Give Claude, Cursor or VS Code expert perfume knowledge with one MCP URL

Ask a general-purpose assistant what a perfume smells like and you usually get a confident paragraph that mixes up flankers, invents notes, or recommends something that was discontinued years ago. Fragrance is a niche where structured, curated data makes a big difference.

So we put the 10ML Fragrance Index behind a public MCP server. It is free, read-only and needs no account or API key. You add one URL and your assistant can answer perfume questions with real note pyramids, accords, families and editor-written context.

https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Transport is Streamable HTTP, authentication is none.

The index is curated by the fragrance editors at 10ML, a European perfume decant shop:

Claude (web and desktop): Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, paste https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp. It is also listed in the Claude connectors directory as "10ML Perfume Finder".

claude mcp add --transport http perfume-finder https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Cursor ( ~/.cursor/mcp.json ):

{ "mcpServers": { "perfume-finder": { "url": "https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp" } } } Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json ):

{ "servers": { "perfume-finder": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp" } } } Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Clients that only speak stdio can use the thin wrappers, which forward to the same endpoint:

npx -y @10ml/perfume-finder-mcp # or uvx perfume-finder-mcp Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Things to ask "What does Baccarat Rouge 540 smell like, and what is a fresher option?" "Which perfumes are similar to Creed Aventus?" "What does oud smell like and which perfumes are built around it?" "How do I layer vanilla and citrus?" "Compare Dior Sauvage and Tom Ford Ombre Leather." "A gift for a woman who loves Delina." Behind those questions the assistant picks from 16 read-only tools: search, full perfume profiles, side-by-side comparison, similar perfumes (with a "fresher / sweeter / darker" steer), editorial alternatives, notes, houses, a perfume glossary, layering, occasion picks, gift ideas and guide search. Every tool takes a locale (en, de, fr, es, it, ro, el, hu, cs, pl) and returns structured content plus a short text summary.

The same answers are available over plain HTTP, described by an OpenAPI 3.1 file:

curl "https://mcp.10ml.com/api/v1/notes/bergamot" curl "https://mcp.10ml.com/api/v1/similar?perfume=Baccarat+Rouge+540&steer=fresher" curl "https://mcp.10ml.com/api/v1/houses/amouage" Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode A note lookup returns what the note smells like, its family and mood, what it pairs with, similar notes and famous perfumes that feature it, so it drops straight into a tool call, a chatbot or a recommendation widget.

Questions or ideas for new tools are welcome in the GitHub issues.