How ScentSell works
Your cabinet is a free, private list of every bottle you own. Bottles you buy, sell or swap here update it for you.
Swap bottle for bottle with other members. You can add cash or samples to even it up. Each of you pays A$4.99, and only once you have both handed over.
Open a cabinet bottle to swap and members you are already talking to can ask for it, without it going on the market.
Every bottle you own, in one place.
Your cabinet is free, private and has no limit on bottles.
Add bottles by searching, from a photo, or by pasting a list or a spreadsheet. Or send us your list and we add it for you.
Bottles you buy, sell or swap here update your cabinet on their own.
Only you see it, unless you choose to share it with your partner.
See what is inside every bottle.
When Sniffopotamus, our fragrance library, knows a perfume, its bottle shows a notes card: the top, heart and base notes, each painted in watercolour.
The notes come from that one library, so the same perfume reads the same everywhere on ScentSell.
Something not quite right? Tell us from the card and we check it.
Log what you actually wear.
Tap Log a wear, choose the bottle, and add how many sprays if you want the millilitres tracked. The bottle level comes down on its own.
Note a compliment when someone notices, and see which bottles earn them.
Your wear history shows what you reach for most, and which bottles you wear together.
Turn your taste into a card.
Make a card of your cabinet, a shelf, your top ten, a compliment or a bottle you are selling.
Tap share and, on most phones, the share sheet opens with the picture attached. Otherwise you can copy the link.
Cards carry the ScentSell name and web address.
Lists worth showing.
A shelf is any group of bottles you choose: a season, a mood, or the ones you actually reach for. Rank your top ten in your own order.
Keep a wish list, and we tell you when a bottle on it is listed for sale, or opened to swap by someone you are already talking with.
Your wish list also spots when you already own a version of the bottle.
Share it with your partner, your way.
Keep one shared cabinet for both of you, or keep your own cabinets and choose what your partner can see.
With your own cabinets, each of you decides separately whether the other sees your bottles, wish list, shelves or wears.
A shared wish list lets your partner leave private gift hints.
Swap bottle for bottle.
A swap is a trade you both agree to. Offer one or more of your bottles for one of theirs, and the offer screen shows whether the two sides are fair.
If one side is worth more, the person coming out ahead can add a cash top-up or sample sprays. A cash top-up is only a hold on your card until you have both handed over, and all of it goes to your swap partner.
Each of you pays a A$4.99 trade fee. You authorise it when the swap is accepted. It is taken only once you have both handed over, and released if the swap ends before then.
You can also open a cabinet bottle to swap without listing it. Only members you are already talking to can see it, and it stays off the market.
Pre-owned fragrance, bought and sold properly.
Every listing goes through ScentSell's checks. Listing is free, and ScentSell takes 15% only when a bottle sells.
You pay in the app. The seller adds tracking when they post, or you meet up for local pickup.
You can buy a fixed-price bottle without making an account.
Ask your own AI about your cabinet.
Connect ScentSell to Claude or ChatGPT, free. Then ask what is in your cabinet, log a wear, add a bottle or check a listing, just by asking.
Prefer messaging? Connect Telegram once, tell the bot what you are wearing, and it logs it against your cabinet.
Same cabinet and same details, whichever way you use it.
Keep ScentSell on your home screen.
Add ScentSell to your home screen and it opens like an app, full screen. On Android, a long press on the icon gives shortcuts to your cabinet, swaps, selling and messages.
On iPhone, adding it to your home screen is also what lets us send you alerts: a new offer, a message, or a bottle from your wish list.
A swap, step by step
- Make an offer. Open a bottle you like and choose Propose a swap. Pick what you will give, and add cash or samples if the sides are uneven.
- Wait for an answer. Your swap partner has 7 days to accept, counter or decline. After that the offer expires and nothing is charged.
- Accept and authorise. Once accepted, you each authorise the A$4.99 trade fee as a hold on your card. If one of you is adding cash, they authorise that hold too.
- Confirm addresses. Confirm your postal address on the Shipping tab. Addresses are shown to each other only once you have both confirmed.
- Agree a day and post. Agree a posting day if you like, post your bottle, add the tracking number if you have one, and tap Posted. The swap thread records each step.
- Both bottles arrive. When you have both handed over, the fee and any top-up are taken. When both bottles arrive, the swap completes and both cabinets update.
Questions
How are swaps kept safe?
The A$4.99 trade fee is held when a swap is accepted and taken only once you have both posted. If the swap ends first, it is released. Your address stays private until the swap is accepted and you have both confirmed. Both bottles are valued the same way as a listing, and the offer screen shows whether the two sides are fair. Either of you can ask for a bottle to go through the full ScentSell check, with photos, before you go ahead. You can see the other member’s trading record on their bottles. You each have 48 hours to post once a swap is accepted, and you can ask ScentSell to step in if it stalls.
Can I swap a bottle I have not listed?
Yes. Turn on "Open to swap" on the bottle in your cabinet. Members you are already talking to can see it and ask for it. If you say yes, you add photos and we check it like a listing, and it stays off the market.
What does a swap cost?
Each member pays a A$4.99 trade fee. It is held when the swap is accepted and taken only once you have both handed over. If the swap is declined, withdrawn or expires, nothing is taken. ScentSell takes nothing from a cash top-up.
Can I add cash or samples to even up a swap?
Yes. The person coming out ahead can add a cash top-up, held on their card and paid to their partner only after you both hand over. You can also add sample sprays. If you would rather settle the cash between you, both of you must agree, and ScentSell cannot protect that money.
When will my swap be posted, and who pays postage?
You each post your own bottle, so you each pay your own postage. Either of you can suggest a posting day and a rough time on the Shipping tab. If you both agree a day, the swap will not close before it.
When can we see each other’s address?
Only after the swap is accepted and you have both confirmed your postal address on the Shipping tab. Until then neither of you can see the other’s details.
Can we swap in person?
Yes, if you both choose In person on the Shipping tab. Then you both tap Confirm we swapped. It is meant for someone you already trust, there is no tracking, and it is at your own risk.
How does tracking work?
Add the tracking number when you tap Posted and your partner can follow the parcel. A tracked parcel marks itself as arrived when the carrier says it has been delivered.
Why did my swap offer expire?
An offer that gets no answer within 7 days expires, and nothing is charged. If you still want the bottle, send the offer again or message the member first.
Why pay through ScentSell instead of bank transfer or PayPal?
A top-up held through ScentSell is only taken once you have both handed over, and the hold is released if the swap falls through. You can agree to settle a top-up between you instead, but ScentSell cannot hold, guarantee or recover that money.
Is my cabinet public?
No. Your cabinet is private. Bottles you open to swap can be seen only by members you are already talking to, and a bottle only appears on the market if you list it.
Does selling a bottle update my cabinet?
Yes. A bottle you list goes into your cabinet as for sale and is marked sold when it sells. Bottles you buy or swap here are added to your cabinet for you.
Can you add my collection for me?
Yes, free. On Add to cabinet choose the "We’ll do it" tab, then paste your list or attach a spreadsheet or photos. We add the bottles and you tap each one to confirm.
Can I be told when a bottle I want turns up?
Yes. Add it to your wish list. When someone lists that bottle for sale, or opens it to swap and you are already talking with them, we let you know in the app, and by push or email if you have those turned on in Settings. The owner is not told who wants it.
The same guide on ScentSell: scentsell.com.au/how-it-works.