Perfume Education and Experimentation
Our longest-running program, open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
Perfumer Dana El Masri introduces an exploration of amber, resinous, and balsamic scents through important materials and perfumes in her Genealogy of Scent series. This class is in person at The Institute for Art and Olfaction.
Nuri McBride lectures on myrrh, its aroma, and its cultural importance throughout history, in the latest talk from the Scent and Society series.
In this 3-part online seminar, join IAO's Saskia Wilson-Brown to learn the basics of perfumery, delve into the history of the practice, explore aromatic materials, and create your first short perfume formulas. Class produced by Atlas Obscura, meets Mondays, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 18
A monthly open session for people with a 9-5 work schedule, that starts later and runs later. Join us for a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
An open lab for advanced beginner and intermediate perfumers. Bring your own materials or use ours, and blend with new friends.
Ashley Eden Kessler teaches technical perfume composition with an exploration of an incense accord inspired by an old church. Online.
Learn to make your first blends, and get an important introduction to lab work (including using a scale) in a special in-person session led by Saskia Wilson-Brown.
Why is perfumery regulated? Who decides? In this class, Michael Nordstrand explores perfume regulation and how it affects your practice.
Smell important aromatics and make your first blends in an intimate and hands-on session led by IAO founder Saskia Wilson-Brown.
Humans love a flame and neuroscientist Anna D'Errico loves to explore science. This week, flame and science collide in a talk about candles.
Smell important aromatics, learn to make your first blends, and get a primer on labwork in an intimate session led by Saskia Wilson-Brown.
Join us for special blending session celebrating the scents of the season, for beginners new to the art and craft of making perfume.
Join us for special blending session celebrating the scents of the season, for beginners new to the art and craft of making perfume.
Our longest-running program, open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
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For online classes, you will receive the Zoom log-in information approximately 12 – 24 hours before each session begins. To avoid this going to spam, add hello@artandolfaction.com to your address book. Our online classes are recorded, and the video is available to registered attendees for 7 days after the class takes place. Because the class is recorded and can be viewed later, we do not provide refunds or transfers for online classes.
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