Recommended Perfume Quizzes: Comparing Free Japanese and International Sites

If you want to find a perfume that might suit you or discover one you do not yet know, try a perfume quiz. If you want something similar to a fragrance you love, or a perfume containing a particular ingredient, a perfume search tool is useful.

If you are not yet sure what you like, a quiz that lets you choose through questions or images will be easy to use. Some quizzes let you choose by personality or perfume name, so you can enjoy them without knowing much about fragrance ingredients. Here, I introduce mainly free Japanese-language quizzes, along with official brand quizzes and search services for experienced users.

Perfume Quiz or Perfume Search: Which Should You Choose?

For those who want to enjoy choosing without knowing much about perfume, Coloria, Celes and LCP’s beginner and personality quizzes should be easy to use. If you are looking for something similar to a perfume you wear, or a perfume containing a particular ingredient, I recommend international perfume quizzes and search services.

The quizzes and search tools are free to use, but buying perfumes, ordering samples and using personalized recommendation services cost money.

Perfume Quizzes Available in Japanese

Coloria: Discover Your Fragrance Type and Recommended Products

Answer the questions to discover your fragrance type and recommended perfumes. The official site gives the time required as about one minute. This quiz is easy to use if you would rather see specific products before learning the names of fragrance ingredients.

Another convenient feature is that it connects to a service where you can try small quantities of perfumes that interest you. However, although the quiz is free, the subscription service is paid. If you only want to learn about fragrances, you can stop after viewing the quiz results.

When I tried it, Bulgari’s Omnia Crystalline, which I had worn as a student, appeared in my results. If you recognize a perfume among the recommendations, it becomes easier to imagine how the others might smell.

For details of how the subscription works and its prices, see my guide to Coloria’s service.

Celes: Choose Through Photos and Images

This quiz asks you to choose the image you would like to project, photos you like, your favorite scents and more. The results introduce fragrance families and specific products. It suits those who would rather look at options and choose than explain their preferences in detail.

It also includes questions unrelated to scent, such as your preferences in photos, interiors and travel destinations. Choosing intuitively is part of the fun, but if you want to narrow down products by budget or ingredients you dislike, a criteria-based search will probably be easier to use.

The men’s quiz is here. Celes Select, in which a stylist chooses perfumes individually for you, is a separate paid service, not the free quiz. The differences in ordering methods are covered in my guide to Celes’s service.

LCP: Enjoy Eight Ways to Choose, Including Personality and Perfume Names

This is a free perfume quiz service run by this website, with no registration required. It lists the largest number of perfumes in Japan: 6,808 perfumes from 358 brands (as of October 2026). You can discover not only famous brands but also perfumes from brands you did not previously know.

It also has a record of 300,000 people taking a quiz in one day. There are eight ways to choose. Its distinguishing feature is that you can choose not only by ingredients and preference criteria, but also by personality, perfume names that appeal to you and perfumers’ words.

• Choose by personality: Select impressions that are close to your personality, such as “calm” or “sociable.” You can also choose whether you want a scent that brings out your individuality or lets you enjoy a different atmosphere from usual.
• Choose by perfume name: Choose five names that interest you from those displayed, then find out what they are. There is fun in choosing because you are drawn to the sound or meaning of a name, without seeing the brand or bottle first.
• Choose through perfumers’ words: Select words that interest you, then discover who said them and the perfumes they created. For those interested in fragrance creators and the background to their work.

If you want to choose a perfume by answering questions, there are also the following five ways to search.

• For beginners: Start with easy-to-answer questions, even if you do not know perfume or ingredient names.
• From favorite perfumes and ingredients: Choose a new perfume to try based on fragrances you wear or materials you like.
• From scent memories: Choose through everyday smells and memories, such as soap, tea, rain or trees.
• From who you want to be: Use photos and words to choose clothing styles and the atmosphere you want to wear.
• From occasions and moods: Choose through the situations in which you want to wear perfume, such as work, days off or meeting someone.

Some quizzes also let you specify a budget or scents you want to avoid. You can save perfumes that interest you to your favorites and revisit them later. The quizzes can be used both by people looking for their first perfume and by perfume lovers who want to enjoy stepping away from their usual way of choosing.

Chokosen: Put the Fragrance That Suits You into Words

Answer 12 questions to find out which of 16 fragrance types you fall into. The results display the fragrance family, top, middle and base notes, and search terms to help you find perfumes. It is free and requires no registration; the official estimated time is about 90 seconds.

Its distinguishing feature is that it does not recommend specific products. It is useful if you want to organize your preferences, such as “I like woody scents” or “I want to try this ingredient,” but if you want to decide immediately which perfume to buy, you will need to search for products separately using the results.

For Those Who Also Want a Reference Database and Records

• FragranceNavi: A free quiz requiring no login that uses seven questions, including the occasions when you wear perfume. The site also offers perfume searches, reviews and wearing records.
• Kosui Compass: A quiz that reveals your “scent DNA” and five recommended perfumes through ten questions. For those who also want to see a fragrance map and information on stores where they can try perfumes.

For Experienced Users: International Perfume Quizzes and Search Services

International perfume databases are useful if you know what you are looking for, such as “something similar to the perfume I wear” or “a perfume containing this ingredient.” Use a quiz to analyze your preferences through the perfumes you wear, or a search tool to find products matching your criteria.

NOSE: Discover Your Preferences and Recommendations Through Perfumes You Have Used

This perfume diagnosis is provided by NOSE, a specialist perfume shop in Paris. Enter perfumes you have used, with around three as a guideline, and it analyzes your preferred fragrance families and notes, then suggests five perfumes. You can enter a maximum of ten perfumes. It suits people who want to understand the features shared by their favorite fragrances and find the next one to try.

