Holiday Closure
The IAO team is taking the end of the year to reflect, relax, and make plans. See you in January!
The IAO team is taking the end of the year to reflect, relax, and make plans. See you in January!
Spyros Drosopoulos returns to the IAO community with a two-session expansion course, for previous attendees of his intensives. Meets over Zoom, on 01/07 and 01/21.
Have you wanted to understand and appreciate perfume, without knowing what it is, where to start, or how to learn? We're here to help with an online overview of the practice.
In the latest perfumery intensive, Spyros Drosopoulos offers a comprehensive introduction to perfumery: the materials, formulating, and – of course – all the materials and tips an independent perfumer could ask for.
Spyros Drosopoulos returns to the IAO community with a two-session expansion course, for previous attendees of his intensives. Meets over Zoom, on 01/07 and 01/21.
Ashley Eden Kessler leads an eleven-week session exploring crucial materials in the perfumers' organ: an indispensable first step in practicing perfumery and an opportunity to grow a technical familiarity with the materials.
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of a soft, dark, polished leather accord. Materials required.
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of a pipe tobacco accord.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of two amber accords.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of ambergris.
Scent Week Los Angeles returns for its second edition, over a glorious week at the end of May. More information to come!
Save the date! The 11th Art and Olfaction Awards will take place on May 29, returning to Cicada Club in downtown Los Angeles.
When you sign up for a class or event at the IAO, you will receive an Eventbrite confirmation email which contains important information, such as materials lists or preparation instructions. Please be sure to scroll down in the email, so you see those instructions.
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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