Perfume apps for London fragrance houses, from Jermyn Street to Seven Dials.

Each fragrance is described by its top, heart and base notes, its family (woody, floral, amber, citrus, gourmand and so on) and the occasions it suits. Filters let someone who loved a vetiver at your Marylebone counter find its quieter cousins without scrolling past every bottle you stock.

Small vials, discovery boxes and try-before-you-commit offers sit at the front of the app. When a customer later buys a full bottle of a scent they sampled, the app can credit the sample value automatically if that is your policy, so the trial does not feel like a wasted purchase.

Delivery options change by postcode, with a cut-off time you control for same-day or next-day runs inside the capital. Perfume is flammable, so the app only offers the services your courier has agreed to carry, and it books collections through the delivery partner you already use. Addresses inside a congestion or delivery restriction can carry their own notes for drivers.

Customers book a scent profiling session or a private blending appointment at a specific shop, answer a few preference questions beforehand and receive a reminder with directions. Staff see the answers before the guest arrives, so the session starts from their taste rather than from a blank card.

Apple Pay, Google Pay and international cards are accepted, and the app states plainly that tax-free shopping no longer applies in Great Britain, so visitors are not surprised at payment. Delivery abroad is offered only to countries and carriers that will accept fragrance.

English stays the default, with optional Arabic or Simplified Chinese product descriptions for the visitors who make up a large share of your Knightsbridge or Bond Street trade. Arabic layouts read right to left properly, not as mirrored English.

Customers choose bottle engraving where you offer it, select wrapping and write a card message, with a preview before payment. Orders that need workshop time are flagged so staff can quote a realistic dispatch date instead of a generic one.

Each customer keeps a wardrobe of scents they own, with the size and date bought. When a bottle is likely to be running low, or a refill is available for a refillable flacon, the app sends one useful reminder rather than a stream of promotions.

If you run shops in Mayfair, Covent Garden and Chelsea, the dashboard shows stock per location, consultations booked, click and collect orders waiting and which staff member served a customer. Head office sees the whole picture while each boutique works from its own list.