What perfume to buy in Mexico City

Mexico City has a perfume museum in the old centre with changing scent exhibitions and short workshops, plus a local house whose stores offer custom perfumes and scents named for Mexican places and traditions.

See the houses Make your own perfume, from MX$1,300

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

Houses worth bringing home

PerfuméricaMexico City · 2020

Perfumérica

Checked 21 Oct 2026

Mexico City · since 2020

A Mexican perfume house from Mexico City, born in 2020 and described on its own site as a family legacy. Its perfumes are made by hand in the Frallier laboratories, and its stores are equipped to make custom perfumes with your name on them. Several scents are named for Mexican places and traditions, such as Izamal, Wirikuta and Copal con Cempasúchil.

Where to buy

Flagship store Condesa, Av. Parras 5, Colonia Condesa, 06100 Ciudad de México
Flagship store Juárez, Liverpool 70, Juárez, 06600 Ciudad de México
Flagship store Pasaje Parián, Av. Álvaro Obregón 130, Roma Norte, 06700 Ciudad de México
Twelve Mexico City stores in all (26 across Mexico), listed on its stores page
Online at perfumerica.mx

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Where to buy them

Flagship boutiques and perfume shops in Mexico City.

Boutique · Condesa

Perfumérica: Flagship Store Condesa

A Condesa flagship of the Mexico City house. You can buy the house range or have a custom perfume made with your name on it.

Where: Av. Parras 5, Colonia Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06100 Ciudad de México

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Last checked 21 Oct 2026

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Or make your own

A perfume workshop in Mexico City

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 from the 1500s: Flora, crowned with blossom, sits in her garden beside a basket and vases of flowers — Flora. Engraving, 1500s

Centro Histórico

Museo del Perfume: Tu Perfume workshop

Create a perfume from scratch with a perfumer at the city's perfume museum, choosing from 17 accords, in a small group. The museum also runs a shorter Agua de Colonia workshop.

Length: 2 hours
Take home: Your own perfume in a 100 ml glass bottle
Where: Museo del Perfume, Tacuba 12, Centro, 06010 Ciudad de México
Hours: Wed to Sun 12:00 to 14:00

PriceMXN 1,300

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Checked 22 Oct 2026

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Perfume museums

Museum · Centro Histórico

Museo del Perfume (MUPE)

A perfume museum in the old centre, a few steps from the Museo Nacional de Arte, with changing exhibitions on scent and short workshops. Tickets are sold online through its site. Good for a first look at perfume history between other Centro sights.

Where: Tacuba 12, Centro, 06010 Ciudad de México (Centro Histórico)
Hours: Tue to Sun 10:00 to 17:00, closed Mon (also closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 16 Sep, 2 Oct and 25 Dec; 10:00 to 14:00 on 15 Sep, 24 Dec and 31 Dec)
Price: MXN 150 for foreign visitors (MXN 100 for Mexican nationals, MXN 50 for students, teachers and seniors with INAPAM)

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Last checked 22 Oct 2026

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