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What perfume to buy in Berlin

Berlin has family perfume houses and historic perfumeries, some making scents by hand in their own manufactories. Travellers find perfume bars, ateliers and workshops where they can try or create fragrances.

Guide last checked 5 Oct 2026. Every fact links to its source.

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Houses worth bringing home

Birkholz

Checked 10 Oct 2026
Berlin · since 2017

Birkholz is a family perfume house started around 2017 by Nasyr and Katrin Birkholz and run with their sons Philip and Sven. All perfumes are made and bottled by hand in its own manufactory on the south edge of Berlin, and it runs a perfume bar inside KaDeWe.

Where to buy
  • Birkholz Perfume Bar, KaDeWe department store, Berlin (Ansbacher Straße entrance)
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Frau Tonis ParfumBerlin · 2009

Frau Tonis Parfum

Checked 10 Oct 2026
Berlin · since 2009

Stefanie Hanssen founded Frau Tonis Parfum in Berlin in 2009. Its unisex perfumes are made by hand in its own Berlin manufactory, and many are named after the city, like Linde Berlin. At the atelier near Checkpoint Charlie you can also create your own perfume.

Where to buy
  • Own atelier and shop, Zimmerstraße 13, 10969 Berlin
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Harry Lehmann

Checked 10 Oct 2026
Berlin · since 1926

Harry Lehmann and his father Eduard opened this Berlin perfumery on 19 March 1926, and for decades it sold its own scents by weight. It still mixes more than 70 house perfumes in its basement lab on Kantstraße, such as Eau de Berlin, and new owners reopened it after the death of Lutz Lehmann in 2022.

Where to buy
  • Own shop, Kantstraße 106, 10627 Berlin
  • Own shop, Gipsstraße 13, 10119 Berlin
Sources (3)

Where to buy them

Flagship boutiques and perfume shops in Berlin.

Boutique · Schöneberg, KaDeWe department store

Birkholz Perfume Bar at KaDeWe

The Berlin house's own perfume bar inside the KaDeWe department store, where you can try the whole range in one place.

Where
KaDeWe, first floor, Tauentzienstrasse 21-24, 10789 Berlin (entrance also on Ansbacher Strasse) (Schöneberg, KaDeWe department store)
Hours
10:00 to 20:00, following KaDeWe hours
Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.

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Boutique · Charlottenburg

Harry Lehmann (Kantstraße)

A tiny perfumery that has made its own scents since 1926, with the old 'Parfums nach Gewicht' sign still over the door. Choose from more than 70 house perfumes mixed in the basement, or have a blend put together for you.

Where
Kantstraße 106, 10627 Berlin (Charlottenburg)
Hours
Tue to Fri 12:00 to 19:00, Sat 11:00 to 18:00
Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.

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Or make your own

A perfume workshop in Berlin

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.

A copperplate engraving of lilac from Basilius Besler's Hortus Eystettensis, the great garden book of 1613
Lilac. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis
Mitte / Kreuzberg, near Checkpoint Charlie

Frau Tonis Parfum atelier

The shop and atelier of a Berlin perfume house, where you can smell its 36 house scents or book a private session to compose your own perfume. Your formula is archived so you can reorder it.

Take home
a 50 ml eau de parfum of your own blend; the recipe is kept for reorders
Where
Zimmerstraße 13, 10969 Berlin
Hours
Mon to Wed 10:00 to 18:00, Thu to Sat 10:00 to 19:00
Checked 5 Oct 2026
Sources (4)

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