
Top Pick
DIME Beauty
No. 1 Cologne for Men
- Free From
- Cruelty Free, Dye Free, Paraben Free, Phthalate Free
- Certified
- Leaping Bunny
- Highlights
- Vegan, Cruelty-free, Woody, Men's
8.4
Performance score
010
Where to buy
- DIME BeautySee price
Pros
- Opens with fresh citrus and wood notes, then settles into a smooth, subtle base that works for both everyday wear and dates.
- One spray is enough; the scent is potent without needing heavy application.
- Multiple people noted it doesn't cause the headaches they typically get from conventional colognes.
- Lasts several hours through a normal day.
Cons
- Scent strength is polarizing; most find it pleasant, but a few people felt it was overpowering.
- The cap's rubber lining can come loose, and at least one person received a bottle that leaked continuously.
- Longevity may not match heavier synthetic colognes, fading before the end of the day for some.
- DIME's first cologne for men, delivered as a spray. The scent profile falls in the amber and woodsy fragrance family, opening with citrus and rum notes, moving into herbal and spice in the middle, and settling into leather and warm woods.
- Formulated to be hypoallergenic, which is worth noting if you've had skin reactions to conventional colognes. Among non-toxic colognes, the hypoallergenic designation narrows the field.
- The formula uses organic sugar cane alcohol as its base solvent instead of the more common SD Alcohol 40, which can be harsher on skin. DIME blends both botanical-based and lab-made fragrance ingredients rather than relying on one or the other.
- Founded by a master esthetician, and all DIME products are manufactured in the U.S. The brand scores every ingredient against the EWG database before including it in a formula.
- May discolor slightly over time in the bottle. That's typical for fragrances built with cleaner ingredient profiles and doesn't affect the scent.
- Water
- Dipropylene Glycol
- Iso E Super
- Habanolide
- Dihydro Myrcenol
- Verdox
- Ethylene Brassylate
- Lemon Oil California Type
- Linalool
- Linalyl Acetate
- Cashmeran
- Methyl Pamplemousse
- Ethyl Linalool
- Bergamot Oil Ns
- Bois Ambrene Forte
- Orange Terpenes
- Hedione
- Amber Xtreme
- Cedramber
- Bicyclononalactone
- Muscenone
- Lavender Oil Barreme Nat
- Vanillin Iso-Butyrate
- Ambroxan
- Anethole
- Bacdanol
- Trimofix
- Helional
- Ionone Alpha
- Allyl Amyl Glycolate
- Amyl Salicylate
- Vetiver Oil Haiti
- Hexyl Acetate
- Styrallyl Acetate
- Cardamon Oil
- Cyclogalbanate
- Patchouli Light He
- Phenoxanol
- Rosemary Essential Oil
- Allylcyclohexylpropionate
- Mousse De Metra
- Baie Rose Ext Co2
- Benzyl Propionate
- Calone
- Ebanol
- Ethyl 2.4 Decadienoate
- Floralozone
- Galbascone
- Heliotropine
- Javanol
- Nootkatone
- Rhubofix
- Veltol Plus
- Vetiver Acetate
- Manzanate
- Alpha-Damascone
- Allyl Heptanoate
- Fennel Oil Sweet
- Citral
- Undecavertol
- Ginger Fresh Oil
- Damascenone
- Liffarome
- Mandarin Ald
- Hivernal Neo
- Organic Sugar Cane Alcohol




