[header] How to know where to get perfume samples [title] Visit department stores in person. [step] Sephora and nordstrom are two of the best department stores for getting completely free perfume samples. If the store doesn't carry samples of a particular perfume you're interested in, many of them will decant a bottle and make you a sample of your choice. 
[substeps] Bring a few zip-lock baggies, some small sticky labels and a handful of cotton balls with you. If there is no other way to bring home a sample, simply spritz the perfume on the cotton ball and put it in the baggie.