Create a Bespoke Perfume
That Tells Your Unique Story
From inspiration to bottle, craft a fragrance that’s truly yours at our hands-on 120-minute Perfume Workshop by NOTE – The Scent Lab — now in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
Two Saigon studios: 42 Nguyen Hue (District 1) and 34 Nguyen Duy Hieu (Thao Dien)
Looking for a Perfume Workshop in Hanoi? Join Us in Saigon
NOTE – The Scent Lab’s Hanoi studio at Lotte Mall Tay Ho closed permanently in August 2026. Our 120-minute perfume workshops now run only in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon): Floor 2, 42 Nguyen Hue in District 1 and 34 Nguyen Duy Hieu in Thao Dien. If Saigon is on your itinerary, book a seat below — we keep your formula on file, so you can reorder it whenever you visit one of our Saigon studios.
Prices start at $24 for a 10ml bottle (20ml $44 · 30ml $54 · 50ml $64), before 8% VAT, with 30+ ingredients and your take-home bottle included. Heading north first? See our Ha Long → Hanoi last-day itinerary.
About the Experience
Explore unique bespoke perfume workshop to take home your own scent
Bottle the Spirit of the Capital — Take Home a Piece of Hanoi
A perfume workshop is a hands-on session where you create your own fragrance. Guided by experienced workshop instructors, you explore scents, blend your favorite notes, and bottle a personalized perfume to take home – a creative, cultural experience and a unique souvenir for travelers.
Perfume Ingredients
Unlock your signature scent with over 30 curated notes, designed for you to mix & match your way.
4 Sizes — Hanoi Carry-On Friendly
Available from 10ml to 50ml — all under TSA carry-on limit, perfect for flying out of Noi Bai or onward to Ha Long, Sapa, or Ninh Binh.
Customers
Over 8,000 people have turned their scent ideas into reality at our workshops.
About the Experience
Explore unique bespoke perfume workshop to take home your own scent
Bottle the Spirit of the Capital — Take Home a Piece of Hanoi
A perfume workshop is a hands-on session where you create your own fragrance. Guided by experienced workshop instructors, you explore scents, blend your favorite notes, and bottle a personalized perfume to take home – a creative, cultural experience and a unique souvenir for travelers.
Perfume Ingredients
Unlock your signature scent with over 30 curated notes, designed for you to mix & match your way.
4 Sizes — Hanoi Carry-On Friendly
Available from 10ml to 50ml — all under TSA carry-on limit, perfect for flying out of Noi Bai or onward to Ha Long, Sapa, or Ninh Binh.
Customers
Over 8,000 people have turned their scent ideas into reality at our workshops.
Perfume Workshop Flow
DIY Perfume workshop
NOTE - The Scent Lab
Perfume Workshop Flow
DIY Perfume workshop
NOTE - The Scent Lab
Capture Hanoi in scent
From inspiration to creation, the perfume-making process is a journey of the senses. You will explore the world of fragrance, define your personal style, craft your own formula, and bring home a scent that is uniquely yours.
Highly recommended fragrance workshop — our instructor was wonderful and knowledgeable, the products all top quality, and the fragrances suit both men and women. Nothing is rushed.
Curious to explore, create, and experience the art of fragrance
For Hanoi's Fragrance Enthusiasts & First-Time Visitors
An ideal experience for DIY lovers and creatives — now at 42 Nguyen Hue in District 1 and 34 Nguyen Duy Hieu in Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City.
First Time at a Hanoi Perfume Workshop? Start Here.
Whether you have just landed in Saigon or you live here, our workshop instructors guide every beginner from first sniff to finished bottle.
For Every Hanoi Visitor & Local Curious About Scent
Whether you are a seasoned scent lover or an amateur just beginning to explore the world of perfume.
Discover the passion and expertise behind every note as your guide leads you through the art of fragrance creation.
Phi Long
Instructor (Ho Chi Minh)
Hoang Yen
Instructor (Ho Chi Minh)
Tra Giang
Instructor (Hanoi)
Let’s take a look at the memorable moments from our Perfume Workshop.
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Our Hanoi studio at Lotte Mall Tay Ho closed permanently in August 2026. Step into one of our two Saigon studios and craft a scent that holds your Vietnam trip in a single bottle.
Step away from Old Quarter buzz or West Lake breezes and into a quiet, soulful Hanoi hour — memory, art, and identity all bottled by your own hand.
Stories from Our Workshop Guests
Hanoi moments that fragrance has transformed — West Lake mornings, Old Quarter strolls, and personal stories that linger long after the scent fades.
