Perfume / Fragrance 🇯🇵 Japan
2 ounces duty-free
Can I bring Perfume / Fragrance into Japan?
2 ounces duty-free
2 ounces (56ml) duty-free
- Customs declaration form if total goods value exceeds JPY 200,000
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Travelers aged 20+ may bring 60 ml of personal-use perfume duty-free into Japan, plus the standard JPY 200,000 personal-allowance for total goods. Eau de toilette (under 24% alcohol-by-volume) and eau de parfum (over 24% ABV) follow IATA limited-quantity rules for the flight; 100ml carry-on container limit applies. Bulk perfume imports trigger PMDA cosmetic-import notification under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law.
Rare — Enforcement reported rarely.
Leaving Japan with perfume / fragrance
Personal-use perfume and fragrance may be taken out of Japan without export formalities. Personal perfume is freely exportable. Aviation rules are the practical constraint: cabin carriage is limited to containers of 100 ml within the liquids bag, and total alcohol-based toiletries are capped at 2 kg/2 L per passenger under IATA dangerous-goods provisions. Duty-free purchases in sealed tamper-evident bags survive most transit screening.
No special procedure is required for personal quantities of perfume / fragrance arriving in Japan. Quantities above duty-free allowances must still be declared. Verify current limits with Japan Customs (Ministry of Finance).
2 ounces (56ml) duty-free
- Customs declaration form if total goods value exceeds JPY 200,000
Customs Tariff Law
This page covers destination customs rules in Japan. Whether you can carry perfume / fragrance through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Perfume / Fragrance is classified under Class 3 — Flammable liquids. Cabin and checked-baggage rules apply on top of any destination regulation.
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🇦🇺 Australia
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Generous duty-free allowance; major perfume market
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🇺🇸 United States
No specific restrictions for personal perfume / fragrance
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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🇨🇦 Canada
No specific restrictions for personal perfume / fragrance
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🇳🇿 New Zealand
No specific restrictions for personal perfume / fragrance