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Checked 10 Oct 2026
Germany's perfume scene spans historic family houses and modern independent makers, with workshops, museums and small shops where travellers can explore local scents and traditions.


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.

Cologne is the birthplace of Eau de Cologne, first made here in 1709. Travellers find the historic house where it began, with a shop, a fragrance museum and blending workshops.

Munich has a family perfume house founded in 2014 and a workshop where visitors blend their own scent from Grasse materials.


