The front door
The front door is the first page of ScentSell (scentsell.com.au). Every part of ScentSell has its own tile, and every tile fits on the first screen of a phone or a computer, so you can go straight to what you came for. The ScentSell logo at the top of every page, and Home at the start of every page's trail, bring you back here.
The tiles
| Tile | What it opens |
|---|---|
| Marketplace | Pre-owned bottles for sale. The tile shows how many bottles are for sale right now and the newest ones listed (six on a computer, three on a phone); tap one to open it. A thin bar shows how many are from designer, niche and inspired-by houses. On a computer you also see what the asking prices add up to and the fragrance cards of the three newest bottles. These numbers are live. |
| Swap / Trade Room | Bottles members will swap, bottle for bottle. The tile shows how many bottles are open to a swap right now and, on a computer, how they split between designer, niche and inspired-by houses. |
| My Collection | Your own collection: your bottles, wear diary, shelves and wish list. When you are signed in, the tile shows how many bottles you have in it. |
| Fragrance News | Today's fragrance stories. The tile shows the three newest headlines. See Fragrance News. |
| My Messages | Your offers, swaps and replies. A number on the tile shows how many are unread. |
| New Fragrance Shop | New bottles from the houses, coming soon. |
| Australian brands | Fragrance houses made in Australia. |
| Australian retailers | Where to buy fragrance in Australia. |
| Fragrances | Search every perfume by name or house, and find it among the bottles members are selling. |
| Perfumers | The perfumers behind the bottles on ScentSell. |
| Notes / Accords | Every note and accord in the bottles listed on ScentSell. See Notes, perfumers and fragrances. |
| Follow us | ScentSell on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. |
| About ScentSell | Who we are, how to reach us (sniff@scentsell.com.au) and our PR and gifting policy. |
| Log in / Join | Log in or create a free account. Once you are logged in, this tile shows your first name and opens your own space. |
On a phone the whole front door fits on one screen with no scrolling, both when opened from your Home Screen and in a phone browser such as Safari or Chrome, where the browser's own bars take up room. In a browser the tiles tighten a little to fit: titles and paintings are smaller and Fragrance News shows two headlines instead of three. Only on a very small screen (under about 600 pixels of visible height) does the page scroll. The round + sits at the bottom centre, beside the Log in / Join tile, and covers no tile.
The plus button (phone)
On a phone there is no bar along the bottom of the screen: just a round copper + at the bottom centre, on the front door, the Marketplace, the Swap / Trade Room, your collection, your messages and the other pages you use most. When you have unread messages, the + shows how many.
Tap + to open your shortcuts.
Sell a bottle comes first. Then Go to:
- Messages (with your unread number)
- My Collection
- Fragrance News
- Marketplace
- Swap / Trade Room
- Home (this front door)
And Do:
- Log a wear
- Log a compliment (choose one of your wears from the last 7 days, who said it if you like, and what they said)
- Add to my collection
- Connect your AI
If you are not logged in, the sheet offers Log in / Join, and anything that needs your account (your messages, your collection, selling, logging) asks you to log in first and then takes you straight to it. Fragrance News, the Marketplace, the Swap / Trade Room, Home and Connect your AI open without logging in. The menu button at the top of every page lists the same places too. More: Log a wear.
Turn on alerts
At the top of the front door, Turn on alerts asks your browser for permission to tell you about offers, sales and messages. You will be asked to log in first if you are not. Once allowed it reads Alerts on. If it reads Alerts blocked, your browser has said no to ScentSell; tap it for how to change that. On an iPhone, alerts only work once ScentSell is on your Home Screen, so the button shows you how to add it first.
Add ScentSell to your phone, tablet or computer
The button at the top of the front door opens the steps for the device you are using, in its own words:
| You are on | The button says | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone, in Safari | Add to Home Screen | Tap Share (on newer iPhones it sits under the three dots at the bottom of Safari), then Add to Home Screen, then Add. |
| iPhone or iPad, in Chrome, Firefox or Edge | Add to Home Screen | Open that browser's Share and tap Add to Home Screen. If it is not there, open ScentSell in Safari and add it from there. |
| iPad, in Safari | Add to Home Screen | Tap Share at the top right of Safari, then Add to Home Screen. |
| Mac, in Safari | Add to Dock | In the menu bar choose File, then Add to Dock (macOS Sonoma or later). |
| Android phone or tablet | Add to Home Screen | Tap Install ScentSell, then Install. If that button is not shown, open the browser's menu and choose Add to Home screen or Install app. |
| Computer, in Chrome or Edge | Install app | Click Install ScentSell, then Install. If that button is not shown, use the install button at the right of the address bar. |
| Inside Instagram, Facebook or another app | Add to Home Screen | These apps' own browsers can't add pages to a Home Screen. Tap their three dots menu, choose Open in Safari or Open in browser, and add ScentSell from there. |
On a phone the steps also appear by themselves once, a few seconds after you arrive (never inside Instagram or Facebook). Tap Got it or Not now and they stay away for 30 days. Once ScentSell is on your Home Screen the button is gone. Firefox on a computer can't install sites, so there it shows no button.
The app keeps its own log in. On an iPhone, ScentSell opened from the Home Screen does not share Safari's log in, so the first time you open it you will see This app keeps its own log in. Log in at the top. Log in once and it remembers you.
Opening it. ScentSell opens straight onto the front door: you see the ScentSell logo on a plain background for a moment, then the tiles. When a new version of ScentSell comes out, the app keeps the page you were on if you come back to it within half an hour; after longer away it starts fresh with the new version.
More: Install ScentSell as an app.
Finding your way back
Every page has a trail at the top that starts with Home, for example Home › Marketplace › Sell a bottle or Home › My Collection › Wear diary. Tap any part of it to go back to that page. The ScentSell logo always brings you back to the front door. In the menu you will also find Fragrance News, Notes / Accords, Perfumers and Fragrances, and the same four sit at the foot of every page on a computer.