Scento Perfume Compendium

How to use Scento Perfume Compendium

To connect, use the single URL https://www.scento.com/mcp in any MCP-compatible client:

• Claude (web or desktop): Go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the URL.
• Claude Code (terminal): Run claude mcp add --transport http scento-perfume-compendium https://www.scento.com/mcp.
• ChatGPT (developer mode): Go to Settings → Apps → Advanced → developer mode → Create → paste the URL, authentication None.
• Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf: Add to mcpServers in your configuration:

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

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For REST API, use the base URL https://www.scento.com/api/compendium/v1. Every route accepts a lang parameter (de, fr, es, it, ro, el, hu, cs, pl) to get links in that language, and lists support continuation.

Features of Scento Perfume Compendium

• Twelve read-only tools covering perfume search, portraits, similar perfumes, comparisons, note explanations, material matching, house profiles, family exploration, occasion edits, wardrobe building, perfumery terms, and journal search.
• Comprehensive database: 1,400+ designer and niche perfumes with full note pyramids, 400+ raw materials, and Scento's own family map.
• Multilingual links: Answers include links to scento.com pages in ten languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Hungarian, Czech, Polish).
• No key or account required: Free and read-only access.
• MCP and REST interfaces: Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and any client that supports MCP over streamable HTTP or plain HTTP requests.
• Structured answers: Each response includes a lede, detailed information, a link to the relevant scento.com page, and a citation line.

Use Cases of Scento Perfume Compendium

• Perfume exploration: Ask for a perfume's notes, family, and when to wear it (e.g., "Give me the portrait of Tom Ford Oud Wood").
• Comparison: Compare two to four perfumes side by side (e.g., "Compare Byredo Mojave Ghost and Byredo Gypsy Water").
• Ingredient education: Learn about raw materials like ambroxan or vetiver, including their smell, natural/synthetic status, and pairings.
• Finding similar scents: Discover perfumes that share notes and structure with a given perfume.
• Occasion-based recommendations: Get perfume suggestions for weddings, office, date nights, etc.
• Wardrobe building: Create a small fragrance collection around loved perfumes or notes.
• Term explanations: Understand perfumery terms like sillage, longevity, or chypre.
• Journal search: Find articles and guides on perfume topics.

Pricing

Scento Perfume Compendium is free to use. No key, account, or payment is required.

FAQ

What is Scento Perfume Compendium? It turns Claude into a well-read perfume adviser. Ask it to portray a perfume, contrast two you are torn between, find scents built on the same structure, explain a raw material such as orris or ambroxan, introduce a house, or compose a wardrobe and an edit for an occasion. Answers draw on the Scento Compendium: 1,400+ designer and niche perfumes with full note pyramids, 400+ raw materials and Scento's own family map. Every answer links to the matching page on scento.com in ten languages. Read-only, no account, no key.

Do I need an API key or an account? No. Scento Perfume Compendium is free and read-only. Add https://www.scento.com/mcp to your assistant, or call the Scento Compendium API at https://www.scento.com/api/compendium/v1, and it answers straight away: no key, no account, no sign-up.

Which assistants and editors does it work with? Claude on the web and desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT in developer mode, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and any other client that speaks the Model Context Protocol over streamable HTTP. Anything that can make an HTTP request can use the REST API instead.

What can I ask it? Twelve read-only tools cover a perfume’s portrait and its neighbours, side-by-side contrasts, raw materials and the perfumes built on them, perfume houses, Scento’s family map, occasion edits, a small wardrobe, perfumery terms and the Scento journal. For example: “Give me the portrait of Tom Ford Oud Wood: notes, family and when to wear it” or “What does ambroxan smell like, and which perfumes show it best?”.

Does it answer in other languages? Answers are written in English. Pass lang (de, fr, es, it, ro, el, hu, cs or pl) and every link in the answer points to the scento.com page in that language.

How should an answer be credited? Each answer carries a scento_page link and a cite line, “Scento Perfume Compendium, scento.com”. Quote the lede as it stands and link the page so readers can go deeper.

What happens to the questions I send? The Compendium needs no personal data and keeps no account. Requests are answered and not stored by Scento beyond the standard technical logs of our hosting providers. The privacy policy explains the details.