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DTSTART;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260524T150000
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SUMMARY:Perfume 101: Perfumery for Beginners (in person)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/perfume-101-perfumery-for-beginners-in-person-tickets-1986277266774?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true  \n– \nPerfume 101 serves as an orientation session for newcomers to the field\, olfactive adventurers\, curious minds\, and budding scent enthusiasts who need a little boost. \nIn this theory-focused introduction to perfumery\, participants will learn about perfume basics such as fragrance families and classifications\, get an introduction to perfume-making in a lab\, and get an introduction to the different kinds of aromatic materials. As a group\, the class will learn the difference between top\, middle and bottom notes\, what’s in a perfume lab\, get a brief introduction to perfume math concepts\, and more. We’ll smell and look at different aromatic materials\, useful labware used in blending scents\, and more! \nParticipants will leave with the basic knowledge they need to start a journey down the rabbit hole of appreciating and even making scent. \nPlease note: This is primarily a lecture-based class\, with a smelling component. There is one group blend exercise and one individual blend exercise\, with participants taking home a small spray vial of their individual scent blend and select reference materials. If you wish to take a class with a hands-on focus\, please register for Introduction to Perfume Blending.
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/perfume-101-perfumery-for-beginners-in-person-2/
LOCATION:The Institute for Art and Olfaction\, 932 Chung King Rd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,In Person Event
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SUMMARY:Eleven Week Perfume Materials Course - Module 1 (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eleven-week-perfume-materials-course-module-1-tickets-1984929270882?aff=oddtdtcreator \n– \n\n\nAbout this Materials Course\nAshley Eden Kessler returns to lead module 1 of her popular online materials course\, over eleven sessions spent exploring the crucial materials in the perfumers’ organ. This slow\, steady emphasis on deep sensorial study provides an indispensable first step in learning perfumery\, and an opportunity to grow a technical familiarity with perfume materials. \nRegistration includes a materials kit (55 materials\, scent strips)\, and attendees are invited to join live on zoom or catch the class as a video replay: All registrations provide access to the live zoom sessions (72 spots) and 11 week replay access to the recorded sessions. Recording access for all sessions will end on September 14\, 2026. \nThis is Module 1 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. \nClass Experience\nIn 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. \nEach 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. \nThere 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. \nCourse Takeaways \n\nTechnical knowledge about the molecular components of the studied material\nKnowledge of aromatic materials’ origins and use in fine perfumery\nA greater familiarity with aromatic materials and scent categories
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/eleven-week-perfume-materials-course-module-1-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260526T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260526T093000
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SUMMARY:Olfactory Research Notes: Sensory Literacies and Children’s Reading (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/olfactory-research-notes-sensory-literacies-and-childrens-reading-tickets-1986361038337?lid=zj5izzdshlrl \n– \n\n\nResearcher Radel James Gacumo joins the IAO to share his research into early childhood literacy and sensory studies. Online. \n\n\n\n\nThis talk explores how sensory literacies can deepen our understanding of children’s engagement with reading. Drawing on his doctoral research\, Radel James Gacumo discusses how multisensory and multimodal texts\, including olfaction-enhanced digital books\, shape children’s embodied participation\, meaning-making\, and affective responses in early literacy contexts. The session highlights how sensory experiences can support more inclusive and responsive reading environments and invites educators and researchers to rethink reading as a multisensory\, relational practice. \nThis presentation will be followed by a question and answer session with attendees. \n\n\n\n\nTakeaways and Learning Points: \n\n️Multisensory practices for child educators\nStrategies for reading engagement\nIntroduction to multisensory and multimodal texts and their use\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT RADEL JAMES GACUMO \nRadel James Gacumo is a researcher in early childhood literacy and sensory studies based at the University of Stavanger\, Norway. His work examines how multisensory and multimodal texts shape young children’s engagement\, meaning-making\, and experiences of inclusion. He develops Critical Sensory Multimodal Literacy\, a framework that brings together sensory studies\, multimodality\, and critical literacy to understand reading as an embodied and socially situated practice. His research spans sensory literacies\, children’s literature\, and olfaction-enhanced reading in early education. \n\n\n\n\nABOUT OLFACTORY RESEARCH NOTES \nOlfactory Research Notes is a lecture series presented by the Institute for Art and Olfaction that highlights important research done in the field of olfaction\, directly from the scientists\, researchers\, academics\, and artists who do it. \n\n\n\n\nATTENDANCE AND REFUND POLICY \nThis is an online class that will take place on Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent by email approximately 24 hours before the class. Lest this email end up in your spam folder\, please be sure to add hello@artandolfaction.com and noreply@order.eventbrite.com to your address book. \n+ Learn more about how we teach and our community guidelines here: https://artandolfaction.com/newcomers/. \n+ We will upload the class recording after the end of the session\, and share it for 14 days with attendees. This video is view-only\, and expires at the end of the 14 day window. \n+ Unfortunately\, we cannot offer refunds or credit for this class. Note also that event tickets are non-transferable. \nImage credits: Pexels\, Radel James Gacumo.
