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SUMMARY:Open Session for Returning Students (in person)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-sessions-returning-students-only-tickets-1996517641009?lid=zj5izzdshlrl \n– \nAromatic materials are not included. Bring your own materials or purchase small quantities from us. \nOur open sessions for returning students only are designed as an informal\, convivial space in which to co-work with other perfumers. Relaxed and self-directed (don’t worry\, we’re here to help)\, these sessions are a great chance to refine a formula\, work out an idea or just hang out with like-minded colleagues. Let’s learn from each other\, and make new friends. \nRelaxed and self-directed\, these informal sessions are a great chance to refine your blending techniques in the presence of other scent enthusiasts and #friendswithpipettes. Open Sessions are the IAO’s longest running program. These Open Sessions for Returning Students Only are designed precisely for newcomers who have already attended one Open Session for First Timers\, intermediate perfumers who want to explore new materials\, or advanced perfumers who want to co-work with a diverse and creative community. \nAs a returning student\, you will be able to independently tinker with materials of your choice in a casual\, social setting.We have everything you need: aromatic materials (natural\, synthetic\, and some accords)\, beakers and droppers\, scent strips and bottles… All you need to bring is a notebook\, and and open mind. Down the rabbit hole you go!
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/open-session-for-returning-students-in-person/
LOCATION:The Institute for Art and Olfaction\, 932 Chung King Rd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,In Person Event
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SUMMARY:Sandalwood: Perfume Accords (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sandalwood-perfume-accords-online-tickets-1990593551899?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true \n– \nIn this online class\, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with a complex\, rich sandalwood perfume accord.Learning how to assemble perfume accords leads to a greater adeptness at blending\, and well-trained noses. Learn how to construct accords as you explore the individual aromatic components of these perfume accords. \nOur accords series helps students of perfumery understand the molecular components of the various facets and types of the most important notes in perfumery. By attending this class\, an emerging perfumer or scent artist will expand their capabilities and training\, gain the materials knowledge to add a new accord to their arsenal\, and leave with a deeper understanding of the artistry and science behind perfumery. \nMaterials Needed/Pre-Class Homework: We will send you a master document containing the materials list and formulation exercises upon signup via the confirmation email from Eventbrite. Please purchase these materials before attending class. The estimated cost of the perfume materials is $85\, not including any labware you may need to purchase. The formulation exercises must be accomplished before the class meets. \n– \nPhoto by Sandalwood Australia on Unsplash
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/sandalwood-perfume-accords-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260915T170000
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SUMMARY:Tracing Perfume: Fruits (in person)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tracing-perfume-fruits-in-person-tickets-1994983883499?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true \n– \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDana El Masri explores the history of fine fragrance through a series of classes that cover the genealogy of scent. How did aromatic materials influence perfumery? How did perfumers draw from the same source to produce such diverse expressions? Each class in this series explores the most important perfumes in 20th and 21st perfumery from the perspective of the materials that inform them. \nIn this class\, Dana covers perfumes highlighting  fruits\, including peach\, mango\, fig\, and tomato leaf. She will explore the material provenance\, aromatic aspects\, and notable perfumes that make use of these  notes in various ways. Then\, as a group\, the class will smell and discuss a series of notes and perfumes that elucidate the category. \n\n\n\n\nTopics covered: \nHistory and cultural impact of perfume materials\nTechnical information about perfume materials\nOverview of these materials in classic\, contemporary\, mass market\, and niche perfumes \n\n  \n– \nPhoto of mango by Allec Gomes on Unsplash
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/tracing-perfume-fruits-in-person/
LOCATION:The Institute for Art and Olfaction\, 932 Chung King Rd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,In Person Event
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SUMMARY:Olfactory Provocations: To exist in a space is to inhale it (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/olfactory-provocations-to-exist-in-a-space-is-to-inhale-it-online-tickets-1995562115005?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true \n– \nJoin Yati Sharma in exploring how Mumbai taxi drivers navigate smell and shared air in the micro-lived-environment of a taxi cabin. \n\n\n\n\n“बाँस\, त्रास और साँस ”: Smell\, Endurance\, and Breath in Mumbai Taxi Cabs. \nThis session reflects on how smell operates differently from other senses. While interviewing taxi cab drivers in Mumbai to understand how smells interact within micro-environments\, one idea kept returning: to exist in a space is to inhale it. In a taxi\, before any conversation begins between driver and passenger\, there is already a sensory encounter through shared air. Unlike sight\, touch\, taste\, or sound\, smell is difficult to avoid once we are exposed to it. One can close their eyes\, cover their ears\, or avoid touching something\, but smell is tied directly to breathing. To exist in a space is to inhale the shared air. \nInside a taxi cabin\, this shared air carries a constant layering of smells. Drivers described how perfumes\, sweat\, food\, incense\, rain-soaked clothes\, tobacco\, city pollution\, and car fresheners accumulate and overlap over the course of a day. Each passenger leaves behind a trace\, which blends with the next\, creating a shifting olfactory environment that the driver must continuously inhabit. And how these smells are often signifiers of cultural and socio economic identity of a person. \nImage Credits: Yati Sharma
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/olfactory-provocations-to-exist-in-a-space-is-to-inhale-it-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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SUMMARY:Lectures on Tap: Culture and Perfume (in person)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-on-tap-culture-and-perfume-how-perfume-shaped-history-tickets-1997805809957?aff=oddtdtcreator \n– \nIn this lecture\, Saskia Wilson-Brown shares and discusses three perfume materials that shaped human culture. Drawing from her research for her upcoming book\, The Cultures of Perfume: Scents That Shaped History(releasing in November\, by D.A.P.)\, she will start the talk with a brief history of perfume\, going on to explore how jasmine perfumes have been historically intertwined with narratives of seduction. We will then smell musk\, and investigate its role in narratives of power in key Islamic texts and 18th century France. The talk ends with bergamot\, and how its use in Eau de Cologne impacted religious practices in the Americas. Join us for a lively exploration of scent’s role in the human experience. \nLocation shared upon signup.
