What perfume to buy in Amsterdam

Amsterdam has a small perfume scene with an artistic niche house and workshops where visitors learn to compose scents and blend natural perfumes.

See the houses Make your own perfume, from €55

Guide last checked 21 Oct 2026. Every fact links to its source.

Colorful canal houses, east side, where the houses are located directly on the water, with the bell tower of the Oude Kerk (Old Church) in t

Houses worth bringing home

AnnindriyaAmsterdam · 2024

Annindriya

Checked 21 Oct 2026

Amsterdam · since 2024

Annindriya calls itself an artistic niche perfume house from Amsterdam. It was started by perfume designer Tanja Deurloo, who also founded the Amsterdam perfume shop Perfume Lounge, and its five debut perfumes launched in April 2024, each made with a different guest perfumer.

Where to buy

Perfume Lounge, Cornelis Krusemanstraat 25, 1075 NC Amsterdam (Mon 13:00 to 18:00, Tue to Fri 10:00 to 18:00, Sat 11:00 to 17:00)
Online at annindriya.com

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Or make your own

2 Amsterdam workshops, compared

Blend your own scent with an expert and take the bottle home. Check the booking page for the current price. How prices compare in other cities.

An engraving of a lady in a feathered hat smelling a flower on a terrace between two urns of flowers — L'Odorat. About 1632

Dijksgracht

Composing Fragrance workshop at Mediamatic

Frank Bloem teaches the basics of composing a scent at Mediamatic Biotoop, then you build your own. Taught in English unless everyone speaks Dutch, 6 to 16 people.

Length: About 3 hours (sessions 11:00 to 14:00 and 15:00 to 18:00)
Take home: 5 ml bottle of your own fragrance
Where: Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijksgracht 6, 1019 BS Amsterdam

Price€85 full price, €65 discount (students, artists, Stadspas holders)

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Checked 21 Oct 2026

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An engraving of two women walking arm in arm through a flower garden, one pointing at the blooms — In the flower garden. About 1700

De Hallen, Amsterdam-West

Nature Bar natural perfume workshop

A short class in the Nature Bar studio in De Hallen: you smell 20 essential oils and blend your own natural perfume from top, heart and base notes. Ages 12 and up.

Length: 1.5 hours
Take home: 10 ml natural perfume roller
Where: Nature Bar, Hannie Dankbaarpassage 45, 1053 RT Amsterdam
Hours: Shop: Wed to Fri 11:00 to 17:00, Sat and Sun 12:00 to 17:00

Price€55,00 per person

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Checked 21 Oct 2026

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