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/olfactory-research-notes-sensory-literacies-and-childrens-reading-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260609T100000
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SUMMARY:Experimental Scent Summit
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-7th-experimental-scent-summit-tickets-1986286848433?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true \n– \nThe 7th edition of Experimental Scent Summit takes place June 9\, 2026\, at ImpactHub in Athens\, Greece. \nPresented as part of an ongoing collaboration between Los Angeles-based The Institute for Art and Olfaction and Barcelona and Berlin-based Smell Lab\, the Experimental Scent Summit is an annual gathering where invited speakers share research and ideas in an informal\, friendly setting.
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/experimental-scent-summit/
LOCATION:ImpactHub Athens\, Karaiskaki 28\, Athens\, 105 54\, Greece
CATEGORIES:In Person Event,Social
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SUMMARY:12th Art and Olfaction Awards
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986287195471?aff=oddtdtcreator \n– \nWe are thrilled to celebrate the twelfth edition of the Art and Olfaction Awards at Gazarte Cultural Center\, in Athens\, Greece. Join us to honor the finalists and winners\, with fellow perfume lovers from around the world.
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/12th-art-and-olfaction-awards/
LOCATION:Gazarte Cultural Center\, 32-34 Voutadon Str.\, Athens\, Gazi Kerameikos\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Art and Olfaction Awards,In Person Event
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SUMMARY:The Art and Craft of Perfumery:  History\, Extraction\, and Formulation Intensive
DESCRIPTION:Learn more: https://www.bravanariz.com/en/product/the-art-craft-of-perfumery-14-06-26-20-06-26-7-days/ \nSadly\, this event is sold out. \n— \nPerfumery is a complex practice. For this reason\, it is often presented and taught in the context of oppositions: natural versus synthetic\, historic versus contemporary. These dualities present a divisive approach to perfumery\, which serves only to fracture and limit the potential of the practice. \nMas Flaquer is a regenerative farm outside Barcelona which serves as the headquarters for Spanish perfume brand Bravanariz\, It is here that Ernesto Collado\, Spyros Drosopoulos and Saskia Wilson-Brown combine their areas of expertise to present a six day perfume intensive that approaches the practice with a holistic and inclusive lens. \nThrough a combination of field work\, hands-on blending time\, and lectures\, this intensive will highlight the connections between diverse ways of working: It will focus on how to interrelate natural sourcing and extraction strategies\, modern chemistry\, technical perfumery\, and experimentation. In this way\, this intensive will provide participants with an expansive understanding of all the possibilities for their craft\, and a fuller appreciation of what is possible with scent. \nNOTE: This class is administered by Mas Flaquer\, in Spain\, not the IAO. \n 
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/the-art-and-craft-of-perfumery-history-extraction-and-formulation-intensive/
LOCATION:Mas Flaquer\, 17708 Cantallops\, Girona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Sorry, this event is sold out.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260616T100000
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SUMMARY:Tracing Perfume: Aquatic/Marine (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tracing-perfume-aquaticmarine-online-tickets-1986274546638?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true \n– \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDana El Masri explores the history of fine fragrance through a series of classes that cover the genealogy of scent. How did aromatic materials influence perfumery? How did perfumers draw from the same source to produce such diverse expressions? Each class in this series explores the most important perfumes in 20th and 21st perfumery from the perspective of the materials that inform them. \nIn this class\, Dana covers perfumes highlighting aquatic and marine materials. She will explore the material provenance\, aromatic aspects\, and notable perfumes that make use of these aquatic and marine notes in various ways. Then\, as a group\, the class will discuss a series of notes and perfumes that elucidate the category. \n\n\n\n\nTopics covered: \nHistory and cultural impact of perfume materials\nTechnical information about perfume materials\nOverview of these materials in classic\, contemporary\, mass market\, and niche perfumes \n 
