Perfume Education and Experimentation
A special session celebrating Halloween, for enthusiasts of the art and craft of making perfume.
A special session celebrating Halloween, for enthusiasts of the art and craft of making perfume.
Dr. Leslie M. Kay joins the Institute for Art and Olfaction for an in person lecture about her research into scent and brain health.
Dana El Masri leads an exploration of dark woods in fine fragrance and perfumery: smell your way through the genealogy of perfume.
Have you wanted to understand and appreciate perfume, without knowing what it is, where to start, or how to learn? Minetta Rogers is here to help, in an online introduction to the practice.
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time! Two sessions added for November.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of a musk accord.
Dana El Masri leads an exploration of desserts in fine fragrance and perfumery: smell your way through the genealogy of perfume.
Perfumer Michael Nordstrand covers creative development for perfumery with a deep dive into the creative brief, over three online sessions, with homework in between.
Train your nose by smelling important fragrance materials in different scent families in this in person introduction to perfume materials.
Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.
Scholar Giti Datt shares her current research on Indian attars in a scent-enlivened lecture with an emphasis on gulab (rose) and mitti (earth). In person, at IAO.
Saskia Wilson-Brown covers best lab practices: how to make a solution, how to use a scale, how to store materials, safety, and more.
Perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler leads a hybrid online class (pre-recorded video + live Q&A) that explores how to formulate perfume for popular applications beyond fine fragrance, with a focus on candles and lava rocks.
Perfumer Lakenda Wallace explores current research around the relationship between scent and memory, in an online talk.
Perfumer Michael Nordstrand covers creative development for perfumery with a deep dive into the creative brief, over three online sessions, with homework in between.
Jeffrey Paul (Aromatic Gourmet) shares the history, making, and tasting of flavored and aromatic spices in this in-person workshop.
Want to understand, appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? Minetta Rogers teaches the basics, in this introduction to perfumery.
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time! Two sessions added for November.
In a scent-enlivened session, Dana El Masri explores the signatures and styles developed by Sophia Grojsman over the course of her career.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of a rich vanilla absolute accord.
Perfumer Michael Nordstrand covers creative development for perfumery with a deep dive into the creative brief, over three online sessions, with homework in between.
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