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Eleven Week Perfume Materials Course – Module 3 (online)
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Perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler leads an online eleven week course exploring the crucial materials in the perfumers’ organ—an indispensable first step in learning perfumery, and an opportunity to grow a technical familiarity with the materials.
Registration includes a Materials Kit (55 materials, scent strips)
ABOUT THIS MATERIALS COURSE
This is Module 3 of a total of three modules. These modules are not consecutive: any student can start at any module (though modules one and two cover more commonly used materials). This module is appropriate for beginners and intermediate perfumers alike.
In each 2-hour online session, Ashley will lead attendees in smelling and discussing five crucial perfume materials of natural and synthetic origin. Over the eleven total sessions offered in this course, the group will systematically go through the course material, category by category. We thoughtfully explore the function, aesthetics and technicalities of each material in the context of other aromatics from its fragrance family.
Each session focuses on our unique experience with the materials. By sharing these experiences, we work towards developing a language, both personal and communal, for our experience of scent. Through this course, participants will gain fluency in the most important molecules of modern perfumery. Growing a familiarity with the materials is, after all, a crucial first step in practicing perfumery.
There is a lot to gain from this slow-paced work. For newcomers to fragrance, this intimate knowledge of the materials is indispensable, offering a grounding and deeply enriching practice that brings us into the present and connects us more deeply to our lived experience—and our creativity. For more experienced perfumers, the class presents an opportunity to enrich the process and technical knowledge necessary to mastery.
SESSION BREAKDOWN: MODULE 3 (Mondays, 10 am – 12 pm)
Mon. Jan 26: Meet and Greet, Course Review
Mon. Feb 2: Week 1 Powdery Synthetic
Mon. Feb 9: Week 2 Powdery, Balsamic, Misc. Natural
Mon. Feb 16: Week 3 Musk Synthetic
Mon. Feb 23: Week 4 Animalic Natural, Animalic Synthetic
Mon. Mar 2: Week 5 Anisic Synthetic
Mon. Mar 9: Week 6 Anisic Natural
Mon. Mar 16: Week 7 Vanilla Synthetic, Balsamic Synthetic
Mon. Mar 23: Week 8 Balsamic Natural
Mon. Mar 30: Week 9 Minty Synthetic, Minty Natural
Mon. Apr 6: Week 10 Aromatic Synthetic, Aromatic Natural
Mon. Apr 13: Week 11 Aromatic Natural
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