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/lectures-on-tap-culture-and-perfume/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Education,In Person Event
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SUMMARY:Industrial: Perfume Accords (online\, 3 hours)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/industrial-perfume-accords-online-3-hour-tickets-1990597995189?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true \n– \nExplore fragrance categories through specific classes designed by The Institute for Art and Olfaction to help new perfumers gain sensory understanding and technical perfumery skills. \nIn the latest of her accords classes\, Ashley leads an investigation into industrial perfume accord\, including motor oil\, black rubber\, vinyl pool toy. Learning how to assemble perfume accords leads to a greater adeptness at blending\, and well-trained noses. Learn how to construct accords as you explore the individual aromatic components of these perfume accords. \nOur accords series helps students of perfumery understand the molecular components of the various facets and types of the most important notes in perfumery. By attending this class\, an emerging perfumer or scent artist will expand their capabilities and training\, gain the materials knowledge to add a new accord to their arsenal\, and leave with a deeper understanding of the artistry and science behind perfumery. \nMaterials Needed/Pre-Class Homework: We will send you a master document containing the materials list and formulation exercises upon signup via the confirmation email from Eventbrite. Please purchase these materials before attending class. The estimated cost of the perfume materials is between $145 to $170\, not including any labware you may need to purchase. The formulation exercises must be accomplished before the class meets. \n– \nPhoto by Goh Rhy Yan on Unsplash \n 
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/industrial-perfume-accords-online-3-hours/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260928T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260928T120000
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SUMMARY:Eleven Week Perfume Materials Course - Module 2 (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eleven-week-perfume-materials-course-module-2-tickets-1988493959963 \n– \n\n\nAshley Eden Kessler leads module 2 of her popular online materials course\, over eleven sessions spent exploring the crucial materials in the perfumers’ organ. This slow\, steady emphasis on deep sensorial study provides an indispensable first step in learning perfumery\, and an opportunity to grow a technical familiarity with perfume materials. \nRegistration for US-based students includes a materials kit (55 materials\, scent strips). \nAll attendees are invited to join live on zoom or catch the class as a video replay: All registrations provide access to the live zoom sessions and 11 week replay access to the recorded sessions. Recording access for all sessions will end on December 28\, 2026. \nThis is Module 2 of a total of three modules. These modules are not consecutive: any student can start at any module (though modules one and two cover more commonly used materials). This module is appropriate for beginners and intermediate perfumers alike. \nClass Experience\nIn each 2-hour online session\, Ashley will lead attendees in smelling and discussing five crucial perfume materials of natural and synthetic origin. Over the eleven total sessions offered in this course\, the group will systematically go through the course material\, category by category. We thoughtfully explore the function\, aesthetics and technicalities of each material in the context of other aromatics from its fragrance family. \nEach session focuses on our unique experience with the materials. By sharing these experiences\, we work towards developing a language\, both personal and communal\, for our experience of scent. Through this course\, participants will gain fluency in the most important molecules of modern perfumery. Growing a familiarity with the materials is\, after all\, a crucial first step in practicing perfumery. \nThere is a lot to gain from this slow-paced work. For newcomers to fragrance\, this intimate knowledge of the materials is indispensable\, offering a grounding and deeply enriching practice that brings us into the present and connects us more deeply to our lived experience—and our creativity. For more experienced perfumers\, the class presents an opportunity to enrich the process and technical knowledge necessary to mastery. \n\nClasses take place on Mondays\, 10 am – 12 pm PT (Pacific Time) \nSep 28\, 2026 – Week 1 Fruity Synthetic \nOct 5\, 2026 – NO CLASS \nOct 12\, 2026 – Week 2 Fruity Aldehyde\, Violet Synthetic \nOct 19\, 2026 – Week 3 Rosy Natural \nOct 26\, 2026 – Week 4 Rosy Synthetic \nNov 2\, 2026 – Week 5 Rosy Synthetic\, Oranger Synthetic \nNov 9\, 2026 – Week 6 Oranger Natural\, Jasmine Natural \nNov 16\, 2026 – Week 7 Jasmine Synthetic \nNov 23\, 2026 –  Week 8 Marine Synthetic\, Marine Natural\, Green Aquatic \nNov 30\, 2026 –  Week 9 Floral Natural \nDec 7\, 2026 – Week 10 Ambery Synthetic \nDec 14\, 2026 – Week 11 Ambery/Sweet Natural
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/eleven-week-perfume-materials-course-module-2-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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SUMMARY:Alchemies of Scent: Text\, Experiment\, Replication (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alchemies-of-scent-text-experiment-replication-online-tickets-1992154458613?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true \n– \nPrague-based Sean Coughlin presents research during a five-year attempt to reconstruct five ancient Greco-Egyptian perfumes from Greek\, Latin and Egyptian recipes\, combining textual scholarship\, experimental methods\, and analytical chemistry. For this session\, Coughlin will review and explain what his team set out to do\, the methods they built (and threw out)\, and what they learned about how ancient perfumes were made. Expect myrrh\, cinnamon\, galbanum\, lily\, smoke—and a few honest failures. \nThe presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with attendees. \nOlfactory Research Notes is a lecture series presented by the Institute for Art and Olfaction that highlights important research done in the field of olfaction\, directly from the scientists\, researchers\, academics\, and artists who do it. \n– \nImage credits: Wikimedia Commons \n 
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/alchemies-of-scent-text-experiment-replication-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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