About Us

We are notes.

real scents, sample sizes.

Luxury and niche fragrance is wonderful. It's also a lot to commit to. £150 to £300 for a full bottle of something you've smelled once, maybe never. We didn't think trying the real thing should mean buying the whole thing.

So we decant genuine luxury fragrances into smaller, friendlier sizes. 1ml to 10ml. The actual scent, from the actual house: Creed, Tom Ford, Le Labo, Byredo, Parfums de Marly, Amouage and more. Just less of it.

We didn't create the scent. We created the access.

The genuine article

Everything in a notes. vial is the genuine article, hand-decanted from the original bottle and sent in packaging worth keeping. Real, just smaller.

How people wear it

Some try before they commit, living with something for a week or two before deciding if it earns the full bottle. Some build a rotation, a handful of decants for the day, the outfit, the mood. Some slip a 5ml in a wash bag instead of packing a 100ml. Some give one as a gift, for the moment a full bottle would be too much. However you do it, the size fits the moment.

The full bottle? all for it.

We're not here to talk you out of one. The houses we stock make beautiful things, and if one wins you over, going for the full size is a brilliant shout. It smells great. Why wouldn't you want more of it?

Some people do just that: find the one with us, then buy the 100ml. Others keep a handful of decants on rotation and never settle on a single bottle. Both are right. We only ask that you love it first.

For everyone

notes. is for whoever wants it. Men, women, the lot. The names you've seen on people you admire, in a size that makes sense.

That's the whole idea.

notes. team.