Did this workshop before in 2022 with family, and I enjoyed it a lot. Came back 3 years later and it only improved! It is a relaxing atmosphere, and our instructor explained the information in English really well. Highly recommend for visitors who want a hands-on creative break.
Flexible and unlimited access to a wide range of perfume ingredients
Flexible and unlimited access to a wide range of perfume ingredients
Suitable for customer wanting to make a long-lasting perfume product
Flexible and unlimited access to a wide range of perfume ingredients
Flexible and unlimited access to a wide range of perfume ingredients
Suitable for customer wanting to make a long-lasting perfume product
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Our stories
Echo your Spirits
At NOTE, every fragrance is a story whispered in scent, reflecting your emotions and individuality.
Saigon local fashion brands worth the haul: 6 boutiques across District 1 and Thao Dien, how to dodge fakes, plus the one souvenir no one can copy. 2026 map.
The walk from Ben Thanh Market to the War Remnants Museum takes about twenty-two minutes (around 1.
New to Saigon? 15 top attractions from Notre-Dame to Ben Thanh — a first-time tourist map with one perfume lab locals love. Updated 2026.
First-time in Hanoi? 15 iconic landmarks from Hoan Kiem to West Lake. Updated 2026 tourist map.
Can Tho tropical fruit at Cai Rang dawn — 8 Mekong scent notes from durian to Ben Tre coconut, bottled at NOTE workshop. Book today.
Can Tho to Saigon last day plan: sunrise floating market, 4-hour Mien Tay bus, then a 120-minute NOTE perfume workshop in District 1 before flight.
Can Tho Mekong Delta hidden gems beyond Cai Rang: Phong Dien canals, Binh Thuy 150-year house, fruit orchards. Bottle it at NOTE Saigon.
Cai Rang floating market sunrise guide 2026: 5am pickup, boat hire price, Phong Dien comparison, breakfast on boat. Pair with NOTE Saigon workshop.
Visit Phu Quoc pepper farm trio Khu Tuong, Suoi Da & Hai Duong in 2026 — red, green, black peppercorn tasting + scent palette tie at NOTE workshop.
Phu Quoc fish sauce factory tour 2026 — 4 island houses, 4 grades, EU PDO heritage. Scent-story of Vietnam's umami island, bottled at NOTE workshop.
Our stories
Echo your Spirits
At NOTE, every fragrance is a story whispered in scent, reflecting your emotions and individuality.
Saigon local fashion brands worth the haul: 6 boutiques across District 1 and Thao Dien, how to dodge fakes, plus the one souvenir no one can copy. 2026 map.
The walk from Ben Thanh Market to the War Remnants Museum takes about twenty-two minutes (around 1.
New to Saigon? 15 top attractions from Notre-Dame to Ben Thanh — a first-time tourist map with one perfume lab locals love. Updated 2026.
First-time in Hanoi? 15 iconic landmarks from Hoan Kiem to West Lake. Updated 2026 tourist map.
Saigon local fashion brands worth the haul: 6 boutiques across District 1 and Thao Dien, how to dodge fakes, plus the one souvenir no one can copy. 2026 map.
The walk from Ben Thanh Market to the War Remnants Museum takes about twenty-two minutes (around 1.
New to Saigon? 15 top attractions from Notre-Dame to Ben Thanh — a first-time tourist map with one perfume lab locals love. Updated 2026.
First-time in Hanoi? 15 iconic landmarks from Hoan Kiem to West Lake. Updated 2026 tourist map.
Our Perfume Workshop brings you a unique mood to unleash your imagination — now in Saigon.
NOTE – The Scent Lab now runs its 120-minute DIY perfume workshop at two Saigon studios: Floor 2, 42 Nguyen Hue in the Cafe Apartment (District 1) and 34 Nguyen Duy Hieu in Thao Dien. Both work as a rest stop between sights and as a space to explore the art of fragrance with our workshop instructors.
What to Do in Hanoi — A Local's West Lake & Old Quarter Map
West Lake itself rewards exploration — the shoreline loop, the Tran Quoc Pagoda causeway, and the sunset view across the water to the Old Quarter skyline are the reasons people keep coming back to Tay Ho.
Trấn Quốc Pagoda — Vietnam's oldest Buddhist temple, founded in the 6th century — sits at the southern tip of West Lake, a 12-minute ride from Lotte Mall West Lake. Visit before the workshop for a quiet, incense-scented contrast to the mall environment. May to September is lotus season on West Lake; the lake's edge fills with pink Nelumbo nucifera blooms — Hanoi's signature flower and a key ingredient in traditional sen tea.
