The rules
- One perfume a day. At midnight, a mystery perfume is drawn from the 100 most searched perfumes. Everyone plays the same one on the same day.
- Six guesses. Type a perfume or a house, then pick from the list. You get six tries to find it.
- Four cells per guess. Each guess is compared on the house, the year, the gender and the olfactory family. Green means exact and yellow means close. An arrow tells you whether the mystery perfume is newer or older.
- Notes in common. Under each guess you see how many notes it shares with the mystery perfume. It is often the best clue: three or four shared notes means you are in the right family.
- One clue per miss. You start with the family and one base note. Every miss adds a clue: a heart note, the decade, the gender, a top note, then the house initial and a blurred bottle.
An example game
Starting clues: family Oriental / Amber, base note Vanilla.
- Angel, Mugler (1992) : House ✗ · Year ✗ ↓ · Gender ✓ · Family ≈. 2 notes in common: vanilla, tonka bean.New clue: heart note Jasmine.
- Hypnotic Poison, Dior (1998) : House ✗ · Year ✗ ↓ · Gender ✓ · Family ✓. 3 notes in common: vanilla, jasmine, rose.New clue: the 1920s.
- Shalimar, Guerlain (1925) : House ✓ · Year ✓ · Gender ✓ · Family ✓. Found in 3 guesses.
The down arrow says twice that the perfume is older, and the family goes from close to exact. With vanilla, jasmine and the 1920s, Shalimar becomes the obvious answer.
Four tips to win
- Open with a well-known perfume from the given family: it covers many notes and teaches you more than a rare one.
- Read the year arrow first. It cuts the list in half from the first guess.
- If gender is "close", either the mystery perfume or your guess is unisex.
- Out of ideas? The notes and eras pages of the site list every perfume in the game.
FAQ
Is Perfumdle free?
Yes, with no sign-up. Your game and your streak are saved in your browser.
Is it a perfume Wordle?
Same idea: one puzzle a day, a limited number of guesses and a result to share. Instead of letters you compare houses, years, families and notes.
Can I play again?
The daily perfume can be played once. Practice mode draws a new perfume every time, as often as you like.
Do I need to know a lot about perfume?
No. The perfumes in the game are among the best known, and the clues lead you to the answer. Regular players quickly learn to tell the families apart.