“Expert Diagnosis” lets you narrow down suggestions by new releases, season, style, occasion and other criteria. After trying the recommended samples, you can submit ratings to receive new suggestions that reflect your preferences.

The diagnosis is free, but you need to register for a NOSE account. The linked page is in English, with no Japanese display option. If you order the recommended sample set, the products, shipping and other charges are separate from the diagnosis.

Fragrantica: For Experienced Users Searching for Similar Perfumes or Ingredients

Fragrantica is a search service I recommend for people who know about perfume or already have fragrances they love. A Japanese version is available, with the following two ways to search.

• Search based on a perfume you love: Enter a favorite perfume into “Perfume Finder,” and it suggests other perfumes based on user voting data. Useful when looking for similar scents or recommendations from people who like the same perfume.
• Search by ingredient: In “Search by Notes,” you can narrow down perfumes using materials you like or notes you are looking for. It is useful for researching across brands.

It suits people with clear preferences or a clear idea of the scent they want, rather than those who are not yet sure what suits them. I also recommend it to perfume lovers who want to compare fragrance profiles and reviews on product pages.

Fragrances of the World: Find Scents Close to a Perfume You Wear

This is the website of Michael Edwards, known for his fragrance classification. In “Match My Fragrance,” you can enter a perfume name to find similar scents. It suits occasions when you want to broaden your exploration a little within the family of a fragrance you like.

The interface is in English. If you cannot find a product under its Japanese name, search using the brand name or the English wording on the bottle. The Fragrance Wheel is also helpful if you want to understand the relationships between fragrance families.

Wikiparfum: Understand a Fragrance’s Composition Through Ingredient Images

This service lets you view perfume information alongside images of ingredients and fragrance families. It suits people who would rather imagine a scent through materials such as flowers, fruit and woods than through a text-only list of notes.

It is useful for comparing products or researching ingredients shared by perfumes you like. It works differently from a Japanese-language question-based quiz that selects a perfume for you: you need to research while reading the English descriptions.

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Parfumo: Narrow Your Search by Ingredients, Fragrance Families and Other Criteria

You can search for perfumes by specifying ingredients, brands, perfumers, release years and more. It is useful if you know your desired criteria, such as “I want a rose perfume” or “I would like a woody, sweet scent.”

It is not a question-based quiz. There are many search fields, and the interface is in English, so it is easier to begin by narrowing your search using just one ingredient or one brand.

If You Want to Record Your Preferences on Your Smartphone

PERFUMIST and Sommelier du Parfum are apps for finding perfumes that match your preferences. They suit people who want to keep managing favorite perfumes and products of interest over time, rather than simply trying a quiz immediately in a browser. Installing an app is required.

If You Have a Favorite Brand, Try Its Official Perfume Quiz

If you have decided which brand to buy, its official fragrance finder is convenient. The results generally feature that brand’s own products, so use it differently from a quiz that searches across brands.

Official Brand Quizzes Available in Japanese

• Liberta Perfume: A quiz that selects a fragrance from the Personal Collection through 11 questions.
• Demeter: Selects fragrances matching your mood or desired image from 20 groups and also suggests combinations for layering.
• Jo Malone London: A finder for exploring the brand’s fragrances through the scents you like.
• Chanel’s “Chance Finder”: A quiz that selects a Chance fragrance through three questions. It does not cover all Chanel products.
• Maison Margiela: A finder that selects a Replica fragrance through your favorite season, situations in which you feel comfortable and more.
• Hermès: Select your scent preferences to find a fragrance for yourself or someone you are giving a gift to.

Official Brand Quizzes Available in English

• Penhaligon’s: Answer questions to find a fragrance that suits you within the brand.
• Molton Brown: You can start from the official Japanese-language page, but the quiz questions are displayed in English.
• Frédéric Malle: Choose a perfume from the collection through a quiz using illustrations.

How Should You Try Perfumes That Interest You in Your Results?

If the results show many perfumes, first narrow them down to two or three. Three criteria are enough: “the scent I think I would like most,” “the occasion when I want to wear it” and “where I can try it.”

1. Check the product name and concentration. Even under the same name, an eau de toilette and an eau de parfum may smell different.
2. Try it in a store or in a small size. Compare them on blotters first, then apply the ones that interest you to your skin and check how they smell after some time has passed.
3. Choose a price you can afford to keep using. Distinguish between the prices of small sizes and full bottles, and decide how much to buy after you know you like it.

For specific ways to try perfumes, see how to choose a perfume. If you want to organize your criteria, the perfume-finding Q&A is also helpful.

Frequently Asked Questions About Perfume Quizzes

Can I Take a Quiz If I Have Never Used Perfume?

With question-based quizzes such as Coloria, Celes and Chokosen, you can answer even if you do not have a perfume you regularly wear. LCP also has a beginner’s quiz. Finders that ask you to enter the name of a favorite perfume become easier to use once you have found one you like in a store or elsewhere.

Will a Perfume in My Results Really Suit Me?

Because products are selected from your answers and preference data, they are not necessarily scents you will actually like. In particular, “an image that suits you” and “a scent you find comfortable” are different things. Use the results to narrow down perfumes to try; the reliable way to find out whether you like them is to smell them in person.

Do I Need to Choose According to Men’s and Women’s Categories?

You do not need to be bound by these categories. Even if a quiz has separate pages for men and women, you can use them as a guide to the impressions products convey. Prioritizing your preferred scent strength and sweetness and the occasions when you want to wear perfume, rather than gender, makes choosing easier.