Fume Scout - Where to Buy Perfume

You know the feeling. You're in an unfamiliar city, or even a familiar city that you haven't had time to research. You know there's perfume out there somewhere. Your head whips around every time you see a bottle in a salon or dress shop window, but, no, it's always conditioner or nail polish. And most maddening, you know that there are people in that town who know where the perfume is and would happily tell you, if you could just ask.

Well, here's where I tell you what I know, and what the people that I know, know. This post is now outdated, and you should start with the Bonkers link below.

• Perfume Shopping Around the World, from Bonkers About Perfume. Pretty much all of the below will be redundant with this post, but until I confirm that all the links here are there, I just keep 'em all.
• Perfume Shopping in San Francisco, from Another Perfume Blog.
• Internet Shopping and City Shopping Guides, from Basenotes.
• Perfume Shopping in London, from Now Smell This.
• Perfume Shopping in New York City, from Now Smell This.
• Where to buy perfume (and a few other things) in Ashland, Oregon, from ChickenFreak's Obessions (aka, here). This is sadly out of date; I hope to be updating it soon.
• Perfume in the San Francisco Bay Area, also from here, also out of date.
• Browsing Now Smell This by the tag Brick N Mortar Store gives you descriptions of a variety of shops.
• Perfume Shopping in Las Vegas from Undina's Looking Glass.
• Perfume Shopping Around the World from All I Am - A Redhead.

Where are the online retailers, you ask? Well, that information is easier to get, so I'm starting with the brick-and-mortar sources. But I'll be adding some links to lists of online retailers.

Image: Wikimedia Commons.