What perfume to buy in Madrid

A perfume-making studio in Madrid where you blend your own scent at a private table with step-by-step help, no experience needed. You take home a 50 ml bottle of what you make.

Length

Up to 90 minutes

Take home

50 ml perfume plus a 10 ml test bottle

Where

Calle de Ercilla 10, Madrid 28005

Hours

Wednesday and Thursday 18:00 to 21:00; Friday to Sunday 11:30 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 21:30; closed Monday and Tuesday. Book a time in the online calendar.

Independent Madrid perfumer Erasmo de la Parra teaches you to build a perfume from scratch, in Spanish or English. A hands-on class rather than a quick blend bar.

Length

3 hours

Take home

a 30 ml bottle of your own perfume with a custom label

Where

ESPAC101, Avenida de Pedro Díez 21 bis, 28019 Madrid

Ronsel Studio runs an introductory artistic perfumery workshop in Madrid lasting three hours, with a blind tasting of 16 materials and hands-on blending. Each participant takes home a 30 ml perfume they create themselves, and the workshop is taught in Spanish.

Length

3 hours

Take home

30 ml bottle

Where

Hotel Sardinero Madrid, Plaza de Alonso Martínez, 3, 28004 Madrid