Perfume decants: the original perfume in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml
A decant is a smaller amount of a perfume, filled from the original bottle into a travel atomiser. 10ML sells 1,071 designer and niche perfumes this way, so you can wear a scent for days or weeks before you buy the full bottle.
How our decants work
We start with an original, full-size bottle of the perfume. It goes by hand into a clean travel atomiser, with nothing added and nothing diluted, and the atomiser is sealed and labelled with the perfume and the size.
What arrives is the decant, not the brand’s bottle or box. It is the same perfume, so it opens, settles and lasts on your skin just as the full bottle would. About our decants has the details.
Three sizes, one ladder
Most perfumes come in three sizes. Start small, and move up only once you know.
3ml
Discover
Around 60 sprays. Enough to wear a scent for a week or so and know where you stand.
From €5.87 in our catalogue
10ml
Wear
Around 200 sprays. Weeks of daily wear, in a size that fits a pocket.
From €15.22 in our catalogue
30ml
Keep
Around 600 sprays. For the scent you keep reaching for, and the best value per ml.
From €40.72 in our catalogue
Spray counts are estimates. How long a scent lasts on skin depends on the perfume, not on the bottle it came in.
The bigger the decant, the less each ml costs. Today the median price per ml is €4.55 for a 3ml, €3.59 for a 10ml and €2.86 for a 30ml. The perfume price per ml index has the full tables.
Bestselling perfume decants
The perfumes shoppers choose most, in the order of our bestseller list.
Parfums de Marly
Notes: Aldehydes, Lily-of-the-Valley, Akigalawood
3ml €15.90 · 10ml €43.90 · 30ml €112.90
Louis Vuitton
Notes: Calabrian bergamot, Ceylon Cinnamon, Ambroxan
3ml €20.90 · 10ml €52.90 · 30ml €132.90
Amouage
Notes: Bitter Almond, Jasmine Sambac, Akigalawood
3ml €22.90 · 10ml €65.90 · 30ml €165.90
Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Notes: Bitter Almond, Egyptian Jasmine, Ambergris
3ml €23.90 · 10ml €60.90 · 30ml €153.90
Picks follow the order of our bestseller list and refresh when it changes. Prices are in euros and include VAT.
Delivery and returns
- Delivery to all 27 EU countries, with prices in euros including VAT.
- Free standard delivery on orders of €75 or more.
- Orders ship on the next working day, Monday to Friday, and the same day when placed on a Friday before 11:00 Eastern European Time.
- A 30-day money-back guarantee that covers decants you have opened and worn, on top of your legal 14-day right of withdrawal.
The shipping policy and the returns policy have every detail.
Which size to start with
- Something new to you: take the 3ml and wear it for a week.
- A scent you already like: the 10ml gives weeks of daily wear and fits a pocket.
- The one you keep reaching for: the 30ml has the lowest price per ml of the three.
Not sure where to begin? How to choose a perfume without smelling it walks through it, and the summer and winter edits sort the catalogue by season.
Questions people ask
What is a perfume decant?
A smaller amount of a perfume, taken from the original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size you can wear for days or weeks before you choose a full bottle.
Are 10ML decants the original perfume?
Yes. Every decant is filled from an original bottle of the perfume, with nothing added and nothing diluted.
Which sizes can I buy, and what do they cost?
3ml, 10ml and 30ml. Today a 3ml starts at €5.87, a 10ml at €15.22 and a 30ml at €40.72, with VAT included.
Where do you deliver, and how fast?
To all 27 EU countries. Orders ship on the next working day, Monday to Friday, and the same day when placed on a Friday before 11:00 Eastern European Time. Standard delivery is free from €75.
What if I do not like the scent?
Tell us within 30 days of delivery and we refund what you paid for that decant, even if you have worn it. You do not need to send it back unless we ask.
10ML is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the perfume houses whose fragrances we sell.