Free Perfume Samples

Free samples of perfume is a very common marketing practice in perfumeries and also on the Internet, but you also should know how to avoid scams and fraud on the Internet. Everybody who received a 1ml/0.035oz free perfume sample has enjoyed the advantage of testing a fragrance for whole day before deciding to buy or not. It is sufficient to apply a few drops several times or even share with your friends and discuss the perfume. The downside is that you usually use it up when you get addicted and you have to wait until the next day to go to the perfumery or immediately order it from an online shop if you like fragrance.

Things like free perfume samples come and go so quickly. Usually shops or perfume designers give away a limited series and run out of stock in the first few days of distribution. Sometimes it is out of stock in first few hours. How do you get information at the right time?

Tips for Free Perfume Samples Hunters

If you are passionate perfume lovers like we are, and would like to test more fragrances than you could afford with your budget, we have a series of tips on how to get free perfume samples from the Internet before they are all snatched up.

  • Become a free member of our perfume club and get free alerts in news, forum posts or announcements in our newsletter.
  • Subscribe to the newsletters of popular shops. Most shops have promotions from time to time. We also alert our members, but you could get a few hours of advance notice to grab your sample. A list of popular shops can be found in this article.
  • Buy perfume and get samples for free. You can even order perfume online for members of your family who are not as Internet-savvy as you and get free perfume samples for yourself.
  • Buying perfume online usually results in big savings. Some shops organize sales and special promotions so you can save even more and get free perfume samples of new fragrances. For example, here you can always find Sephora Shop items on Sale.
  • Usually free perfume promotions are valid only in the USA, but if you list country in your profile we will send alerts about free perfume samples in Canada, the UK or the rest of the world.
  • Avoid Scams and Fraud! Free perfume samples can be found on the Internet from trusted sources but also find a lot of spammers who only harvest your email, your address and other personal data. Before you fill any form check if the site legitimate. Don't ever give out any personal information over the phone or online unless you are familiar with the business that is asking for it. If you are unsure about a firm, check it out with the Better Business Bureau.
  • It is a common practice that free perfume samples application forms require you to take a survey. It can be legit but never give your personal data such as your Social Security number, credit card number or expiration date, or mother's maiden name, etc.
  • If you like to experiment and test niche perfumes you should email or call those shops. In our experience they are very welcoming to everybody who is interested in their perfumes and sometimes offer samples of their perfumes for free.
  • Last but not least, do not give up! There are no quick wins and no easy resources, but there are free samples of perfumes on the Internet. Consider it a hobby. Maybe you will have luck to find it today, maybe even a few times this month, but it's logical that you can't expect to get hundreds of samples from different sites for free. You can find communities that share your passion about perfumes, where you will find a lot of information but only a few samples, and only sometimes. The main reward is that you can still have a good time.

A List of Popular Online Shops With Promotions or Free Samples

Most of those shops are well known and have news letters, customer loyalty programs, promotions, sales, free test samples and other promotions for their customers. We will list only some of them:

Popular brands and perfumes: