Perfume Education and Experimentation
Aachen-based professor Dr. Sergej Rickenbacher joins the IAO to share his research into olfaction and its reflection in literature. 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!
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with jasmine absolute and jasmine DNA perfume accords.
Submissions for the 7th Experimental Scent Summit, taking place on June 9 in Athens, are due by March 15, 11:59pm Pacific Time (GMT-8). Send in your talk proposal!
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!
Perfumer Dana El Masri explores ambery and balsamic materials in perfumery, focuscing on beeswax, cistus-labdanum, and vanilla.
Perfumer Lakenda Wallace explores the technicalities of creating tinctures and absolutes for perfumery, in an online class.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with a deep, floral, spicy, rose perfume accord.
Egyptologist Dora Goldsmith joins the IAO to share her research into the perfumes of queens in ancient Egypt. 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!
Join us for an online orientation for newcomers to the field of perfumery, from perfume basics to setting up and working in a perfume lab, in a three part course that blends live instrucion, pre-recorded video, and a Q&A.
Saskia Wilson-Brown presents a smell-enlivened lecture series demonstrating perfumery's impact on creative and cultural expression, at Philosophical Research Society. In this talk, we explore how humans have used scent to understand and express power.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with a delectable, fresh orange blossom perfume accord.
Minetta Rogers presents a smelling session that explores the IAO Library's collection of perfume box sets. In person.
Egyptologist Dora Goldsmith joins the IAO for the latest talk in the IAO's Olfactory Research Notes series, sharing her research on perfume cones in ancient Egypt.
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