Best perfume decant shops in the Netherlands 2026: 6 compared

Perfume decant shops in the Netherlands compared

Every figure in the table is what the shop's own site showed on the date in that column's heading. The 10ML prices come from a live catalogue and can move; everything else is a snapshot, so check a shop again before you order.

Shop by shop

Try Before Buy

Try Before Buy is a Dutch decant shop that fills its own 2ml, 5ml and 10ml atomisers from original bottles bought from suppliers, and it states that it is independent of the houses. It stocks both perfumes in the table as a 10ml decant. Its standard delivery is an untracked letterbox letter, with tracking free above a threshold inside the Netherlands and Belgium.

Parfummeester

Parfummeester is a Dutch decant shop with 2ml, 5ml and 10ml sizes, and it lists both perfumes in the table. It charges a modest flat rate that falls away above a threshold for the Netherlands and Belgium, and it says it dispatches within three working days. It states that it sells only original perfumes.

Parfumsampletjes

Parfumsampletjes sells smaller 2ml and 5ml samples across its catalogue and does not offer a 10ml decant of either perfume in the table, so it suits a very small first test rather than a long wear. On the check date its 2ml of both perfumes was in stock and the 5ml was sold out. It dispatches within two working days, lists delivery rates for the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France, and has a free-delivery threshold.

Test Your Parfum

Test Your Parfum sells 2ml, 5ml and 10ml samples, filled and shipped from its own warehouses in the Netherlands. It lists Aventus in all three sizes, including a 10ml decant priced in the table. Baccarat Rouge 540 is in its catalogue in the same three sizes, but every size was marked sold out on the check date. Delivery is free above a modest threshold, and an order placed before its afternoon cut-off on a working day arrives the next day in the Netherlands.

Niche Parfum Decants

Niche Parfum Decants sells a single size, a 10ml decant, and neither of the two perfumes in the table is in its catalogue. It says it fills from original flacons, it ships inside the Netherlands only, it quotes one flat rate, and it aims to dispatch within one to three working days.

People also buy decants from marketplaces and from sellers on social media, and perfume forums carry long threads of shops a buyer has tried. Those listings and forum shops were not checked for this comparison, so treat a listing there as unknown until you have checked it yourself.

Why 10ML is our pick

10ML sells every perfume in one of two sizes: a 3ml decant, which gives around 60 sprays for a first test, and a 10ml decant, which gives around 200 sprays for longer wear. Both are filled from the original bottle, so the scent you test is the scent you can go on wearing.

A bigger decant costs less for each millilitre it holds. Aventus is 3,96 €/ml in a 3ml decant and 3,59 €/ml in a 10ml decant; Baccarat Rouge 540 goes from 5,37 €/ml in a 3ml decant to 4,03 €/ml in a 10ml decant.

Where the bottles come from is stated plainly. 10ML buys from authorized EU distributors and directly from the brands. Decants are filled in house, one at a time. Delivery to the Netherlands goes out the next working day, Monday to Friday, with the rates set out in the shipping policy. And it is independent: not affiliated with or endorsed by any perfume house.

That does not make any shop above a poor choice. If the smallest possible test is what you want, Parfumsampletjes sells 2ml and 5ml samples. If you want a dated 10ml decant price for both perfumes in the table, Try Before Buy and Parfummeester both list one. The European decant shop comparison covers more countries, and the German sample shops guide covers the market next door.

Perfumes to test first

A decant lets you meet a perfume that would cost a great deal as a full bottle, which is the point of a first order from the Netherlands. Pick across styles instead of five perfumes of one family: one fresh, one floral, one amber and one gourmand answer the question of direction fast. The trade-off between testing and a bottle is set out in decant vs full bottle.

These five perfumes are a sound first order, and each is available at 10ML in both sizes.

Aventus by Creed

Aventus dates from 2010. Bergamot, lemon, apple, pink pepper and black currant open it, then pineapple, patchouli and Moroccan jasmine, finishing on birch, musk, oak moss, ambroxan and cedarwood. Voters put its longevity at "long lasting", with "eternal" next, and its sillage at "strong", with "moderate" next. Spring and summer are the seasons they choose most, and they wear it by day.

Baccarat Rouge 540 by Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Baccarat Rouge 540 arrived in 2015. Saffron and jasmine lead, amberwood, ambergris and hedione follow, and fir resin, cedar, sugar, ambroxan and oakmoss lie underneath. The votes here read "eternal" for longevity, ahead of "long lasting", and "strong" for sillage, ahead of "moderate". Fall, winter and spring are the seasons they choose most, and they wear it at night and in the evening.

Imagination by Louis Vuitton

Imagination is from 2021. Citron, Calabrian bergamot and Sicilian orange open it, Tunisian neroli, Nigerian ginger and Ceylon cinnamon form the heart, and Chinese black tea, ambroxan, guaiac wood and olibanum sit at the base. Most voters rate its longevity "long lasting", with "moderate" next, and its sillage "moderate", with "strong" next. Spring, fall and winter, and day, office and evening wear, are the times they choose most.

Delina by Parfums de Marly

Delina is from 2017. Nutmeg, bergamot, rhubarb and litchi open it; Turkish rose, peony, musk, petalia and vanilla make up the heart; cashmeran, incense, cedar and Haitian vetiver sit below. Voters put its longevity at "long lasting" (then "moderate") and its sillage at "moderate" (then "strong"). Spring is the season they name most, and they wear it in the day and in the evening.

Guidance by Amouage

Guidance is from 2023. Osmanthus, rose, saffron and jasmine sambac follow an opening of pear, hazelnut and olibanum, and the base is vanilla, labdanum, ambergris, akigalawood and sandalwood. Most voters call its longevity "eternal". The votes for sillage lean "strong", with "enormous" next. Fall and winter, at night and in the evening, are what they pick most.

How to test a decant

Skin is the only honest test, not paper: a perfume shifts with your skin, and paper carries only part of it. Wear a candidate on more than one day, and in different weather, before deciding. A 3ml decant tells you whether a perfume is worth more; take a 10ml decant of the one you reach for again and again, and wear it for a few weeks.

Start from the notes if you are not sure which direction to take. Saffron appears in both Guidance and Baccarat Rouge 540; ambroxan sits in Aventus, Imagination and Baccarat Rouge 540. The format itself is explained in what is a perfume decant, and how long a 10ml decant lasts covers the next question. 10ML's own shopping pages are perfume samples, with how to judge a decant shop and what the sizes cost per ml alongside.

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