Parfumo Reviews 

Your Souk bottle was into a hairy ass.

No better than Fragrantica.
The same Stasi-Nazi-inbred trash as Fragrantica.

- Fake photos in the photo section, mostly AI-generated.
- A huge number of fake accounts and people pretending to be someone they aren't.
- Fake reviews and fake perfume wardrobes.
- The Souk is largely a scam and... !!!a way to get hold of your personal and banking details... SO BEWARE!!!
- VPNs are allowed—utterly ridiculous for a perfume forum; this causes drama and leads to people using multiple accounts.

The most insidious thing about these forums is the "Mind Game" being played—something that can be extremely dangerous and harmful to people with mental health issues.
People who thought they were visiting a perfume forum find themselves subjected to manipulation, gaslighting and so on.
Actually Parfumo ought to face criminal prosecution for this.

!!!Always report this crime (anonymously) to the police!!!

Because of this game of manipulation and gaslighting—what they call a "Mind Game"—the site completely misses the mark regarding what should be a focus on perfume, consequently, reviews and the "likes" become utter nonsense.

Also, take a look at the review posted (May 31, 2025) by Tatjana Winkler: at Parfumo.de (Willkommen in der Diktatur!)" .
She tells the absolute truth—hence my description: Stasi-Nazi-inbred trash.

Who would want to buy second-hand perfume via an unreliable Souk anyway?! There’s a good chance that bottle has been up someone’s hairy ass... because with the kind of sleazebags on forums like this, you can expect anything.

Parfumo is the most boring site on the internet. Perfumes are beautiful creations that evoke emotions and memories, yet Parfumo somehow manages to make looking at perfumes a tedious labor. The site is devoid of any beauty, full of useless pie charts, images are small, the text is grey and is everywhere. You know, I have enough pie charts at work, and enough greyness when I look out of my car window when I'm stuck in traffic.

While I don't trust Fragrantica at ALL, I might be willing to give benefit of the doubt to Parfumo, but... What's up with all the childish nicknames??? I want to see real people posting! I have no idea who BigSmellyDad75 or vamp_Girl are, and have no time or desire to figure out.

Also there was a weird movement by some people who still can't believe Americans have elected a new president, and want to keep wasting American money on a failed state of Ukraine. I hope not all Parfumo users are like that, but be wary of politically motivated weirdos, they seem to flock to Parfumo in droves.

parfumo staff involved in this. First of all this place is full of scammers. adressing this on the seller wall to warn fellow buyers to be careful. comments get removed from pinned walls, after replacing the comment it gets removed by moderators. i have opened a thread in the forums adressing the scammer, found out that pointing out scammers is not allowed. so i edit my message without pointing out the scammers name.

my thread got joined by over 5 different victims with losses up to 400$.

nothing is been done. all i got back was no reply notifications from parfumo of them removing my thread on the forums. blocking and banning my account. i have adressed that i have a ongoing transaction and one of the staff members decided to bann my account still. the whole construction is crooked and i am almost sure even the staff themself is benefiting from the scammers or they scam
themself. the souk is 90% a fake driven community. its a shame german people scam their own folks. and kleinanzeige does not pick up the perfume market.

i want to ask any fellow people who got scammed to fill the form at the european consumer association. souk has to be taken down

Very good place for frag-heads. A lot of trust-worthy reviews and a lot of details about perfumes.

Moderators are pathetic

The community is great, but the moderators are inadequate. Accounts are disabled without explanation. Tax offices should investigate the Souk area, as the platform seems to violate tax laws. Despite claims of prohibiting commercial trading, many users engage in it. Private individuals are limited to selling up to €2000 per year on online platforms, but Parfumo users openly conduct commercial trading without repercussions.

Moderators appear to have multiple accounts for commercial trading, masquerading as different users. I have solid evidence and plan to expose this in a blog post and report it to the tax office.

Furthermore, honest reviews or critiques about perfumes result in account deletion. New users should be aware that despite their contributions, their accounts can be abruptly disabled, leaving them with no options and way to contact them. This happened to me after significant contributions to the community, yet my account was disabled without any reason given for the supposed rule violations.

This platform, supported by the generous donations of its community, sadly abuses the same users. I urge everyone not to waste their time and money here, as your account may eventually be deleted along with all your contributions.

Amazing site

I can find a lot of information of perfumes and sometimes ones that do not exist on Fragrantica (and the other way around).