Perfume Education and Experimentation
Perfumer Dana El Masri leads an exploration of citrus and their scents in fine fragrance and perfumery. In person.
Inspired by the exhibition 'John Waters: Pope of Trash', Maite Gomez-Rejon and Saskia Wilson-Brown explore three of John Waters' films through smell and taste - in collaboration with the Academy Museum.
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
We're recharging the batteries and taking a nose break from August 4 - 18. See you on the flip side!
Charles Rosenberg returns with an exploration of perfume formularies, with books drawn from the IAO's extensive library.
In this 3-part course with Atlas Obscura, Saskia Wilson-Brown leads an information-rich introduction to the practice of experimental perfumery.
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
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
Rooted in texts from the IAO Library, this series explores historic techniques no longer in common usage and historic formulas. Class one explores 'vinaigres de toilette' - or cosmetic vinegara.
From the perfume organ to the nightclub, perfumer and DJ Maxwell Williams explores the history of music’s relationship to scent in a 2-part in person class.
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.
A special blending session celebrating summer, for enthusiasts of the art and craft of making perfume.
Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.
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, in an online introduction to the practice.
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