Perfume Education and Experimentation
Join P.F. Candle Co. founder Kristen Pumphrey and learn how to make hand-rolled incense cones - a meditative and aromatic project straight from her book, At Home with Fragrance.
Join us for Scent Fair LA, a weekend celebrating artisan, independent, and experimental scent practices.
Guided by Ms. Maki Ueda, award winning olfactory artist and teacher, explore the fascinating science of pheromones and the link between scents and personalities.
Guided by Ms. Maki Ueda, award winning olfactory artist and teacher, explore the fascinating science of pheromones and the link between scents and personalities.
Have you ever been gifted a perfume that just didn’t suit you? Or blind bought a fragrance that left you with fragrets? The Nose Candy Scent Swap is your chance to finally turn that trash into Trésor! The Nose Candy gals host their latest Scent Swap, as part of Scent Week LA.
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!
Daniel Krasofski presents analytical technique for smelling fine fragrance. This class provides foundational evaluation skills. In person.
Spyros Drosopoulos, Ernesto Collado and Saskia WIlson-Brown lead a 6 day in person workshop at Mas Flaquer, a regenerative farm outside Barcelona, highlighting connections between diverse ways of working through a combination of field work, hands-on blending time, and lectures.
Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.
A special blending session celebrating summer, for enthusiasts of the art and craft of making perfume. Beginners welcome!
Saskia Wilson-Brown leads a deep dive of a historical Eau de Cologne formula. Explore the materials used in a classic version of the perfume, and recreate your own. In person.
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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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