Send Perfume / Fragrance → 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Can I post Perfume / Fragrance to Hong Kong?
Perfume can be posted to Hong Kong where the postal operator accepts it — fragrance alcohol is a dangerous-goods limited quantity, and ordinary import charges apply.
Personal-use quantities (typically 1-3 bottles); larger consignments risk commercial treatment
- Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Required at the destination customs authority
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Posting perfume to Hong Kong is customs-permitted but carrier-constrained: fragrance alcohol is a Class 3 dangerous-goods limited quantity, so many national posts refuse or cap air-mail perfume, and couriers require limited-quantity packaging. On the customs side Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department treats it as an ordinary parcel: an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration is required, no VAT is currently levied, so the GCC/common-tariff duty is the main charge above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. Hong Kong is a free port with no general customs tariff on the vast majority of goods. Duties apply only to four categories of dutiable goods: liquor, tobacco, methyl alcohol, and hydrocarbon oil. There is therefore no meaningful de minimis threshold in the way that exists in countries with broad tariff schedules. The absence of a general tariff makes Hong Kong one of the world's most open import regimes for most goods. Hong Kong is a free port: no customs duty and no VAT apply to these goods, so personal shipments clear without import charges.
Confirm the carrier accepts perfume before shipping to Hong Kong — postal refusal is more common than a customs problem. Declare contents accurately on the CN22/CN23; 'gift' mislabelling does not remove import charges and flags the parcel.
Personal-use quantities (typically 1-3 bottles); larger consignments risk commercial treatment
- —Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Postal imports to Hong Kong are subject to inspection by Customs and Excise. The vast majority of goods enter duty-free as a free port. Dutiable goods (liquor, tobacco) in postal imports must be declared and duties paid. Prohibited items are seized.
Sending Perfume / Fragrance to other countries
Perfume / Fragrance
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Flammable liquid — surface mail only
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🇦🇺 Australia
Flammable liquid — prohibited in airmail
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🇺🇸 United States
Flammable liquid; ground shipping only via USPS
Perfume / Fragrance
🇯🇵 Japan
Flammable liquid restrictions; surface mail only internationally
Perfume / Fragrance
🇩🇪 Germany
Postal restrictions apply for perfume / fragrance
Perfume / Fragrance
🇨🇦 Canada
Perfume can be posted to Canada where the postal operator accepts it — fragrance alcohol is a dangerous-goods limited quantity, and ordinary import charges apply.