# How can I identify a perfume from a photo of the bottle? Canonical: https://fragnatique.app/community/t/identify-perfume-from-photo Photograph the bottle straight on with the label and cap visible and run it through a perfume scanner app or a reverse image search; a clear label, the bottle shape and the batch code on the base are the clues that identify it. Asked by Fragnatique Team on 2026-11-11 · answered · 1 answer **In short:** To identify a perfume from a photo, take a sharp, straight-on picture of the bottle with the label, cap and shape visible, then use a perfume scanner app or a reverse image search. If that fails, the bottle base, the box and the batch code carry clues. Identifying the bottle tells you which perfume it is meant to be, not that it is genuine. A bottle on a friend's shelf, an unlabelled gift, a tester in a duty free corridor, a picture on social media: people often want to know what a perfume is when all they have is the bottle or a photo of it. The common questions are which methods work, how to take a photo that gets a result, and what to do when the label is missing. This guide walks through the options from easiest to most thorough. ## Answers ### Fragnatique Team, 2026-11-11 (accepted answer) **What identifies a perfume in a picture** Recognition, by software or by a person, relies on a few visual clues, roughly in this order of strength: 1. **Printed text:** the house name and the perfume name on the label or glass. 2. **Bottle shape and cap:** many houses use one distinctive bottle across a line, so shape narrows it to a house and often a family of releases. 3. **Colour of the liquid and glass.** 4. **Flankers.** A house may sell several versions in nearly identical bottles (eau de toilette, eau de parfum, intense, elixir), told apart only by small print or a shade of colour. This is where most misidentifications happen. **How to take a photo that works** - Shoot the bottle **straight on**, at label height, filling most of the frame. - Use soft, even light; avoid reflections across the label. Behind shop glass, angle slightly to remove glare. - Include the **cap**, and take a second shot of the back label and the base if you can. - Keep it sharp. A blurred label turns a sure match into a guess. **Methods, from quickest to most thorough** 1. **A perfume scanner app.** Point the camera at the bottle as it stands. The better ones name the house and the release and show what the name alone does not tell you: the notes, the family, the seasons it suits. 2. **A reverse image search** with a general search engine. Works well for famous bottles, less well for niche or older ones. 3. **Read the small print.** The base or back label often carries the house name, concentration (EDT, EDP) and volume even when the front is plain. 4. **The batch code.** A short code printed or etched on the base or box identifies the production batch. It will not name the perfume, but together with the house it helps to confirm the release and its approximate age. 5. **Ask a person.** A fragrance-counter adviser or an experienced collector can often name a bottle at a glance. **What a match does not tell you** Identifying a bottle tells you **which perfume it is meant to be**. It does not confirm that the bottle is genuine, that the liquid inside has not been refilled or diluted, or that an old bottle still smells as it should. If authenticity matters, see our separate guide on whether a scanner can spot a fake. **When there is no bottle, only a smell** Software cannot identify a perfume from a smell. The best route is to describe what you remember (sweet, smoky, fresh, powdery), where you smelled it and on whom, and use a recommendation tool or a shop assistant to narrow it down, then smell the candidates. **In Fragnatique** The [perfume scanner](/perfume-scanner) in the Fragnatique app identifies a perfume from one photo of the bottle, with no box, barcode or batch code needed, then shows the notes pyramid, main accords, season and your own match score. When a reading is uncertain it says so instead of guessing, and camera frames are processed in real time and not stored. Our [AI perfume guide](/ai-perfume) explains the same limit stated above: a scanner names the bottle; it cannot vouch for it. This answer is written by the Fragnatique team. --- Operator: Appthos Studio OÜ, Paavli 5a-1, 10412 Tallinn, Estonia. Contact: contact@appthos.com. Site map for agents: https://fragnatique.app/llms.txt. Full text: https://fragnatique.app/llms-full.txt. App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/perfume-advisor-fragnatique/id6741855004 (iOS only).