All-in-one workbench
Formulas, inventory, accords, weighing and batches — everything a perfumer needs in one place.
Tapputi Lab
Your perfumery workbench
Create formulas, manage raw materials, track batches and weigh with precision — all in one place.
Completely free
The story behind Tapputi Lab →Every feature included — no subscription, no paywall. Tapputi Lab is funded through vendor links, so it stays free for you.
Why Tapputi Lab?
Precision weighing
Over-weighed an ingredient? Tapputi Lab recalculates remaining targets automatically.
Vendor integration
Browse Fraterworks and DirectPCW catalogs, compare prices and order directly.
Export & own your data
Export any formula as a professional PDF. Your recipes always belong to you.
What Tapputi Lab offers
Formulas
Create and version perfume formulas. Set ingredient proportions, concentrations, and prepare recipes for weighing.
Inventory
Track your raw materials — dilution, remaining stock, purchase prices, and vendor links.
Accords
Build reusable building blocks by combining ingredients into accord mixes you can use across formulas.
Wishlist
Browse vendor catalogs from Fraterworks and DirectPCW, build shopping carts and order directly.
Batches
Record weighed batches with actual grams, track deviations, and build production history.
Weighing workbench
Correct weighing mistakes on the flyEnter actual grams by hand and track deviations from the target. If you over-weigh an ingredient, Tapputi Lab can recalculate remaining targets proportionally — and even let you correct the mistake by topping up other ingredients.
Labels
Print labels straight from the appPrint bottle labels straight from the app. A new dilution queues its label automatically — concentration, solvent, amount and CAS included. Print onto A4 label sheets or a thermal label printer.
About Tapputi Lab
Complete perfume formulation software
Tapputi Lab is a free web app for perfumers — from the first experiment to a production batch. Create and version perfume formulas, build reusable accords, track your inventory of aroma chemicals and essential oils, and check every formula against IFRA standards. It runs in the browser, nothing to install.
From formula to finished bottle
The weighing workbench guides you through a formula ingredient by ingredient. Overpour a material and the app rescales the remaining targets proportionally — a slip of the scale no longer ruins the batch. Save the actually weighed result as a new formula version, deviations included, and print a bottle label right from the app: onto an A4 label sheet or a thermal label printer, complete with concentration, solvent and CAS number.
A lab journal that grows with you
Every batch, every dilution and every formula version stays traceable. Working solutions are calculated automatically with their real cost, the inventory warns you before a material runs out, and vendor catalogs (Fraterworks, DirectPCW) are linked straight to your formulas.
Frequently asked questions
Is Tapputi Lab really free?
Yes. Every feature, no subscription, no paywall. The app is funded by commissions from vendor links — you pay the same price for your materials, we receive a small percentage.
What can Tapputi Lab do?
Perfume formulas with versioning, reusable accords, a raw-material inventory with dilutions, guided weighing with deviation correction, production batches, IFRA compliance checks and bottle-label printing.
What is the weighing workbench and how does it help?
It guides you through a formula ingredient by ingredient. If you overpour a material, it rescales the remaining targets proportionally, so a slip of the scale doesn't ruin the batch. The actually weighed result can be saved as a new formula version.
Can Tapputi Lab print bottle labels?
Yes — straight from the app, onto A4 self-adhesive label sheets (including partially used ones) or a thermal label printer. A new dilution queues its label automatically, with concentration, solvent, amount and CAS number.
Does Tapputi Lab check IFRA compliance?
Yes, every formula is checked against the 51st IFRA Amendment, including contributions from natural materials — for example citral carried in by lemongrass oil.
Who can see my formulas?
Only you. Your recipes belong to you and you can export them to PDF or CSV at any time.
From the blog
Egypt: Four Thousand Years of Scent, from the Embalming Workshop to the Expedition to Punt
Ancient Egyptian perfumery: the embalming workshop at Saqqara, the recipe for sacred kyphi incense, and Hatshepsut's expedition to the mysterious land of Punt.
Before Tappūtī: The Whole Perfume Trade of Ancient Larsa
Ancient perfumery in Mesopotamia: three centuries before Tappūtī, the Babylonian city of Larsa already ran an established scent economy with merchants and price tiers.
Tapputi: The First Perfumer in Recorded History
Around 1230 BC, a woman named Tappūtī-Bēlet-ekallim recorded a perfume formula that got pressed into clay — the oldest surviving written record naming a chemist. This is what the tablet actually says.
Quick reference
Colored dots in dropdowns
- ●Ingredient is in your inventory
- Available at Fraterworks
- Available at DirectPCW
- Available at Perfumer's Apprentice
- Available at Perfumiarz
Stock level in inventory
A thin bar shows remaining stock proportion. Turns pink when below 20%.
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