you can refer to the Australia Post on line site and download their Dangerous Goods items lists.

as a private individual you CANNOT mail perfume anywhere by Air, and only by road within australia with a permit.


$1000 is corrent regarding customs duty, but as perfume is flamable it cannot be sent Air.

Only a small minority of "old style" perfumes are classified as dangerous goods and cannot be sent by mail - if the perfume has a red diamond with "flammable 3" on the packaging you cannot mail it. To double check you can download a safety data sheet for the perfume from the manufacturer which will state whether its a classified dangerous good.

For marketing reasons (who wants to squirt themselves with a dangerous good) the use of alcohol has declined (ceased?) and specialist non dangerous odour carrying solvents are used.

Any non dangerous liquid can be mailed as long as its packaged correctly - Auspost sell packaging for liquids.

Auspost know that they have got incorrect information on their website about perfumes - but have suckered too many sellers into dangerous goods accounts to put up correct information.