Tracing Perfume: Aquatic/Marine (online)
On ZoomIn this perfume genealogy class, Dana El Masri explores aquatic and marine materials, and their usage in fine fragrance. Online.
In this perfume genealogy class, Dana El Masri explores aquatic and marine materials, and their usage in fine fragrance. Online.
Explore scents from James Joyce's beloved novel, Ulysses, in an in-person smelling session that draws from the IAO library and organ.
Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.
In this perfume genealogy class, Dana El Masri explores amber and balsamic materials (benzoin, frankincense, myrrh, peru balsam, and styrax), and their usage in fine fragrance. Online.
Want to understand and appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? We're here to help in a hands- and noses-on introductory workshop!
Dr Caroline McMillan joins the IAO to share her research into human scent experience in space. Online.
In this perfume genealogy class, Dana El Masri explores amber and balsamic materials ( beeswax, cistus-labdanum, and vanilla), and their usage in fine fragrance. Online.
Perfumer Lakenda Wallace explores traditional and machine methods for extracting oil from botanical materials for use in perfumery. Online.
Hsuan L. Hsu shares his research for his new book 'Olfactory Worldmaking', exploring how smell reshapes human connections, and resists racial and colonial capitalist systems.
Perfumer Jeffrey Paul introduces blending techniques for natural perfumery, with a focus on citrus materials and eau de cologne.
Explore aromatics and perfumes from 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer', in an in-person smelling session that draws from the IAO library.
In this perfume genealogy class, Dana El Masri explores uncommon floral materials (hyacinth, narcissus, osmanthus) and their usage in fine fragrance. Online.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with a fresh, long-lasting citrus accord.
Ashley Eden Kessler returns with her popular accord series, teaching perfume composition with a briny, salty marine accord.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with a soft, white wood perfume accord. Beginners welcome!
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