# Booking software for fragrance bars and perfume brands

> Sesami is booking software for fragrance brands that runs on your own Shopify store. Customers book scent consultations, fragrance bar sessions and blending workshops online, with a capacity on group sessions. The booking checks out like a product, so a workshop and the bottles it sells settle in one order.

- Canonical: https://sesami.co/industries/fragrance/
- Updated: 2026-09-10

## What you can take bookings for

- One-to-one scent consultations
- Fragrance bar sessions
- Blending and perfume-making workshops
- Private and group events
- Discovery sessions and sampling appointments

## The session sells the bottle

A fragrance consultation is a sampling exercise with a purchase at the end of
it. A blending workshop is an experience someone pays for and then buys from.
Either way the booking is the start of a sale, not a separate activity, and
splitting them across two systems loses the connection between them.

Sesami keeps the booking in the store, so the session and the bottle are one
order, and what your fragrance bar earns is a number you can look at.

## Bars, tables and hosts

A fragrance bar session needs a host and a seat at the bar. A workshop needs a
room, a table and a headcount. A private event needs the space to itself.

Sesami treats each of those as a resource a service requires, and group bookings
carry a capacity per slot, so a class stops selling when it is full rather than
when someone notices.

## Free discovery, paid experiences

Discovery sessions and sampling appointments work best with no checkout in the
way, and Instant Booking takes those in a single step while still creating the
customer record. Paid workshops go through your normal checkout, with the
payment methods and gift cards you already have.

## Keeping the relationship

Sesami Flows sends the confirmation, the reminder and the follow-up, driven by
the booking. Because check-in is an event, the note about the scent someone
loved only goes to people who actually came.

In Klaviyo, every booking and check-in is an event you can segment on, which is
how a discovery session becomes a repeat customer rather than a one-off visit.

## Questions

### Can we cap a workshop?

Yes. Group bookings carry a capacity per slot, so a blending class for eight stops selling at eight.

### Can guests buy a bottle in the same transaction?

Yes. A booking is a product in your store, so it can be rung up at the counter with whatever the session sold, and the revenue is attributed back to the booking.

### Can a session need a specific bar or table?

Yes. Rooms, tables and staff are all bookable resources, and a session is only offered when everything it needs is free.

### Do sessions have to be paid up front?

No. Whether a booking creates an order is a setting on each service, so a discovery session can be free while a workshop is paid.