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. The list is brand new; if you have, or know of, a link with perfume shopping information, please send me the link for addition to the list. And please send me the link to your own lists of links--the more crosslinked this information is, the lower the odds of being trapped in a city without perfume.

• 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 This is sadly out of date; I hope to be updating it soon.
• Perfume in the San Francisco Bay Area, also from here, also out of date.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.

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.