Tay Ho district itself has become Hanoi's coffee-and-design quarter. Đặng Thai Mai Street and Quảng An Street host vintage coffee shops, slow-roast specialty cafés, and fashion concept stores. Hanoi-Ho Tay Cafe Apartment (a smaller cousin of Saigon's icon) is a 6-minute ride from West Lake.
For Old Quarter exploration, plan a half-day before or after your workshop. Hàng Mã Street (lantern street) is liveliest before traditional festivals; Hàng Hương — historically the incense merchants' street — connects directly to NOTE's fragrance heritage. Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngọc Sơn Temple is a 25-minute ride; the surrounding 36-streets are walkable.
Hanoi's culinary geography is dense: Cafe Giảng (39 Nguyen Huu Huan, Old Quarter) is the disputed birthplace of egg coffee — a 25-minute ride from West Lake; Bún chả Hương Liên (24 Le Van Huu) is the spot Anthony Bourdain shared with Barack Obama; Phở Thìn (13 Lò Đúc) serves the city's most assertive beef phở.
Cultural anchors close to West Lake include the Vietnamese Women's Museum, the Hanoi Opera House (French Quarter), Văn Miếu (Temple of Literature, 1070 AD), and the Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum complex. All are 15-25 minutes by Grab from West Lake. If you have a full free afternoon, the West Lake 17 km circumference loop is rideable by bicycle in 90 minutes.
Why Hanoi for Perfume — A Northern Vietnam Fragrance Story
Hanoi gives a fragrance maker something Saigon cannot: four distinct seasons. Spring drizzle (March-May), humid summer rain (June-August), dry autumn breezes (September-November), and cold-dry winter (December-February) each pull different notes forward on the skin. A Hanoi perfume can shift its character across a single calendar — and the city's residents have always tuned their scents to the season.
Northern Vietnam's aromatic ingredient list reads like a forager's atlas: ginger from the limestone slopes of Hà Giang, cinnamon bark from Yên Bái, star anise from Lạng Sơn forests, lavender cultivated on the Sapa highlands, persimmon from Hanoi's autumn orchards, and lotus seeds and leaves harvested each summer from West Lake itself. Many of these notes appear, in IFRA-compliant form, in the workshop's 30+ ingredient palette.
The lotus connection is the most direct. West Lake is the source of Hanoi's most prized aromatic tradition: trà sen (lotus tea), made by stuffing green tea leaves inside lotus blossoms overnight to absorb the flower's perfume. This thousand-year practice is fragrance work. Crafting a perfume on the lake's edge is, in a small way, joining that lineage.
Hanoi's Old Quarter holds another clue. The 36 streets are named for the trades once practiced on them — Hàng Đường (sugar street), Hàng Bạc (silver), Hàng Vải (cotton). Hàng Hương is Incense Street, the historic incense and aromatic-resin merchants' district, just 25 minutes from West Lake. Imperial Thăng Long court records describe ceremonial perfumes blended for the Vietnamese throne. NOTE Hanoi's workshop sits at the modern end of that 1,000-year merchant line.
The pace of northern Vietnam also shapes how our instructors teach. The capital moves slower than Saigon. Visitors here come for reflection — Old Quarter morning fog, autumn lake walks, the quiet of Văn Miếu. Our workshop instructors encourage a meditative formula-building rhythm: smell, pause, decide. The 120-minute session is paced to the city, not to the clock.
Climate-aware advice from our instructors: in spring drizzle (March-May), formulas with sandalwood and musk last best — moisture amplifies the base notes. In autumn dry (September-November), citrus and floral top notes shine for hours without fading. In winter cold-dry (December-February), oriental and woody profiles deepen on the skin. Tropical citrus that dominates Saigon's blends often disappears within an hour in Hanoi winter — Northern wear calls for heart and base depth.
The Hanoi versus Saigon scent profile is real and the workshop respects it. Guests drawn to northern Vietnam tend toward woody, oriental, smoky, and softly floral compositions — the city's mist, lakes, and old wood whispering through the formula. Saigon guests gravitate to fresh, citrus, aquatic, and tropical-floral compositions matching the year-round warmth. Same 30+ notes, same instructor expertise, two distinct geographies of the nose.
Travel Guides for Your Vietnam Trip
Plan your visit with these handpicked guides from NOTE - The Scent Lab.