PerfuMate › Compare › The Aroma Forge
The honest version first, because a comparison page you can trust has to be able to say it: The Aroma Forge is the closest tool to PerfuMate and the right pick if buying is your bottleneck: it expands a formula's needs, matches them against live supplier stock and opens a pre-filled cart on the supplier's own store. Live IFRA checking against the 51st Amendment, dilution and cost maths, and a reference library built on TGSC data. Free up to 250 ingredients with unlimited formulas; Pro $12 AUD a month; Lifetime $99 AUD once.
PerfuMate's side of the ledger: the free tier already includes the described materials database, the indicative IFRA checking and every tool, in any browser, and the one paid version is a one-time purchase rather than a subscription. The table holds both sides to the same standard: every The Aroma Forge claim on it was read from The Aroma Forge's own published pages on 2026-08-22, and the full eight-tool picture is at /compare.
| PerfuMate | The Aroma Forge | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Formulation software for independent perfumers, in the browser | Cloud-based formulation web app with supplier checkout built in |
| Ships with a materials database | Yes - 1,581 materials, each DESCRIBED and classified: odor description, olfactive families with percentage dominance, impact and substantivity, a CAS number where one exists (1,153; a compounded base has none to give), plus estimated constituent tables for 588 | Yes - a reference library built on TGSC data with IFRA limits and physical data per entry; size not stated publicly |
| IFRA compliance | Checked live while composing, on every tier including free - and it counts one molecule arriving from several naturals at once. Category 4 (fine fragrance on skin), 51st Amendment, indicative: verify against the official standards before you sell | Yes, live in the formulator against the 51st Amendment with the 52nd shown alongside; naturals expanded to constituents; EU allergen declaration |
| Formula work | Milligram scaling, version history with diffs and branching, batch and maceration tracking, dilution management, substitute suggestions from your own shelf | Percent or weight with live cost and dilution maths, a batch scaler, dilution management, bases and accords |
| Import and export | Import from PDF, CSV, TSV or pasted text; export PDF, EU allergen declaration, INCI label, GHS SDS draft | Import formulas by paste or file (Excel, CSV), bulk ingredients from CSV or Excel, AI invoice scanning; export PDF, Excel, CSV, JSON |
| Runs on | Any browser, desktop or phone; installs as an app; native Android next | Any browser, installs as a PWA |
| Price to start | PerfuMate: free with no expiry - an UNLIMITED shelf and 3 formulas, with the whole catalog, the IFRA checking, the allergen and INCI label text, the scent profile and the drydown. A free account opens every tool; only bottle labels, the pack that contains them and colour PDF themes are paid. PerfuMate has one paid version, Lifetime Unlimited, a ONE-TIME purchase bought once and kept, never a subscription | The Aroma Forge: free up to 250 ingredients with unlimited formulas; Pro $12 AUD a month; Lifetime $99 AUD once |
The Aroma Forge's facts were read from its own published pages on 2026-08-22; PerfuMate's numbers are computed from the same material seed the app ships, at build time, so this page cannot drift from the product. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and it will be corrected.