Perfume / Fragrance 🇰🇷 South Korea
No specific restrictions for personal perfume / fragrance
Can I bring Perfume / Fragrance into South Korea?
No specific restrictions for personal perfume / fragrance
Full details
Perfume is classified as a flammable liquid (UN 1266) due to its high ethanol content, making it subject to dangerous goods rules for air freight and carry-on restrictions. Most countries set no specific perfume allowance separate from the general du. In the reverse direction (taking perfume / fragrance out of South Korea): allowed — Perfume and fragrance may be exported from South Korea freely at personal-use quantities.
Leaving South Korea with perfume / fragrance
Personal-use perfume and fragrance may be taken out of South Korea 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.
Personal-quantity perfume (under 500ml total, eau de toilette / eau de parfum) clears as routine. Bulk imports attract DG Class 3 flammable-liquid scrutiny + cosmetic-import registration at destination.
This page covers destination customs rules in South Korea. 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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Perfume / Fragrance rules in other countries
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🇦🇺 Australia
Duty-free within AUD 900 personal allowance
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Generous duty-free allowance; major perfume market
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🇯🇵 Japan
2 ounces duty-free
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🇺🇸 United States
No specific restrictions for personal perfume / fragrance
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
No specific restrictions for personal perfume / fragrance
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🇨🇦 Canada
No specific restrictions for personal perfume / fragrance