Our guide to perfume shopping in brick 'n mortar (i.e., real life, as opposed to online) stores in New York City. There are links to store reports where available, otherwise, just addresses.
If you're looking for online perfume shopping resources, check out the Shop For Perfume page, or browse through the Fragrance Shopping topic for recent shopping tips and coupons.
This page was last updated on 7 April 2016.
Uptown (above 59th Street)
Barneys New York, 660 Madison Avenue
Bath & Body Works, 1240 Third Avenue
Blue Mercury, 2305 Broadway at 83rd St (West Side)
Bond no. 9, 680 & 897 Madison Ave (see report for Bond St store below)
Calypso, 935 Madison Ave
Clyde Chemists, 926 Madison Ave
Creed, 794 Madison
Diptyque, 971 Madison Ave
Etro, 720 Madison Ave
Frederic Malle, 898 Madison Ave
Fresh, 159 Columbus Ave
Giorgio Armani, 760 Madison Ave
Hermes, 691 Madison Ave
Jo Malone, 946 Madison Avenue
Lancome, 201 Columbus Ave (West Side)
L'Artisan Parfumeur, 1100 Madison Avenue (store closed)
L'Occitane, 1046 Madison Ave (or 2303 Broadway, West Side)
Lush, 2163 Broadway (West Side)
Malin + Goetz (455 Amsterdam Avenue, West Side, see report on Chelsea store)
Penhaligons, 870 Madison Avenue (store closed)
Sephora, 1149 Third Ave
Space NK, Columbus Ave at 69th (West Side, see report on Soho store)
The Body Shop, 1145 Madison Ave
Tom Ford, 845 Madison Ave
Midtown
Anthropologie, 50 Rockefeller Center
Bath & Body Works, 441 Lexington Avenue
Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Avenue (see also: Guerlain at Bergdorf Goodman, JAR at Bergdorf Goodman)
Bloomingdales, 1000 3rd Ave at 59th.
Caswell-Massey, 518 Lexington Ave
Caron, 715 Lexington Avenue (store closed, new address is One Grand Central Place, 60 E 42 St 54fl)
Chanel, 15 E 57th Street
Christian Dior, 21 E 57 Street
Christian Dior Homme, 17 E 57th Street
Dover Street Market, 160 Lexington
Elizabeth Arden, 691 Fifth Avenue
Juicy Couture, 650 Fifth Avenue
Lush, 1293 Broadway
Henri Bendel, 712 Fifth Avenue
Krigler at the Plaza Hotel, 1 West 58th Street
Molton Brown, 515 Madison Ave
Norma Kamali, 11 W 56th Street
Saks Fifth Avenue, 611 Fifth Avenue (see also: Chanel at Saks)
Sephora, 587 Fifth Avenue
Takashimaya, 693 Fifth Avenue (store closed)
Chelsea & Meatpacking District
Avery Perfumes, Limelight Marketplace, 656 Avenue of Americas
By Kilian, 804 Washington St
Comme des Garçons, 520 W. 22nd St
Enfleurage, 237 West 13 Street
Jeffrey New York, 449 W 14th St.
New London Pharmacy, 246 8th Avenue
Malin + Goetz, 177 Seventh Avenue
Greenwich Village
Aedes de Venustas, 9 Christopher Street store moved to 7 Greenwich Avenue (see interview with Karl Bradl)
Bond no. 9, 399 Bleecker Street
C.O. Bigelow Chemists, 414 6th Avenue
Diptyque, 377 Bleecker Street
Frederic Malle, 94 Greenwich Avenue
Fresh, 388 Bleecker Street
Patyka, 33 Carmine Street (store closed)
Soho & Nolita
Agent Provocateur, 133 Mercer St
Anna Sui, 113 Greene Street
Anthropologie, 375 W. Broadway
Atelier Cologne, 247 Elizabeth Street
Aveda, 456 W. Broadway
Barneys Coop, 116 Wooster Street
Bloomingdales, 504 Broadway
Bond no. 9, 9 Bond St
Fresh, 57 Spring St
Georgia, 89A East Houston Street
Jill Stuart, 100 Greene St
Korres, 110 Wooster St
Lafco New York, 285 Lafayette Street
L'Artisan Parfumeur, 68 Thompson Street (store closed)
La Perla, 93 Greene Street
Le Labo, 233 Elizabeth Street
L'Occitane, 146 Spring Street
Lush, 531 Broadway
MAC, 113 Spring Street
MiN New York, 117 Crosby Street
Molton Brown, 128 Spring Street
Osswald; 311 West Broadway
Paul Smith, 142 Greene Street
Pir Cosmetics, 14 Prince Street (store closed)
Prada, 575 Broadway
Red Flower, 13 Prince Street
Sephora, 555 Broadway
Space NK, 99 Greene St
Brooklyn
CB I Hate Perfume, 93 Wythe Avenue 318 Maujer Street, 3rd Floor
Luilei, 682 Union St (store closed)
Miomia, 318 Bedford Avenue
Twisted Lily, 360 Atlantic Avenue
Woodley & Bunny, 318 Bedford Ave (store closed)
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