Introduction:

In 18th Century France, the world's greatest perfumer has finally been caught and executed. After years of slaying young women, it was discovered that he used them to extract their scents to create - the perfect Perfume. You and your fellow Perfumers have the opportunity to sneak in to his perfumery and complete his life goal. Do you have the nerve, and nose to achieve the glory and power of the perfect Scent? Perfumer is a dark, historic, fictional adventure; involving all the senses. Where you will need to have a person in your party with a good sense of smell, in order to investigate and solve the mystery

Location: Quest Room

Address:  5517 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90038 - Entrance is in the back alley

Parking: Free parking in the alley

Price(s): $50-75 per person (Depending on group size); PRIVATE GAME!

Date Completed: March 20, 2019

Number of Escape Artists: 6 escape artists

Hint System: Unlimited via overhead speaker

Success Rate: N/A

Result: ESCAPED! -  48 minutes 4 seconds

Creativity: 5

Difficulty: 4.5

Immersiveness: 5+

Fun Factor: 5+

OVERALL: 5+

Note. For OVERALL means, 1 = WTF?; 2 = Take a gander; 3 = You can book it; 4 = You should book it now; 5 = OMG! You should've booked it yesterday!

Summary

• Recommend 5-6 escape artists 

• Great for experienced escape artists

• Another Top-rated Quest Room

• Super fun puzzles

• Grade A+ immersion

• 90 minute time limit

• Solid 3rd Generation escape room

First Impressions

To our team’s surprise, we haven’t heard any escape room reviews about The Perfumer prior to our escape. Quest Room was always one of our favorite escape room companies and we were ready for this! It’s also a joy to start off putting on 18th century French costumes before we start the adventure!

Puzzles

Loved the puzzles! Challenging, somewhat different, and a lot of technology was used. Our group enjoyed how multi-linear the puzzle flow fo the escape room. Some of the puzzles remind me of one’s I’ve seen at Maze Room, 60out and Escape Room LA, however, this escape room present and execute their puzzles better. Quest Room is typically known for their extensive use of technology. The technology used in this escape room is unmatched. Although this is a 90 minute room, an experienced escape team of 4-6 could get out around the 60 minute mark. It does make sense that it’s a 90 minute room with the amount of things that need to be done.

Immersion

From start to finish, the escape room’s immersiveness was superb! One could tell that every detail of the room was carefully designed. The room in the beginning is quite small for our group of 6 and it was difficult to navigate ourselves as well as to complete the puzzles. Later, Perfumer became much more spacious which was beneficial considering the multi-linearity of the puzzle flow. Immersion for Quest Room is always awesome! To put it simply, Bloody Elbow and Da Vinci’s Challenge had a baby and decided to call it “Perfumer”. lol.

Value

This escape room is on the expensive side ($50-75/person) as it takes account that it’s a 90 minute room. Is it worth the money? I would agree.

Should you play it?

If you have the money for it…YES!