# Give Claude, Cursor or VS Code expert perfume knowledge with one MCP URL

> Source: <https://dev.to/10mlcom/give-claude-cursor-or-vs-code-expert-perfume-knowledge-with-one-mcp-url-13ba>
> Published: 2026-10-19 23:11:19+00:00

Ask a general-purpose assistant what a perfume smells like and you usually get a confident paragraph that mixes up flankers, invents notes, or recommends something that was discontinued years ago. Fragrance is a niche where structured, curated data makes a big difference.

So we put the **10ML Fragrance Index** behind a public MCP server. It is free, read-only and needs no account or API key. You add one URL and your assistant can answer perfume questions with real note pyramids, accords, families and editor-written context.

```
https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp
```

Transport is Streamable HTTP, authentication is none.

The index is curated by the fragrance editors at [10ML](https://10ml.com), a European perfume decant shop:

**Claude (web and desktop):** Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, paste `https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp`. It is also listed in the Claude connectors directory as "10ML Perfume Finder".

**Claude Code:**

```
claude mcp add --transport http perfume-finder https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp
```

**Cursor** (`~/.cursor/mcp.json`):

```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perfume-finder": { "url": "https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp" }
  }
}
```

**VS Code** (`.vscode/mcp.json`):

```
{
  "servers": {
    "perfume-finder": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.10ml.com/mcp" }
  }
}
```

**Clients that only speak stdio** can use the thin wrappers, which forward to the same endpoint:

```
npx -y @10ml/perfume-finder-mcp
# or
uvx perfume-finder-mcp
```

Behind those questions the assistant picks from 16 read-only tools: search, full perfume profiles, side-by-side comparison, similar perfumes (with a "fresher / sweeter / darker" steer), editorial alternatives, notes, houses, a perfume glossary, layering, occasion picks, gift ideas and guide search. Every tool takes a `locale` (en, de, fr, es, it, ro, el, hu, cs, pl) and returns structured content plus a short text summary.

The same answers are available over plain HTTP, described by an [OpenAPI 3.1 file](https://mcp.10ml.com/openapi.json):

```
curl "https://mcp.10ml.com/api/v1/notes/bergamot"
curl "https://mcp.10ml.com/api/v1/similar?perfume=Baccarat+Rouge+540&steer=fresher"
curl "https://mcp.10ml.com/api/v1/houses/amouage"
```

A note lookup returns what the note smells like, its family and mood, what it pairs with, similar notes and famous perfumes that feature it, so it drops straight into a tool call, a chatbot or a recommendation widget.

`com.10ml/perfume-finder`
Questions or ideas for new tools are welcome in the GitHub issues.

10ML Team