Three steps to a perfume that's truly yours Three steps
to a perfume
that's truly yours

The at-home experience lets you wear each scent in your real life — at work, at home, over days — rather than making a quick call in a studio. Many customers say this produces a more personal result. In-store is faster; at-home is deeper.

Yes — it makes an exceptional gift. Purchase the full experience and have it sent in gift-ready packaging. Add a personal note at checkout. See the gifting section above for more options.

In a standard appointment, you'll start by picking one from 9-12 core fragrances. These are designed by some of the world’s top perfumers and your favorite will act as the base of your custom scent. After that, your scent advisor will add accords to this scent based on your discussion and preferences. You’ll then try your favorites of those on skin, preferably outside, to get a real feel for how the fragrance smells on you. Your favorite of those will be bottled up as a custom scent. However, there's no commitment! If you don’t find something you like, just tell your scent advisor and they won’t bottle it.

Our scents are Eau de parfum concentration should last 6-10 hours on your skin. However, everyone's skin is different and as these are custom blends that can interact with your skin in different ways. If you are unlucky in how your scent lasts, you have 2 options. Every custom scent comes with one fee exchange, so just come back and try again. Alternatively, you can upgrade to an Intense version of your scent where we up the concentration to “Parfum” (8-12 hours on skin).

All our blends are formulated at Eau de Parfum strength (15–25% fragrance oil). We also offer the option to intensify your scent at up to 20-30% fragrance concentration (Extrait de parfum strength).

We can never exactly replicate a scent that has been made by another brand, but if you bring it in (or let our specialists know the scent/notes), we can show you blends going in a similar direction.

Yes! Any core can be taken in a classically masculine or feminine direction. Our scent library covers the spectrum of fragrance notes.

Your formula is saved to your account. Reorder at any time, get it in other formats (body oil, lotion, home diffuser), or return to explore new accords with a fresh Tinkerer Box.