10ML Fragrance Index

Perfumes by note

perfumes_by_note

Read-onlyIdempotent

List the perfumes in the 10ML Fragrance Index built around a note (vanilla, oud, bergamot, tonka bean, rose, iris, leather, sandalwood...), most prominent first, optionally only where the note sits in the top, heart or base, or for an audience, season or occasion. Spelling variants and other languages work (agarwood finds oud, Vanille finds vanilla). Use for 'perfumes with oud', 'a vanilla scent for winter' or 'bergamot-forward colognes for men'. Not for explaining what a note smells like (use explain_note) and not for several notes at once (use search_perfumes with notes_include).

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`note`	Yes	The note. Examples: "oud", "vanilla", "pink pepper", "Vanille"
`limit`	No	How many results per page (1-20, default 8).
`cursor`	No	next_cursor from the previous page; omit for the first page.
`gender`	No	Audience the perfume is marketed to. men and women also include unisex perfumes.
`locale`	No	Language of the 10ml.com links and labels. Perfume, house and note names stay as they are.	en
`season`	No	Season the perfume suits (fall is accepted in text queries as autumn).
`occasion`	No	Occasion the perfume suits: daytime, office, casual, evening, date night or special occasion.
`position`	No	Where the note sits in the pyramid: top, heart, base or any	any
`response_format`	No	concise (default) or detailed (adds note pyramid, seasons, occasions, longevity, projection).	concise

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description
`note`	Yes
`total`	Yes	How many results matched in all
`source`	Yes
`message`	No	Guidance when the result is empty, partial or needs a follow-up tool
`results`	Yes
`next_cursor`	No	Pass as cursor to get the next page; absent on the last page

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed2 schema fields changedOct 20, 2026

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / profile

Added value: +{
+  "enum": [
+    "full",
+    "core"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

changedOutput schema / properties / results / items / required

Previous value: -[
-  "id",
-  "name",
-  "house",
-  "gender",
-  "family",
-  "accords",
-  "key_notes",
-  "character",
-  "links"
-]New value: +[
+  "id",
+  "name",
+  "house",
+  "gender",
+  "family",
+  "accords",
+  "key_notes",
+  "character",
+  "links",
+  "profile"
+]

Changed11 schema fields changedOct 19, 2026

removedInput schema / $schema

Removed value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"

changedInput schema / properties / cursor / description

Previous value: -"Opaque cursor from a previous result's next_cursor, to fetch the next page. Omit for the first page."New value: +"next_cursor from the previous page; omit for the first page."

changedInput schema / properties / locale / description

Previous value: -"Language of the 10ml.com links and fixed labels: en, de, fr, es, it, ro, el, hu, cs or pl. Perfume, house and note names are never translated."New value: +"Language of the 10ml.com links and labels. Perfume, house and note names stay as they are."

changedInput schema / properties / response_format / description

Previous value: -"concise (default): the essentials, about a third of the size. detailed: adds the full note pyramid, seasons, occasions, longevity and projection."New value: +"concise (default) or detailed (adds note pyramid, seasons, occasions, longevity, projection)."

removedOutput schema / $schema

Removed value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"

removedOutput schema / additionalProperties
```
Removed value: -false
```
removedOutput schema / properties / note / additionalProperties
```
Removed value: -false
```
removedOutput schema / properties / note / properties / links / items / additionalProperties
```
Removed value: -false
```
removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / additionalProperties
```
Removed value: -false
```
removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / links / items / additionalProperties
```
Removed value: -false
```
removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / pyramid / additionalProperties
```
Removed value: -false
```

Changed40 schema fields changedOct 19, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / cursor

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Opaque cursor from a previous result's next_cursor, to fetch the next page. Omit for the first page.",
+  "maxLength": 64,
+  "type": "string"
+}

changedInput schema / properties / gender / description

Previous value: -"Who the perfume is marketed for. men/women also include unisex perfumes."New value: +"Audience the perfume is marketed to. men and women also include unisex perfumes."

addedInput schema / properties / limit / default
```
Added value: +8
```

changedInput schema / properties / limit / description

Previous value: -"How many results to return (1-20, default 8)."New value: +"How many results per page (1-20, default 8)."

addedInput schema / properties / locale

Added value: +{
+  "default": "en",
+  "description": "Language of the 10ml.com links and fixed labels: en, de, fr, es, it, ro, el, hu, cs or pl. Perfume, house and note names are never translated.",
+  "enum": [
+    "en",
+    "de",
+    "fr",
+    "es",
+    "it",
+    "ro",
+    "el",
+    "hu",
+    "cs",
+    "pl"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

changedInput schema / properties / note / description

Previous value: -"The note, e.g. \"oud\", \"vanilla\", \"pink pepper\""New value: +"The note. Examples: \"oud\", \"vanilla\", \"pink pepper\", \"Vanille\""

addedInput schema / properties / occasion

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Occasion the perfume suits: daytime, office, casual, evening, date night or special occasion.",
+  "enum": [
+    "daytime",
+    "office",
+    "casual",
+    "evening",
+    "date night",
+    "special occasion"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedInput schema / properties / position

