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hello! long time casual lurker here. have always loved perfumes but never dipped in bc…its a costly hobby haha. but i recently went to beijing and shanghai and one of the things on my to do list was to check out chinese fragrances!  info on chinese fragrances is pretty scarce on english sites like reddit imo! admittedly, it is a rather niche market and only available domestically (as of Apr ’25 when I was there, i did ask!). happily, i am fluent in mandarin as well, and there are plenty of chinese perfume reviews on XHS (rednote). many of this brands i discovered from there. others, i discovered serendipitously. i wrote this as a guide for friends who plan to visit these two cities in the near future and they said i could consider putting it online for those who need similar help. so, here we are. A NOTE ON THOSE WHO ARE TAKING THE HIGH SPEED RAIL/GAOTIE and bringing perfumes onboard: The exact rules have always been that there is max allowance of ONE perfume (max 100ml capacity). however, this used to not be very strongly enforced. HOWEVER, as of 2025, security is allegedly clamping down, and XHS is flooded with people complaining about this strictness haha. e.g. there are many ladies with 2x 5ml perfumes forced to get rid of one- so they really are that strict! of course an element of luck in seeing what kind of security officer you encounter counts. from what i read, hangzhou east, shanghai hongqiao, and qingdao are notoriously strict. beijing so-so. only beijing was relevant to me, so i didn’t read much further. WHAT IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE PERFUME PURCHASED AND ARE PLANNING TO BOARD THE GAOTIE? 1. you can hope you’re lucky. but perfumes are expensive and this is not the route i would recommend, nor the route i would take. 2. most of the higher brand perfume stores will offer to deliver it to your next destination for free. to summer in beijing offered this to me, and i ultimately decided to play it safe and go this route. please note that you will need your hotel address and a MAINLAND CHINESE NUMBER to go this route.  3. if you get caught, you can either dump, OR, according to xhs, there is a little counter at the HSR where u can arrange to ship it to your next destination (domestic only). you will pay for your own shipping. you will still need a MAINLAND number for this. also idk anything about it nor do I know where to even start find out about it, please do not ask me. as this is not the route i took. Okay so that’s it for the stuff you need to know! i had to figure it out on the go, so I hope this helps someone else out. On to the perfumes! BEIJING \*i actually didn’t intend to do much shopping in beijing, but the weather torpedoed some of my plans so I did end up having a look 1. To Summer (观夏）- tiktok famous and with good reason, the storefronts are all GORGEOUS and so is the packaging. i love tea scents and picked up the viral triple tea as well as the lesser known void. both have very unique tea scents, triple tea is a little sweeter (although not overpoweringly so, i don’t like sweet scents myself!) and void is a more bitter pure tea scent! i also really enjoyed cedarwood and nude; had to physically stop myself from getting more! osmanthus is very popular but i found it a little too sweet for my liking. There are a few outlets in beijing, i visited both the one at Guozijian (near the Lama temple) as well as the one in Sanlitun shopping area (it’s next to Beast 野兽派） 2. Beast 野兽派 - less famous on tiktok. Pretty well known on xhs. also with a focus on oriental scents. GORGEOUS stores. Their osmanthus oolong is pretty famous; i liked their misty mousse, oriental beauty too. but I eventually settled for their Chrysanthemum! I visited the one at Sanlitun, not sure if they have any more in Beijing 3. Fragrance Diary 气味日记 - this is all over China, the Beijing one I went to was on Nanguoluxiang, which is a pretty famous shopping street! They have something for everyone, I picked up a tea scent there and each city has city-specific scents too! 4. Barrio 巴莉奥 - also randomly found on Nanguoluxiang. I got dive into verde which is such a lovely green tea scent! and the mini sizes of in the air, which is another green scent- (i would have gotten the full size but it had sold out), and pillow morning, which is another clean girl scent.  SHANGHAI 1. To summer. Alr talked about above. I went to the one on Wukang road in Shanghai! due to tiktok and social media, osmanthus and triple tea are frequently sold out, esp in shanghai, which i surprisingly found more touristy than beijing. e.g. when i went, both were sold out. but beijing had both nil issues. so i would recommend to get your perfumes from not-shanghai if possible, or risk them not having the one you want.  2. Beast. also mentioned above so i’ll just mention locations- i went to the one in Jingan Kerry Centre, but the selection is limited! they didn’t have chrysanthemum, or oriental beauty i believe. then i visited the outlet in xintiandi which is much larger and more comprehensive! 3. Fragrance Diary- there’s one on Anfu Road!. you may have to search the chinese name to find it on the map (i used Gaode (Amaps) in China and typing the english name I couldn’t find anything) 4. Melt Season- went viral because of the chinese drama First Frost. nobody knows was featured in that drama but I had a whiff and it was Not For Me! it’s very strong, very mature lady kind of vibe, I think would be suited to attending some glamerous, high soc event- but I found it quite overwhelming. I picked up One Day, which is a beautiful tea scent, and still one of the most favourites of my trip!  5. Documents 闻献- very popular in China but scents are really heavy and I didn’t like a single one! There’s an outlet in Jingan Kerry Centre. And the Harmay on Anfu Street carries an incomplete collection if I recall correctly! I’m sure there are more but I didn’t really look into it further. 