Perfume guides

Straight answers to the questions we hear most, from what a decant is to how to choose a scent you have never smelled.

Shop decants by occasion

Perfume decants: the original perfume in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml
Original designer and niche perfume, decanted from the bottle into 3ml, 10ml and 30ml travel sprays. Delivered across the EU with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Summer perfumes
Summer perfumes from the 10ML catalogue: the bestsellers wearers vote for hot days, in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml decants, so you can wear one before you buy a bottle.
Autumn perfumes
Autumn perfumes from the 10ML catalogue: the bestsellers wearers vote for cool days, in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml decants, so you can wear one before a bottle.
Winter perfumes
Winter perfumes from the 10ML catalogue: the bestsellers wearers vote for cold days, in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml decants, so you can wear one before you buy a bottle.
Spring perfumes
Spring perfumes from the 10ML catalogue: the bestsellers wearers vote for mild days, in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml decants, so you can wear one before you buy a bottle.
Daytime perfumes
Daytime perfumes from the 10ML catalogue: the bestsellers wearers vote for the day and the office, in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml decants, to try before a bottle.
Night perfumes
Night perfumes from the 10ML catalogue: the bestsellers wearers vote for evenings and nights out, in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml decants, to try before a bottle.

What is a perfume decant?
A decant is original perfume moved from its bottle into a smaller one. How 3ml, 10ml and 30ml decants work, and why wearing one first beats a blind buy.
Decant or full bottle? The price per ml, worked out
What a perfume decant costs per ml next to a full bottle, worked out from the 10ML catalogue, and when each one is the better buy.
How to choose a perfume without smelling it
Buying perfume online? Read the notes, know your scent family, pick the moment, then wear a small size first. A practical guide from 10ML.
Perfume gift guide
Perfume gift ideas by personality, picked from the 10ML bestseller list: classics, niche, date night and summer scents in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml.
The best niche perfumes to try as a decant
Niche perfumes worth wearing before you buy the bottle, picked from the 10ML bestseller list, in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml decants.
Travel perfume guide
Flying with perfume? The 100 ml cabin rule, what goes in checked bags, and why 10ml and 30ml decants are the easy way to travel with your scent.

About our decants: original perfume, filled by hand
How 10ML decants are filled by hand from original bottles, sealed and labelled, shipped across the EU, and covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Perfume price per ml index
What a perfume decant costs per ml at 10ML, by size and by designer or niche house, computed live from the catalogue, with a free CSV download of every price.
Perfume decant shops in Europe, compared
Sizes, prices and free-delivery thresholds of perfume decant shops that sell in Europe, side by side, with a source and check date for every fact.
10ML vs Scentbird: one-off decants or a monthly vial
10ML and Scentbird compared on sizes, price per ml, commitment and delivery, with sources: one-off decants in 3ml, 10ml and 30ml, or a monthly 8ml vial.
10ML vs Surrender to Chance
10ML and Surrender to Chance compared on decant sizes, prices, sets and where each ships from, with a source and check date for every fact.

An alternative to a perfume subscription
Want to try new perfumes without a monthly plan? How buying decants one order at a time compares with a perfume subscription, and when each suits you.
An alternative to a perfume discovery set
Discovery sets are great for one house. To try perfumes across houses in sizes you pick, decants are the flexible alternative. Here is how they compare.
An alternative to blind buying a perfume
Thinking of buying a full perfume bottle unsmelled? Wear a 3ml or 10ml decant first. What the step in between costs, and when a blind buy makes sense.

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