, or carry-on suitcase. Skeem doesn’t compromise on the bottle’s beauty just because it’s travel-sized. The perfume bottle is a birch wood tube with a ribbon and button closure, and it has a carved maple lid. The Coastal Driftwood fragrance has notes of oak moss, cypress, and ocean air. It has a pachouli and amber base. Shop Now: Skeem, $28

YUNI Beauty Carry OM Aromatherapy Fragrance

Yuni Beauty’s Carry Om fragrance is great for travelers. It offers a quick pick-me-up as roll-on aromatherapy. As it’s fun-friendly name suggests, is ideal for carry-on luggage with its small travel size. Essential oils in the fragrance include grapefruit, orange and cedar. Shop Now: YUNI Beauty, $18

Spongelle Private Reserve Eau de Toilette Travel Set

Spongelle’s travel set of perfumes is a great gift for a mom who likes variety when it comes to the scents she wears. It includes Blackberry, Black Orchid, Morning Bloom, and Peony Flower fragrances. These portable sprays fit well in a purse or carry-on, and you can be confident in the knowledge that all of Spongelle’s products are vegan and cruelty-free. Shop Now: Spongelle, $112

Chloé Eau de Parfum Naturelle

With a refreshing scent of modern rose with woody notes, Chloé Eau de Parfum Naturelle is not only vegan, but it’s also made with a 100-percent natural origin fragrance, naturally derived alcohol, and water. Created by Michel Almairac, this feminine fragrance also has eco-friendly packaging. A fourth of the glass in its bottle is recycled, and 40-percent of the cardboard in its box is recycled. Shop Now: Fragrance.com, $104.99

Lili Bermuda Island Rose

The Island Rose is a fragrance collaboration between Lili Bermuda and Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, for the hotel’s signature scent. The Island Rose travel atomizer is a great Mother’s Day present because it’s easy to throw in a purse or carry-on, and it will empower your mom to bring the incredible scent of the island resort anywhere they go. It comes ready for gifting in a pretty velvet pouch, too. Shop Now: Lili Bermuda, $60

Yin Transformation

As a fluid fragrance that was formulated to celebrate water, Yin Transformation has a pure, invigorating scent. As its name suggests, it was created to embody the energies of Yin and Yang. This is the full size that can be packed in checked luggage, but there is also a travel spray fragrance for your purse or carry-on. Almond milk is one of its ingredients, and that comes through in one of the middle notes of the scent. The floral fragrance has top notes of Calypso orchid, Bulgarian rose, and mandarin. Shop Now: The Harmonist, $350

ESAS Hydrating Fragrance Duo

The ESAS Hydrating Fragrance Duo is a lovely gift set that any perfume enthusiast will enjoy using during their leisure or business travel. It includes Bergamot Beach and Jasmine Beach fragrances. The Bergamot Beach was inspired by the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, while Jasmine Beach is a refreshing floral fragrance. Each small perfume bottle is refillable. Shop Now: ESAS, $54

Parfums de Marly Delina

The design house of Parfum de Marly first released the Delina fragrance in 2017, and it has remained a beloved favorite ever since. The floral fragrance is vegan and cruelty-free like all the products from Parfum de Marly. It has top notes from rhubarb, litchi, nutmeg and bergamot orange. Other notes include peony, Turkish rose, musk, vetiver, incense, and cedar. Shop Now: Fragrace.com, $319.50

MEMO Paris Inlé Perfume

The MEMO Paris Inlé Perfume is a fragrance that’s inspired by Inlé Lake, the freshwater lake in the Shan Hills of Myanmar. It has strong notes of jasmine, mate, and and osmanthus. The travel-sized bottle of perfume is easy to pack and apply in a hurry, and the refreshing scent is made to last which is convenient for long travel days. Shop Now: Blue Mercury, $70

TOCCA Olio Sublime Profumato Mini Discovery Set

This gift set from TOCCA includes four different scented dry oil fragrances. It’s perfect for travel-adoring moms who love variety. The Cleopatra fragrance includes notes of Mediterranean jasmine, grapefruit, and patchouli. The Florence fragrance features notes of Italian bergamot, gardenia, iris, violet, tuberose, and pear. The Stella fragrance highlights notes of Italian blood orange and sweet lily. The Giulietta has notes of orchid, tulips, and green apple. Shop Now: TOCCA, $12

Good Chemistry Coffee Cloud Travel Spray

Good Chemistry’s Coffee Cloud fragrance is unique and fun. The travel spray is perfect for a mom on the go, and it is handy for touch-ups throughout the day and night. Made with essential oils, Coffee Cloud has bergamot, espresso, and cedarwood notes. Shop Now: Target, $12.99

Ariana Grande God Is A Woman

The God Is A Woman fragrance is a stand-out among the line of terrific vegan fragrances from Ariana Grande. It’s refreshing, feminine, and elegant. Its starting notes are pear and ambrette. It has middle notes of Turkish rose and orris root, and its finishing notes are sandalwood and Madagascar vanilla. Shop Now: Fragrance.com, $98.99

Rosy & Earnest Discovery Set

The Rosy & Earnest Discovery Set is ideal for plane travel because it includes two small perfumes that will easily fit in even a small purse. The Be Rosy fragrance features clementine oil and floral primary notes. The Be Earnest fragrance is a grounding scent with notes of wood, apple, and rhubarb. Shop Now: Rosy & Earnest, $12

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