Scento Perfume API

A free perfume and fragrance API and MCP server over Scento's verified perfume database, from Scento. Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client for the portrait of a perfume, the difference between two you are torn over, the scents built on the same structure, or what a raw material such as ambroxan smells like. Every answer is tied to a page on scento.com. No key, no account, read-only.

This package is a small local bridge (Python 3.9 or later, no dependencies beyond the standard library). It speaks MCP over stdio for clients that only run local servers, and relays each message to the Scento Perfume API at https://www.scento.com/mcp.

Install

Add it to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json, Cursor ~/.cursor/mcp.json, VS Code .vscode/mcp.json using servers in place of mcpServers, Windsurf and others):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perfume-database": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["perfume-database"]
    }
  }
}

Or run the command yourself:

uvx perfume-database

Prefer pip? Install with pip install perfume-database and point the config at the perfume-database command.

Check it from a terminal:

uvx perfume-database --help

Use another endpoint with --endpoint <url>.

No bridge needed?

Most clients can talk to the Scento Perfume API directly. Add the remote URL as a custom connector (Claude, ChatGPT) or as an HTTP server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perfume-database": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.scento.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Prefer plain HTTP? The same answers are on the REST API with an OpenAPI file.

The twelve tools

Pass lang (de, fr, es, it, ro, el, hu, cs, pl) to receive scento.com links in that language.

Links

• Developers page: https://www.scento.com/developers
• Scento: https://www.scento.com

Scento is Europe's largest perfume decant website, founded in Paris in 2024. MIT licence (this bridge only).