Ministry of Scent - Mission District - San Francisco, California

Benoit Arsenault

Une parfumerie artisanale. Les employés sont d'une extrême courtoisie et elles prennent le temps de nous faire découvrir leurs produits! Si vous avez la chance de rencontrer Yosh, elle vous fascinera par son expérience et sa passion des parfums!!

Kate R

I love this store but they need a (better) ventilation system. When I went in a few months ago, my friend and I did find wonderful fragrances but we came out feeling like we could taste perfume for 30 minutes. I almost went in last week and promptly left re the strong scent.

I hope the Fillmore location is more approachable.

Morgan Kennedy

I was in the city recently and decided on a whim to stop by. This store is incredible if you are a perfume lover! They have everything you can think of and a lot of niche perfumes that are usually unable to smell in person. The saleswoman was very warm and inviting, I didn’t feel pressured to buy anything while she was showing me things she thought I would like based on my past favorites. I of course walked out with a great new fragrance and I also got three generous samples of other ones I enjoyed.

This was a great experience and a beautiful store!

Daniel Tongol

A perfect perfumery in the heart of a warm welcoming vibrant neighborhood of Valencia.
The staff: Owner, Salina, and Michael all reflect the beauty and joy the neighborhood can be proud of. Valencia offers some of the most delicious food and at the heart of it all is this perfumery offering a wide selection of some of the best indie and niche fragrances with the help of a warm and fun staff which elevated my experience worthy of wanting to be a frequent in the area.

The selection of fragrances in Ministry of Scent is enough for people distinguishing the structure of a particular fragrance, helps customers distinguish notes, accords, and compare the synthetic notes with a more natural one. With such a helpful and welcoming staff, I saw that those who are more new in the fragrance community are welcomed and often provided with plentiful of knowledge and assistance especially about the notes that makes any of the fragrances special. The store doesn’t hesitate in allowing testing and letting customers experience the fragrances on skin.

A few brands worthy of checking out in the stores:
Tauer Perfumes, Zoologist, Maison Tahite, Laboratorio Olfativo, Profumum Roma, Kerosene, Imaginary Authors, Bohoboco, Les Bains, Guerbois, and my newly found favorite thanks to the store for offering is Scent of Woods. There are many more on their rows of stacked shelves pictured worthy of discovering, sniffing, and discussing with the knowledgeable staff

The quality of their customer service and care from start to end is unmatched, making them a note worthy and one of the best perfumery store both the youth and collectors can enjoy in northern California.

I cannot wait visiting Valencia and stopping by Ministry of Scent again

Gnomey Troll

A perfume enthusiast’s heaven. The staff were so helpful, not at all pushy, and they showed me fragrance after fragrance. I don’t live in SF, so I definitely spent some time here. I left with a lovely fragrance I had never heard of alongside some fun new samples. Emily was fantastic and whenever I find myself in SF, I’ll be back, despite my wallet’s pleas to relax a little around here.

Brad Jackson

I haven't had the chance to visit the store yet, but I bought several fragrances from them online. The personalized notes and the way they treat their customers online indicates how great it will be inside the store. The samples they sent with my purchase really made my day, and they have gained a customer for life. I'm really looking forward to visiting their store and getting some of their offerings at the end of the year. Thank you so much!!

Luna Rodriguez

I stopped by Ministry yesterday and had the most wonderful time. I was a bit overwhelmed since I’m new to the fragrance world, but Emily helped me the whole way through. I didn’t really know how to articulate what exactly I was looking for, but she was so patient and knowledgeable, and immediately knew the scents I liked. I picked out a couple of samples that I’m so excited to keep on testing out. I will definitely be back and highly recommend coming to Ministry of Scent.

Sudi Rouhi (SudiBear)

I recently made a trip to San Francisco specifically to visit a store I’ve shopped at online before, eager to sample and purchase a fragrance I’ve had my eye on for a while. I knew they had been out of stock of this particular scent, but I asked twice when I visited yesterday and was told they still didn’t have it. When I asked the worker when it would be back in stock, they simply said, “I don’t know.”

I didn’t check the website while I was there, but the next day, I decided to look it up online and found that they actually had it in stock. I love this store, its selection, and its beautiful ambiance, but the experience left me feeling a bit disappointed. I ended up spending my budget on other samples and fragrances since I couldn’t buy what I originally came for in-store, and now I have to wait days to receive what I had hoped to take home that day. Just a little disappointing from the service