Added value: +{
+  "default": "any",
+  "description": "Where the note sits in the pyramid: top, heart, base or any",
+  "enum": [
+    "any",
+    "top",
+    "heart",
+    "base"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedInput schema / properties / response_format

Added value: +{
+  "default": "concise",
+  "description": "concise (default): the essentials, about a third of the size. detailed: adds the full note pyramid, seasons, occasions, longevity and projection.",
+  "enum": [
+    "concise",
+    "detailed"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedInput schema / properties / season

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Season the perfume suits (fall is accepted in text queries as autumn).",
+  "enum": [
+    "spring",
+    "summer",
+    "autumn",
+    "winter"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / message / description

Added value: +"Guidance when the result is empty, partial or needs a follow-up tool"

addedOutput schema / properties / next_cursor

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Pass as cursor to get the next page; absent on the last page",
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / note / additionalProperties
```
Added value: +false
```

addedOutput schema / properties / note / properties

Added value: +{
+  "family": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "id": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "links": {
+    "items": {
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "title": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "type": {
+          "enum": [
+            "try",
+            "guide",
+            "note"
+          ],
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "url": {
+          "description": "A 10ml.com link in the requested locale",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "type",
+        "title",
+        "url"
+      ],
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "type": "array"
+  },
+  "name": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "smells_like": {
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / note / required
```
Added value: +[
+  "name",
+  "links"
+]
```

changedOutput schema / properties / note / type

Previous value: -"string"New value: +"object"

removedOutput schema / properties / profile

Removed value: -{
-  "additionalProperties": false,
-  "properties": {
-    "aliases": {
-      "items": {
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      "type": "array"
-    },
-    "description": {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "family": {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "guides": {
-      "items": {
-        "additionalProperties": false,
-        "properties": {
-          "title": {
-            "type": "string"
-          },
-          "url": {
-            "type": "string"
-          }
-        },
-        "required": [
-          "title",
-          "url"
-        ],
-        "type": "object"
-      },
-      "type": "array"
-    },
-    "name": {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "url": {
-      "type": "string"
-    }
-  },
-  "required": [
-    "name",
-    "family",
-    "description",
-    "aliases",
-    "guides"
-  ],
-  "type": "object"
-}

changedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / character / description

Previous value: -"One-sentence editorial description by 10ML's fragrance editors"New value: +"One-sentence description by 10ML's fragrance editors"

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / concentration
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```

changedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / family / description

Previous value: -"Fragrance family"New value: +"Fragrance family, e.g. \"amber floral\""

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / guideUrl

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "A 10ML guide about this perfume",
-  "type": "string"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / houseUrl

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "The house page on 10ml.com",
-  "type": "string"
-}

changedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / id / description

Previous value: -"Stable Fragrance Index identifier, usable with get_perfume and find_similar_perfumes"New value: +"Stable Fragrance Index id, usable with get_perfume and find_similar_perfumes"

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / keyNotes

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "The defining notes",
-  "items": {
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  "type": "array"
-}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / key_notes

Added value: +{
+  "description": "The defining notes (empty when no pyramid is published)",
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / links

Added value: +{
+  "description": "1-3 relevant 10ml.com links",
+  "items": {
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "properties": {
+      "title": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "type": {
+        "enum": [
+          "try",
+          "guide",
+          "note"
+        ],
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "url": {
+        "description": "A 10ml.com link in the requested locale",
+        "type": "string"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "type",
+      "title",
+      "url"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / longevity

Added value: +{
+  "description": "1 (short) to 5 (very long)",
+  "type": "number"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / occasions

Added value: +{
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / other_versions

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Ids of other concentrations or flankers of the same perfume in the index",
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / perfumers

Added value: +{
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / projection

Added value: +{
+  "description": "1 (skin scent) to 5 (fills a room)",
+  "type": "number"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / pyramid

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "properties": {
+    "base": {
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "heart": {
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "top": {
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "top",
+    "heart",
+    "base"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / seasons

Added value: +{
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / styles

Added value: +{
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / url

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "\"Try it at 10ML\": find this perfume on 10ml.com",
-  "type": "string"
-}

changedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / year / description
```
Previous value: -"Launch year"New value: +"Launch year when known"
```

changedOutput schema / properties / results / items / required

Previous value: -[
-  "id",
-  "name",
-  "house",
-  "gender",
-  "family",
-  "accords",
-  "keyNotes",
-  "character",
-  "url"
-]New value: +[
+  "id",
+  "name",
+  "house",
+  "gender",
+  "family",
+  "accords",
+  "key_notes",
+  "character",
+  "links"
+]

addedOutput schema / properties / source
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```
addedOutput schema / properties / total / description
```
Added value: +"How many results matched in all"
```

changedOutput schema / required

Previous value: -[
-  "note",
-  "total",
-  "results"
-]New value: +[
+  "total",
+  "note",
+  "results",
+  "source"
+]

Changed29 schema fields changedOct 19, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / gender / description

Previous value: -"Who the perfume is marketed for."New value: +"Who the perfume is marketed for. men/women also include unisex perfumes."