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/tracing-perfume-aquatic-marine-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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SUMMARY:Olfaction Beyond Gravity: Human Scent Experience in Space
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/olfaction-beyond-gravity-human-scent-experience-in-space-tickets-1988011607233?aff=oddtdtcreator \n– \nDr Caroline McMillan joins the IAO to share her research into human scent experience in space in the latest talk in the IAO’s Olfactory Research Notes series. \nOn Earth\,scent molecules disperse primarily through rising air and diffusion. In microgravity\, olfaction changes dramatically. Without aggressive ventilation\, air pockets stagnate\, odours linger\, and bodily fluids migrate toward the nasal cavity\, congesting the passages and dulling the sense of smell. The result is sensory monotony\, olfactory fatigue\, and altered perception. Additionally\, astronauts navigate unavoidable\, intimate realities in confined\, shared spaces. These circumstances create persistent atmosphereswith no fresh air or open windows\, and are often marked by avoidance or taboo. \nOlfactory cues bespeak identity and anchor well-being. So how do we create meaningful olfactory experiences in orbitwhen our understanding of smell is profoundly altered\, both physically and perceptually? \nDrawing on astronaut accounts and research from the commercial space industry\, this presentation explores scent as an untapped dimension of spatial design. Smell offers subtle\, temporal\, functional layers that ease discomfort\, support mental health\, and social cohesion in high-performance environments.
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/olfaction-beyond-gravity-human-scent-experience-in-space/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260715T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Tijuana:20260715T180000
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SUMMARY:Hsuan L. Hsu and Olfactory Worldmaking (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hsuan-l-hsu-and-olfactory-worldmaking-online-tickets-1986805424508?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true \n– \n\n\nHsuan L. Hsu shares his research into how smell reshapes human connections\, and resists racial and colonial capitalist systems. \n\n\n\n\nSmell is a vital\, if underappreciated\, medium through which we inhabit and imagine the world. In his new book Olfactory Worldmaking\, Hsuan L. Hsu traces how olfactory experience communicates across visceral\, material\, and affective registers to offer new ways of relating\, which challenge the extractive logics of racial and colonial capitalism. Blending environmental humanities\, sensory studies\, and critical ethnic studies\, the book highlights how scent animates suppressed histories and marginalized memories. \nHsu theorizes olfaction as a speculative\, reparative practice. Examining projects from historical novels\, memoirs\, and speculative fiction to conceptual art and experimental perfumes\, he reveals how these works mobilize scent to imagine alternative ways of sensing\, relating\, and creating more equitably livable worlds. \nLearn more about ‘Olfactory Worldmaking’\, here \n  \n\n\n\n\nABOUT HSUAN L. HSU \nHsuan L. Hsu is professor of English at the University of California\, Davis. He is author of Geography and the Production of Space in Nineteenth-Century American Literature; Sitting in Darkness: Mark Twain’s Asia and Comparative Racialization; The Smell of Risk: Environmental Disparities and Olfactory Aesthetics; and Air Conditioning. \n\n\n\n\nABOUT OLFACTORY RESEARCH NOTES \nOlfactory Research Notes is a lecture series presented by the Institute for Art and Olfaction that highlights important research done in the field of olfaction\, directly from the scientists\, researchers\, academics\, and artists who do it.
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/hsuan-l-hsu-and-olfactory-worldmaking-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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