Balancing Act: Grave Matters (in person)
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Make one strange scent worthy of the Halloween season, using a Jean Carles approach to perfume composition, in person with Daniel Krasofski.
Daniel Krasofski presents Balancing Act: Grave Matters an interpretive class exploring a Jean Carles approach to perfume composition by making one strange scent worthy of the Halloween season.
This Halloween-season edition of Balancing Act invites participants to create a perfume around one unusual and evocative idea: dirt – which is more atmospheric than traditionally “pretty.” Following the familiar Balancing Act format, we will work through a softened, interpretive approach to the Jean Carles method, using proportion, comparison, and repeated trials to understand how a composition takes shape. Rather than trying to make every spooky scent at once, a reliable way to summon chaos, we will focus deeply on one accord and observe how individual materials affect its texture, balance, mood, and recognizability. We will explore how an earthy, metallic, mineral, animalic, or decaying impression can become compelling, nuanced, and perhaps even unexpectedly beautiful. Participants will leave with a structured set of trials and an original fragrance sketch: proof that sometimes the monster under the bed simply needs better proportions.
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