Perfume Education and Experimentation
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
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 long-lasting citrus accord.
Dublab, Bighouse and the IAO host a multi-sensory experience celebrating the release of Nose Music at Sound and Vision (the Row in Downtown Los Angeles).
In this 3-part course with Atlas Obscura, Saskia Wilson-Brown leads an information-rich introduction to the practice of experimental perfumery.
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 hybrid video and live Q+A covering the crucial first steps of setting up and working in a perfume lab and making perfume compositions.
Join us as we celebrate the public launch of the IAO Library, with readings, door prizes, all the books you can dream of, the finalists and winners of the Art and Olfaction Awards, and more.
Want to understand and appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? Minetta Rogers is here to help in a hands- and noses-on introductory workshop!
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 session.
Charles Rosenberg presents historical and modern books from the IAO library, selected to elucidate a taxonomy of perfume knowledge.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of marine accords.
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.
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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