Is Odylique (Essential Care) ethical?
Our research highlights very few ethical issues with Odylique. The brand’s owner scores highly in our rating system across our categories, including climate, palm oil, workers, animal testing, company ethos, and tax.
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Is Odylique cruelty-free?
Odylique is accredited cruelty-free by PETA and the Naturewatch Foundation; it doesn’t buy ingredients that have been tested on animals since 1990. It says: “Odylique products have of course never been tested on animals, we use a panel of human volunteers to test [...] our products […]. If any research casts doubt over the ingredient's safety to humans or the environment, we will not use it.”
Odylique also claims it ensures that its suppliers don’t test on animals.
The company is vegetarian; it labels all its products “cruelty free”, although a few contain organic honey and beeswax, meaning it is not a fully vegan company. It has a vegan page so you can find the vegan products.
Organic and Fairtrade supply chain
Odylique states all of its products are sourced from organic suppliers, and many are also Fairtrade certified.
It scores highly in our workers rating, with workers’ rights being core to its business.
Odylique’s products are hand-made in the company’s workshop in Suffolk, and it says that it’s committed to sourcing locally where possible.
Positive approach to climate
Odylique receives points in our climate rating for being wholly focused on low carbon alternatives for its sector. It’s also transparent about its main impacts and how it wants to address these.
Odylique’s factory in Suffolk is powered by solar panels, and it says it uses “wholly clean energy”. To reduce its emissions from transport and packaging, it sources 90% of its packaging from Europe and around half of its bottles and jars are made in the UK. Its boxes are made from recycled cardboard.
It is mostly vegan; but uses some organic beeswax and honey. Its products do not use palm oil as an ingredient. Odylique states: “Every ingredient [...] is 100% naturally derived and where possible, certified organic. We use no artificial additives.”
Ethical company ethos
Odylique is committed to selling only organic and naturally-derived cosmetics, which are certified cruelty-free and palm oil-free. It is a small, independent, UK business with no subsidiaries based in jurisdictions on Ethical Consumer's tax havens list and with no ties to Israel.
Additional information
Read an interview with Abi from Odylique all about the company and its vision.
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The text above was written in February 2026, and most research was conducted in January 2026.