removedOutput schema / properties / matchedNotes

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "Catalogue note names that were matched",
-  "items": {
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  "type": "array"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / noteUrl

Removed value: -{
-  "type": "string"
-}

addedOutput schema / properties / profile

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "properties": {
+    "aliases": {
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "description": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "family": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "guides": {
+      "items": {
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "properties": {
+          "title": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "url": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "title",
+          "url"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "url": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "name",
+    "family",
+    "description",
+    "aliases",
+    "guides"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / accords

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Main accords, strongest first",
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / bestseller
```
Removed value: -{
-  "type": "boolean"
-}
```

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / character

Added value: +{
+  "description": "One-sentence editorial description by 10ML's fragrance editors",
+  "type": "string"
+}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / currency
```
Removed value: -{
-  "const": "EUR",
-  "type": "string"
-}
```

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / family

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Fragrance family",
+  "type": "string"
+}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / fromPrice

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "The same price formatted for display, e.g. \"€11.88\"",
-  "type": "string"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / fromPriceEur

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "Price of the smallest size in EUR including VAT",
-  "type": "number"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / gender / anyOf

Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "enum": [
-      "men",
-      "women",
-      "unisex"
-    ],
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / gender / enum
```
Added value: +[
+  "men",
+  "women",
+  "unisex"
+]
```
addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / gender / type
```
Added value: +"string"
```

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / guideUrl

Added value: +{
+  "description": "A 10ML guide about this perfume",
+  "type": "string"
+}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / handle

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "Stable 10ML identifier, usable with get_perfume",
-  "type": "string"
-}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / houseUrl

Added value: +{
+  "description": "The house page on 10ml.com",
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / id

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Stable Fragrance Index identifier, usable with get_perfume and find_similar_perfumes",
+  "type": "string"
+}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / imageUrl
```
Removed value: -{
-  "type": [
-    "string",
-    "null"
-  ]
-}
```

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / keyNotes

Added value: +{
+  "description": "The defining notes",
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / newRelease
```
Removed value: -{
-  "type": "boolean"
-}
```

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / notes

Removed value: -{
-  "items": {
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  "type": "array"
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / onSale
```
Removed value: -{
-  "type": "boolean"
-}
```

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / rating

Removed value: -{
-  "anyOf": [
-    {
-      "additionalProperties": false,
-      "properties": {
-        "count": {
-          "type": "number"
-        },
-        "value": {
-          "type": "number"
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "value",
-        "count"
-      ],
-      "type": "object"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "null"
-    }
-  ]
-}

removedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / sizesMl

Removed value: -{
-  "description": "Decant sizes in ml available at 10ML",
-  "items": {
-    "type": "number"
-  },
-  "type": "array"
-}

changedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / url / description

Previous value: -"Product page on 10ml.com"New value: +"\"Try it at 10ML\": find this perfume on 10ml.com"

addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / year

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Launch year",
+  "type": "number"
+}

changedOutput schema / properties / results / items / required

Previous value: -[
-  "handle",
-  "name",
-  "house",
-  "gender",
-  "fromPriceEur",
-  "fromPrice",
-  "currency",
-  "sizesMl",
-  "notes",
-  "rating",
-  "bestseller",
-  "newRelease",
-  "onSale",
-  "url",
-  "imageUrl"
-]New value: +[
+  "id",
+  "name",
+  "house",
+  "gender",
+  "family",
+  "accords",
+  "keyNotes",
+  "character",
+  "url"
+]

changedOutput schema / required

Previous value: -[
-  "note",
-  "matchedNotes",
-  "total",
-  "results"
-]New value: +[
+  "note",
+  "total",
+  "results"
+]

First observedOct 19, 2026

TDQS

A4.7/5.0

Behavior4/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already establish the safety profile (readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive, closed-world), so the description's job is to add behavior: it discloses result ordering by note prominence and fuzzy matching across spellings and languages ('agarwood finds oud'). It does not spell out paging behavior, though the cursor/limit schema fields cover that adequately.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness5/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Three front-loaded sentences: capability and ordering first, then fuzzy-match reassurance, then routing. The quoted example queries are compact and directly usable for intent matching, so nothing reads as filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, return values need no explanation; the description still notes ordering and points to response_format's effect indirectly through the schema. For a 9-parameter, single-required-param filter tool, everything an agent needs to select and invoke it is present.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters4/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3; the description goes further by clarifying the note parameter's tolerance (spelling variants, other languages) and by translating the position, gender, season and occasion filters into natural-language intent. It adds genuine semantic value over the enum labels without re-listing the schema.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description names a specific verb and resource ('List the perfumes in the 10ML Fragrance Index built around a note'), states the ordering ('most prominent first'), and explicitly separates itself from two siblings (explain_note, search_perfumes). An agent can distinguish this from every other tool in the sibling list without opening a schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines5/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

It gives concrete trigger phrasings ('perfumes with oud', 'a vanilla scent for winter') plus two explicit exclusions with the correct alternative named for each: use explain_note for note descriptions, use search_perfumes with notes_include for multi-note queries. This is exactly when-to-use / when-not / alternative routing.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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