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Scento Perfume API (MCP server): free fragrance API, no key

Fragrance data and recommendation tools for perfumes, houses, notes, occasions, and terminology, available through MCP or a keyless REST API.

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Install Scento Perfume API (MCP server): free fragrance API, no key

Pick your client, then add it in one click or paste the config.

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scento-perfume-compendium": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scento-perfume-api"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config, merge this into mcpServers, then fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop.

Hosted endpointLive · 3d agoLive Remote EndpointOur automated health check connected to this remote MCP endpoint successfully.Last checked 3d ago · Nov 10, 2026, 18:45 UTC

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https://www.scento.com/mcp

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Overview

Scento Perfume API (MCP server): free fragrance API, no key provides multilingual fragrance data through MCP, REST, and OpenAPI interfaces. Its 12 tools cover perfume discovery, verified note pyramids, similar scents, comparisons, perfume houses, raw materials, scent families, occasions, collections, terminology, and articles. The catalog includes more than 1,500 perfumes, 160 houses, and 400 raw materials, with links to Scento pages. Use it when an agent needs structured fragrance research or recommendations without managing an API key.

Use cases

  • Find perfumes by name, house, note, or mood
  • Compare two to four fragrances side by side
  • Recommend scents for an occasion or season
  • Explain raw materials and perfumery terms
  • Build a small fragrance wardrobe

Key features

  • 12 focused fragrance research and recommendation tools
  • More than 1,500 perfumes and 160 perfume houses
  • More than 400 raw materials with verified note pyramids
  • MCP, REST, and OpenAPI access
  • 10-language results with Scento page links
  • No API key required

Tools12

What Scento Perfume API (MCP server): free fragrance API, no key lets your agent do. Expand a tool for its parameters.

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What it can do

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Package age7 days
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Tools exposed12Callable tools this server registers over MCP.
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How Scento Perfume API (MCP server): free fragrance API, no key works

What Scento Perfume API (MCP server): free fragrance API, no key does

Scento exposes fragrance knowledge through an MCP server, a REST API, and an OpenAPI interface. The catalog covers more than 1,500 perfumes, over 160 perfume houses, and more than 400 raw materials. Results can be returned in 10 languages and include links to relevant pages on scento.com.

The fragrance records include verified note pyramids attributed to a perfume house or an authorized retailer. Depending on the request, responses can also include scent families, subfamilies, fragrance character, seasons, wearing hours, perfumers, release years, concentrations, signature materials, and related perfumes.

How it works

Agents select one of 12 focused tools according to the user’s intent:

  • perfume-search finds perfumes, houses, and raw materials by name, house, note, or mood. It is also the first step when a name is uncertain.
  • perfume-portrait returns a perfume’s verified top, heart, and base notes, family, character, usage context, and other profile details.
  • scent-neighbours finds perfumes with similar notes and structure, explaining shared materials and differences.
  • perfume-contrast compares two to four named perfumes across notes, families, character, usage, year, and concentration.
  • note-portrait explains a raw material, including its smell, family, natural or synthetic status, pairings, and perfumes that feature it.
  • material-match finds perfumes containing every requested material and shows each material’s position in the pyramid.
  • house-portrait describes a perfume house’s origin, founding year, style, and signature perfumes.
  • family-map explains Scento’s fragrance-family tree and can return subfamilies, examples, and neighbouring families.
  • occasion-edit recommends perfumes for a specified occasion, season, or climate.
  • wardrobe-composer builds a three-to-five-perfume collection around scents or materials the user already likes.
  • perfumery-lexicon defines fragrance terms and supplies examples and related concepts.
  • journal-search finds matching Scento articles and guides.

Setup and configuration

No API key is required. An MCP client can connect to https://www.scento.com/mcp; the service can also be called through its REST API or used via OpenAPI. The listed connection options make it suitable for agents that consume remote MCP services as well as applications making direct HTTP-based fragrance queries.

Tools and capabilities

The tools separate lookup, interpretation, recommendation, and editorial search into distinct operations. This helps an agent choose a perfume profile for a single scent, a neighbour search for alternatives, a contrast tool for named comparisons, or a material search for ingredient-driven discovery. Many results include a Scento link in the user’s language, allowing the agent to point users to a source page.

The data is useful for both factual questions and guided selection. For example, an agent can explain what vetiver smells like, identify perfumes containing vanilla and tobacco in the base, suggest scents for cold weather, or assemble a small rotation from perfumes the user already enjoys.

Limitations and notes

Tool choice matters because the operations are intentionally scoped. Use perfume-portrait for one perfume’s notes, scent-neighbours for alternatives, perfume-contrast for side-by-side comparisons, and journal-search for background reading. Occasion requests use a fixed set of occasion values, and a separate call is intended for each of several occasions. The catalog’s note pyramids are presented as verified against a house or authorized retailer.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Scento Perfume API (MCP server): free fragrance API, no key

Scento Perfume API (MCP server): free fragrance API, no key is an MCP server that connects AI agents to Scento’s fragrance catalog. Its main tools search perfumes, describe note pyramids, find similar scents, compare fragrances, explain materials, profile houses, recommend occasions, compose wardrobes, define terms, and search articles.

Connect an MCP client to https://www.scento.com/mcp; no API key is required. The service also supports direct REST API calls and an OpenAPI interface, so applications can use those access methods instead of an MCP connection.

Yes, Cursor is named as a client that can connect to the MCP endpoint at https://www.scento.com/mcp. The service is also described for Claude and ChatGPT, and it does not require an API key.

The catalog includes more than 1,500 perfumes, over 160 perfume houses, and more than 400 raw materials. Its tools can search and describe these records, including verified note pyramids, families, similar scents, and related fragrance information.

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