Plate M-35 · 468 stores · 451–468 of 468 · curated ORBIS register
What makes great perfumers & apothecaries?
This plate lists 468 shops in 71 countries. Paris has the most with 92, followed by London with 18. Among these shops, 16 describe made-to-order work and 20 sell online, going by their own descriptions.
Ask for the concentration: eau de parfum and eau de toilette are priced differently, so compare the same concentration and bottle size.
Ask for a sample first: wear it for a day before buying a full bottle, and ask whether a refill or smaller size exists.
Ask where it can be sent: fragrance often travels under shipping restrictions, so confirm delivery to your country before you order.
A multi-brand perfumery lets you compare houses side by side. Senteurs d'Ailleurs lists brands including Amouage, Byredo and Diptyque, at its Place Stéphanie boutique in Brussels and a second shop in Waterloo.
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Botanical perfumery founded in 2000 by perfumer Alexandra Balahoutis; opened its boutique on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, California in 2005. Fragrances are hand-blended from certified organic, wildcrafted and biodynamic essences, aged at least six months in organic grape alcohol.
Best for Botanical Californian naturals.
Strange Invisible Perfumes was founded in 2000 by Alexandra Balahoutis, a self-taught perfumer. She works from a palette of certified organic, wildcrafted and biodynamic botanical essences, hydro-distilling and hand-blending small batches in-house, then aging them for a minimum of six months in a base of organic grape alcohol rather than synthetic fixatives. The company opened its retail boutique and perfumery on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, California in September 2005. Balahoutis describes her method as narrative perfumery, building each scent around a place, person or scenario rather than a conventional fragrance brief.
Surrati Perfumes is headquartered in the Industrial City of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and has been in the perfumery trade for close to six decades.
Best for Oud oils, bakhoor and attars
Surrati Perfumes is headquartered in the Industrial City of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and has been in the perfumery trade for close to six decades. Built as a manufacturer and exporter rather than a single retail counter, the company runs its own production of non-alcoholic perfumes, eau de perfum, oud, and traditional Arabian fragrance lines, and now ships across the Middle East, Europe, and Africa from its Makkah base.
Its catalogue runs to more than three thousand distinct fragrances, spanning oud oils, bakhoor, musk, attars, and Arabic and French-style perfumes — a scale that places Surrati among the larger Saudi houses working the oud and bakhoor category rather than a boutique or artisanal operation. Alongside fragrance, the house makes air-freshening 'moattar' lines (Fawah, Marooj, Malaki) that extend the same scent profiles into home and space fragrance, a category adjacent to but distinct from personal attar and bakhoor.
From its Makkah manufacturing base, Surrati now operates retail and e-commerce across Saudi Arabia and into the UAE, with showrooms reported in both Makkah and Jeddah — a footprint built on production scale and export reach rather than a single storied storefront.
Tamaian, the studio of glass artist Ioan Tămâian in Șelimbăr, hand-blows decorative glass — statues, masks, spheres and jewelry — and utilitarian pieces such as vases, bowls, platters, candlesticks and perfume bottles. Pieces can be personalized by engraving.
Terres Dorées has made perfumes and soaps by hand in Villefranche-sur-Mer since 1999, starting with the 'Taide' soap and growing into a family-run maison de parfumerie using essences sourced from nearby Grasse. The shop on Avenue Sadi Carnot sells eaux de parfum, travel scents, and home fragrances both online and in person.
A locally owned specialty gift and antique shop on the First Street Promenade in downtown Napa, The Bennington carries home decor, apparel, apothecary goods and Napa-made food and gifts. Its direct online store offers the same curated brands and gift boxes online.
Best for Gift shop, antiques, home decor, specialty food
The Paris Market & Brocante, at 36 W Broughton Street in Savannah, sells vintage brocante items, antiques, candles, apothecary goods and jewelry, including its "Fallen Aristocrat" jewelry collection. The shop also operates a cafe on site.
The Perfume Studio makes handmade fragrances at Ta' Dbiegi crafts village in Għarb, Gozo. Founded by Marina Fabic, the boutique uses natural ingredients, and visitors can watch the blending of essences at the studio.
Best for Handmade fragrances and bespoke scent commissions
The Prairie Apothecary Company hand-makes small-batch soaps, skin care, and bath products from its home base in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Customers can shop the full range through the company's online store or catch them at seasonal events around town.
Create your own signature perfume at Tijon Parfumerie in Grand Case, St. Martin. Learn the art of fragrance blending in our hands-on class and take home your unique scent.
Top Time is based on Digo Road in Mombasa and sells watches from brands including Casio, Citizen, Fossil, Obaku and Q&Q alongside designer and oil-based perfumes, with a one-year international warranty on watches.
On the Northshore, Verre Noir blends a plant shop and apothecary, selling houseplants, small-batch perfumes, loose teas and botanical curiosities. The shop specializes in botanical and apothecary goods with a darkly whimsical aesthetic.
Best for Plants, perfumes and botanical apothecary goods
Jumeirah perfumery opened in 2013, conceived by Dhaher bin Dhaher with Alessandro Gualtieri, founder of niche houses Nasomatto and Orto Parisi, blending Arabic and Italian fragrance traditions.
Best for A niche Dubai perfumery and scent atelier
Villa 515 opened in Dubai's Jumeirah district in 2013, developed as a concept by Emirati entrepreneur Dhaher bin Dhaher together with Alessandro Gualtieri, the Italian perfumer known as founder of the niche fragrance houses Nasomatto and Orto Parisi. The stated aim behind the project was to create a space where Arabic and Italian scent cultures meet, housed in what's described as an unconventional Arab villa.
The villa is organized into distinct functions rather than a single retail floor: a perfume shop carrying a curated roster of niche fragrance brands, a salon used for consultations and fragrance presentations, and a laboratory dedicated to scent customization and bespoke blending workshops. In 2016 the concept expanded with a second branch at The Galleria Mall on Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi.
Gualtieri's connection to Nasomatto and Orto Parisi brings those niche perfume houses into Villa 515's story.
Founded as an apothecary in 1976, this woman-owned shop on North San Francisco Street blends its own herbal tinctures, teas, and skincare while selling jewelry, Hopi kachina dolls, and baskets by Southwest Native artists. It has traded downtown for roughly fifty years.
Best for Herbal remedies and authentic Southwest Native art
Xinú is a Mexican high-perfumery house inspired by the botany of the Americas. Its fragrances sit alongside body and home scent products, making the shop a useful stop for exploring a distinctly regional olfactory vocabulary rather than generic perfume.
ZEGG runs duty-free shops and hotels in Samnaun-Dorf, selling watches and jewellery from Rolex, Breitling and Chopard alongside fashion, perfumes, cosmetics, tobacco and spirits. Its prices reflect the village's duty-free status.
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