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Scento Perfume API (MCP server)

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Scento Perfume API (MCP server) is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. 351 installs a week from pypi. It exposes 12 tools. Last commit 21 Oct 2026.

Free perfume & fragrance API and MCP server: notes, families, similar scents, 1,400+ perfumes.

Installs per day peak 39 · avg 1
a month agotoday
Uptime history 5 days of history
5 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
12
Tools
read from the server
249 ms
Response time
average over 24h
351
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

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Today is the operative word: we check Scento Perfume API (MCP server) every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add perfume-api --transport http https://www.scento.com/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://www.scento.com/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.perfume-api]
url = "https://www.scento.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perfume-api": {
      "url": "https://www.scento.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "perfume-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.scento.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 12

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

perfume
perfume-contrast
Use this when the user asks to compare, contrast or choose between two to four named perfumes, fragrances or colognes (synonyms: versus, vs, difference between, which one). Returns the perfumes side by side on house, Scento family, top, heart and base notes, shared materials, character, seasons, hours, year and concentration, with scento.com links in the user's language. Don't use to find new perfumes (scent-neighbours or perfume-search) or to explain a single perfume (perfume-portrait).
perfume-portrait
Use this when the user asks what a specific perfume, fragrance or cologne smells like, what its notes or pyramid (top, heart, base) are, its family, perfumer, year or concentration (eau de parfum, eau de toilette), or when to wear it (synonyms: notes of, what's in it, how does it smell). Returns the verified note pyramid, Scento family and subfamily, character, seasons and hours, signature materials and the scento.com page in the user's language. Don't use to find similar perfumes (use scent-neighbours), compare perfumes (perfume-contrast) or search by mood (perfume-search).
perfume-search
Use this when the user asks to find a perfume, fragrance, cologne or scent by name, house, note or mood, or when a name is uncertain (synonyms: perfume, fragrance, cologne, eau de parfum, scent, brand, notes, smells like). Returns matching perfumes, houses and raw materials with house, Scento family and a scento.com link in the user's language, ten per page. Call this first when a name is ambiguous. Don't use for a perfume's full notes (use perfume-portrait), similar scents (scent-neighbours) or articles (journal-search).
family
family-map
Use this when the user asks how fragrances are grouped or what a scent family is (for example woody, floral, amber, fresh, citrus), or wants the exemplar perfumes of one family (synonyms: scent families, fragrance categories, olfactive families). Returns Scento's own family system: the whole tree, or one family with its definition, subfamilies, exemplar perfumes and neighbouring families, with the scento.com guide. Don't use for one perfume's family (perfume-portrait), a perfumery term (perfumery-lexicon) or an occasion (occasion-edit).
house
house-portrait
Use this when the user asks about a perfume house, brand or maison (for example Creed, Le Labo, Amouage): where it is from, when it was founded, its style and its signature perfumes. Returns country, founding year, style, signature perfumes with their families and the scento.com house page in the user's language. Don't use for one perfume (use perfume-portrait) or to list perfumes with a given note (material-match). If the house name is uncertain, call perfume-search with kind "house" first.
journal
journal-search
Use this when the user wants articles, guides or background reading on a perfume, fragrance, cologne, house, note or topic (for example layering, vetiver, how to make a scent last). Returns matching Scento journal articles with title, one-line summary and scento.com link in the user's language. Use it to give the reader something to read on. Don't use for a perfume's notes (perfume-portrait), a house profile (house-portrait) or a term's meaning (perfumery-lexicon).
material
material-match
Use this when the user wants perfumes, fragrances or colognes that contain specific notes or raw materials, optionally in the top, heart or base (synonyms: with notes of, built on, smells of, containing; for example vanilla and tobacco in the base). Returns the perfumes that have every material given, with house, where each sits in the pyramid and scento.com links in the user's language. Don't use to explain one material (note-portrait), to find perfumes like a named perfume (scent-neighbours) or for a mood or occasion (occasion-edit).
note
note-portrait
Use this when the user asks what a note or raw material smells like or is (for example vetiver, oud, vanilla, iris, ambroxan, bergamot), whether it is natural or synthetic, or what it pairs with (synonyms: what does X smell like, ingredient, note). Returns how it smells, its family, natural or synthetic, pairings and perfumes that show it, with the scento.com page in the user's language. Don't use to find perfumes containing notes (use material-match) or to define a perfumery term such as sillage (perfumery-lexicon).
occasion
occasion-edit
Use this when the user asks which perfume, fragrance or cologne to wear for one occasion, season or climate: wedding, office, date night, night out, weekend, everyday, gym or sport (workout), summer days, cold weather, first impressions, long-lasting or under-the-radar. Returns a short edit of perfumes with a line on why each fits and a scento.com link for each, in the user's language. The occasion is a fixed list, so pick the nearest value; omit gender_lean unless the user states one. For several occasions call it once per occasion. Don't use for a collection built around perfumes the user already loves (wardrobe-composer) or for similar scents (scent-neighbours).
perfumery
perfumery-lexicon
Use this when the user asks what a perfume or fragrance term means: sillage, projection, longevity, drydown, top, heart and base notes, accord, chypre, fougère, gourmand, oud, layering, eau de parfum versus eau de toilette (EDP vs EDT), concentration, flanker or niche versus designer. Returns a plain-language meaning, example perfumes and related terms, with the matching scento.com guide in the user's language. Don't use for a specific note (use note-portrait) or a specific perfume (perfume-portrait).
scent
scent-neighbours
Use this when the user asks for perfumes similar to, like or in the same style as a given perfume, fragrance or cologne, or what else to try if they love it (synonyms: similar to, smells like, more like, if I like X). Returns the perfumes that share the most notes and structure with it, with the shared materials named, one line on how each differs and scento.com links in the user's language. Don't use for one perfume's own notes (perfume-portrait), a side-by-side of named perfumes (perfume-contrast) or a whole collection (wardrobe-composer).
wardrobe
wardrobe-composer
Use this when the user wants a small fragrance wardrobe or collection (three to five perfumes for different moments) built around perfumes or notes they already love, or asks what to add next (synonyms: signature scents, collection, rotation, what else should I own). Returns roles such as daytime, evening and warm weather, each with a perfume, its house, why it fits and a scento.com link in the user's language. Don't use for a single occasion (occasion-edit) or the neighbours of one perfume (scent-neighbours).

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://www.scento.com/mcp streamable-http answering 224 ms 9 min ago

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Scento Perfume API (MCP server) — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Scento Perfume API (MCP server) do?
It exposes 12 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: family-map, house-portrait, journal-search, material-match, note-portrait, occasion-edit and 6 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Scento Perfume API (MCP server) working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 249 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Scento Perfume API (MCP server)?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Scento Perfume API (MCP server) need an API key?
No. Scento Perfume API (MCP server) completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 12 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Scento Perfume API (MCP server)?
It answers our handshake in 249 ms on average, which is faster than 67% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
How many people use Scento Perfume API (MCP server)?
The npm package scento-perfume-api was installed 351 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Scento Perfume API (MCP server) open source?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at scento.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.