6. handhandhand 三手 this is a Shanghai exclusive brand! they only have 4 scents if I recall correctly, all were super woody and a bit strong for my tastes! Jingan Kerry Centre has an outley, also Laporte carries them as well 7. Cha sense 茶香师. Don’t think I’ve seen this being talked about! firstly, the packaging is GORGEOUS. secondly, the scents are marvellous, super unique, nature-inspired. I picked up 清 which is a not very sweet, fresh, green scent (clearly I have a preference) and also 和 which has woodier notes- think it would be great for colder settings! also the lady told me its been compared to le labo before haha. There is a shop in Hongyi Plaza along Nanjing East Road called Beauty Choice that has some selections, also along Huaihai behind D Desirable there is a little open air market of about 10-15 stalls, and one of them has a fairly extensive collection!  8. Project Element. An amazing assortment and lots of nature-inspired scents as well. Picked up Lunar Eclipse which is a fresh scent with just a hint of sweetness and amazing longevity! There are two branches on Wukang Road and Anfu road respectively! 9. Cosmic Speculation 宇宙的猜想 cosmic speculation. This was HARD TO FIND. the jingan kerry centre branch is closed even though its still in the mall directory, and the outlet on Anfu Road is also gone (replaced by a hand cream shop). In the end I went to the outlet at Gate M 西岸梦中心! I got To the Moon and also Above Heaven which are two really unique scents and also really good longevity. 10. Uttori 五朵丽. I actually picked up Tea Mountain in Beijing in a random shop in the 798 Art Zone, but it’s also available at Harmay on Anfu Road! They have a lot of nature and tea scents too; I was tempted by a few but settled for just the one! 11. I’m sole 不知所. I wavered very long on this one! At first sniff nothing really stood out to me…nor on second…nor on third…..I first smelt this on Harmay (Anfu Street) and walked away. Then I also smelt this at Tiny Wave (Huaihai) and was still undecided….but finally when I saw it again at Harmay (Xintiandi) I caved. I got The Puppet which has a woody note and opens pretty woodily but the dry down sort of has a fresh flowery note that I really liked! i think their best seller is The Eve (夏娃）but that’s more like if you want a sexy vibe hahaha 12. Black Paw 黑爪. This is also a pretty well known brand in the chinese market, drawing from oriental inspiration. They’ve got a tea line, an herb line, a woody line, a line inspired by chinese calligraphy…. I picked up their Longjing Tea, Paper Inkstone, and Dried Tangerine Peel! they’ve also got pretty unique stuff like Angelica (the herb), ginseng etc. Their one store is at Nanchang Road which is just 10min walk from Huaihai Street! cost wise really one of the more affordable ones, though I can’t speak for longevity yet. also if you search black paw they won’t show up on Gaode maps, you have to search for the mandarin! 13. To define 寓意. I got their 茶不思 after much wavering- weirdly I didn’t enjoy it the first two times I smelt it, then the third i really did! it’s tea inspired. they also have a Fig perfume that was really sweet- it was nice but I don’t go for that profile as much so I refrained in the end. I’ve seen them on Harmay @ Anfu, Tiny Wave and finally I picked it up at Zuoyou Supermarket in Tx淮海 (this shopping centre on Huaihai- I think it’s called Youth Energy Centre in english?) 14. Senlab 森态坊. I…got their green peak tea (there’s a clear trend in what I liked!) but yet another nature inspired line! I went to the Wukang Road outlet! 15. 云顶. i got their 昌光 which is a super unique red tea scent. i smelt so many perfumes in china but nothing else came close! got this at tiny wave on huai hai.  16. Soulzillion 索再. i got 玉髓 which is a very clean girl scent. it reminds me a bit of Nude by to summer! i totally accidentally walked past this on Xintiandi. I also saw this at Tx淮海! 17. Je sens. I think this is a fairly new place at Hai550 on Huaihai. They’ve got fairly extensive lines inspired by different parts of nature e.g. flowers, fruit etc, and you can actually mix and match different oils to make your own perfume if you’re interested  18. Modern Bath Art. Oriental scents- I didn’t get anything this trip because I already have the Longjing Tea from a previous trip and nothing really called out to me! But it’s quite widely available; I saw it there’s a store next to the Popmart on East Nanjing; also saw it in Tinywave, and in a random shop in Yuyuan garden, amongst some other places. BONUS  1. 窄门 laporte has a vast collection of domestic perfumes- not even any of the ones i listed above except handhandhand! Yili perfume is there, and also the entire 七寸九 collection (this is another oriental inspired brand with very pretty packaging!), just to name a few. I think they have >30 brands there. honestly I was pretty knackered by the time i dragged myself there, and so I didn’t get anything! I forget where they are located exactly- easily found on Gaode maps, and about 15-20 minutes walk from Huaihai road! 2. 旅人游香 Aroma traveller is also in the same area as Laporte and allegedly with a very good collection but I didn’t manage to check it out! 3. HARMAY- not all Harmays are made equal. the one at Anfu Road has the best selection and moreover allows you to sample the smells. the one at Xintiandi has a decent selection but don’t have many samples to smell o you would be blind buying unless you already know what you want! 4. Tiny wave on Huaihai- they have a selection of perfumes such as to define, i’m sole, 云顶, modern bath art.....some others that I cannot recall.  5. Haus Nowhere on Huaihai has a Tamburins, which is actually Korean! Still pretty unique scents and worth checking out while you’re there 6. MINISO actually had a really good and extremely affordable perfume selection! Both Minisoland on East Nanjing Road and Minisopink on Huaihai Road had the full collection- I would say the former was slightly easier to browse! That's all from me! This got long but if anyone has any questions feel free to ask and i'll answer if i'm able :) Hope this was useful to someone!