Can I bring Perfume and Fragrances to India?
Perfume and Fragrances→India
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✅ Allowed
✅ Allowed
📋 Carrying Limits
- Quantity Limit:Within the Baggage Rules free allowance: ₹50,000 for Indian residents, foreigners residing in India and tourists of Indian origin; ₹15,000 for tourists of foreign origin
✅ Declaration Requirements
✅Required
📌 Quick Summary
Status:✅ ✅ Allowed
Limit:Within the Baggage Rules free allowance: ₹50,000 for Indian residents, foreigners residing in India and tourists of Indian origin; ₹15,000 for tourists of foreign origin
Declaration:✅ Required
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Last Updated:September 6, 2026
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📝 Important Notes
- •✅ ALLOWED (within the rupee free allowance): India's Baggage Rules 2016 cover perfume under the ordinary value allowance; there is no separate perfume quantity.
- •📋 Quick Summary:
- •Indian residents, foreigners residing in India and tourists of Indian origin (arriving from countries other than Nepal, Bhutan or Myanmar): used personal effects and travel souvenirs, plus articles other than those in Annexure-I, up to ₹50,000
- •Tourists of foreign origin: the same categories up to ₹15,000
- •Infants: only used personal effects are allowed duty free
- •No pooling: the free allowance of a passenger shall not be allowed to pool with the free allowance of any other passenger
- •Annexure-I (outside the free allowance): firearms; cartridges of firearms exceeding 50; cigarettes exceeding 100 sticks or cigars exceeding 25 or tobacco exceeding 125 g; alcoholic liquor or wines in excess of two litres; gold or silver in any form other than ornaments; flat panel televisions
- •💡 Tips:
- •Perfume does not appear in Annexure-I, so it is covered by the ordinary rupee allowance
- •A couple travelling together cannot combine allowances to cover one expensive purchase
❓ More Questions
How much perfume can I bring into India duty-free?
There is no separate perfume limit. Perfume falls under the general free allowance: ₹50,000 for Indian residents, foreigners residing in India and tourists of Indian origin, or ₹15,000 for tourists of foreign origin.
Can my family combine our Indian duty-free allowances?
No. The Baggage Rules state that the free allowance of a passenger shall not be allowed to pool with the free allowance of any other passenger.
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