The reference box
What Scentbird costs and includes
Scentbird sends one designer perfume or cologne a month in a travel spray, so you can wear a scent for weeks before buying the bottle. The comparison below uses its standard one-scent monthly plan.
- Contents
- One 8 ml vial a month, about 120 sprays, from a catalog of more than 1,100 perfumes and colognes. New members get a travel case with the first order.
- Price and billing
- $17.95 a month, cancel anytime. Some scents carry an upcharge in the month you get them, and prepaid 3-, 6-, and 12-month terms can’t be canceled midway.
- Delivery
- Monthly, with free US shipping. Orders leave within five business days of billing.
- Customization
- You choose every scent from a queue, with a quiz to suggest matches. An empty queue gets that month’s Fragrance of the Month.
- On Cratejoy
- No. Scentbird sells at scentbird.com.
Compare the subscriptions
| Box | Best fit | Cost and commitment | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scentbird Reference box |
Choosing a designer scent to wear for a month | $17.95 a month, cancel anytime. Some scents cost extra. | Monthly. Free US shipping. |
| Wicked Good Perfume Scent Club Box | A full-size bottle of an indie perfume, plus extras | About $35 a month, or less on a prepaid plan. Cancel anytime. | First box ships in 1–2 business days, then the 10th–15th. Free US shipping. |
| ScentBox | Scentbird’s format with free exchanges | $17.95 a month, cancel anytime. Premium and Platinum plans cost more. | Ships four times a month and arrives in 7–10 business days. Free US shipping. |
| LUXSB | A 9 ml vial and more niche houses | $16.95 a month, cancel anytime. Some scents cost $5–$30 extra. | Ships 5–10 business days after billing. Free shipping. |
| Olfactif | Sampling niche perfume | $22 a month for three vials, cancel anytime. | Ships the 1st–15th by USPS. Free shipping in the continental US. |
The alternatives
A full-size bottle
Wicked Good Perfume Scent Club Box vs Scentbird
Best for: A Scentbird member who would rather own the bottle than sample it.
Wicked Good Perfume blends its own clean fragrances in a Chicago studio and builds each month’s box around a theme. A recent box, “Pretty Little Secrets,” leaned soft, powdery, and flirty. Every box has a full-size perfume spray, a perfume oil roller, and two other scented surprises, such as a candle, body butter, or bath bomb. The seller says its scents are vegan and cruelty-free.
What feels familiar
A new fragrance every month, free US shipping, and a plan you can skip or cancel anytime.
What changes
You don’t choose the scent, and it won’t be a designer name. These are Wicked Good’s own limited editions. For something smaller, the same seller’s Perfume Rollerball club sends only the roller, at $21.99 a month.
Closest match
ScentBox vs Scentbird
Best for: Someone happy with Scentbird’s format who wants a fresh case every month and a way out of a scent that didn’t work.
ScentBox runs on the same idea. You add designer perfumes or colognes to a calendar and get an 8 ml spray each month, about 125 sprays, for the same $17.95. Pricier houses sit in its Premium ($22.95) and Platinum ($32.95) plans, and you can take up to three scents a month.
What feels familiar
The same vial size and price, a large designer catalog, and both women’s and men’s scents.
What changes
Every vial arrives in its own new travel atomizer. US members can exchange a scent they don’t like, one exchange shipment a month and up to five a year. To cancel, you contact ScentBox before your charge date.
A bigger vial
LUXSB vs Scentbird
Best for: The wearer who runs out before the month does, or wants niche houses in the queue.
LUXSB, short for Luxury Scent Box, sends a 9 ml glass vial each month, about 150 sprays, for $16.95. Its catalog mixes designer names with niche houses such as Memo Paris, Juliette Has a Gun, Ormonde Jayne, and Mancera.
What feels familiar
You fill a fragrance calendar, and the team picks for you if a month is empty. Shipping is free, and the plan runs month to month.
What changes
It’s one scent a month, since LUXSB has paused its two-scent plan. Premium scents add $5 to $30 in the month you get them, a new case comes quarterly rather than monthly, and LUXSB doesn’t take returns or exchanges.
Niche perfume to sample
Olfactif vs Scentbird
Best for: The fragrance-curious reader who has already worked through the department-store names.
Olfactif curates perfume from independent houses around the world. Each month it sends three 2 ml spray vials, enough for 15 to 20 wearings each, for $22. You pick the Women’s or Men’s collection (the Men’s covers traditionally masculine and unisex scents), or pay $40 for the Deluxe plan and get all six scents of the month.
What feels familiar
Real perfume in spray vials every month, free shipping in the continental US, and the option to pause or cancel anytime.
What changes
You don’t choose the scents, and no single vial lasts a month. It’s built for sampling: members get 20% off full bottles of each month’s featured scents.
The honest part
When Scentbird is still the better fit
Keep Scentbird if you want to choose every scent and wear it for a full month, or if its exclusives, such as the Twilight x Scentbird scent, are part of the draw. ScentBox matches it on price and size, so switching makes sense only if the monthly case or the exchanges matter to you.
How we chose these subscriptions
We started from what Scentbird sends, a designer scent you pick in an 8 ml vial each month, and the reasons a subscriber might want something else: owning the bottle, exchanges, a bigger vial, or niche perfume. We went through every perfume, cologne, and fragrance listing on Cratejoy with a working buy button, and Wicked Good Perfume was the one that sends wearable perfume every month. We added ScentBox, LUXSB, and Olfactif because no Cratejoy seller lets you choose a designer scent each month. The photo at the top is Scentbird’s own image of its travel spray case.
Questions before switching
Which alternative is closest to Scentbird?
ScentBox. You choose designer perfumes and colognes, and it sends the same 8 ml size for the same $17.95 a month. It adds a new case with every vial and free exchanges for US members.
Is there a cheaper perfume subscription like Scentbird?
LUXSB’s standard plan is $16.95 a month for a 9 ml vial, so you pay a little less for a little more perfume, as long as you choose scents without an upgrade fee.
Is there a cologne subscription like Scentbird?
Yes. ScentBox and LUXSB both let you choose colognes as well as perfumes, and Olfactif has a Men’s collection of traditionally masculine and unisex niche scents.
Can I get a full-size perfume every month?
Wicked Good Perfume’s Scent Club Box includes a full-size perfume spray each month, plus a perfume oil roller and two scented extras. The scents are the seller’s own blends, not designer brands.
Can I give one of these as a gift?
Yes. The Wicked Good Perfume listing on Cratejoy has a Give as a Gift option. Scentbird sells 3-, 6-, and 12-month gift subscriptions that don’t renew, Olfactif sells 3-month gifts, and LUXSB sells gift credit starting at $50.
