Perfume Education and Experimentation
J. W. Dotson presents a scent-enlivened lecture exploring the Victorian obsession with exotic botany as it devolved into fears of tropical madness and revengeful flora. In person at IAO.
Spyros Drosopoulos and the IAO team up for the latest of our popular perfume intensives, taking place in France's beautiful Loire Valley. In person.
Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.
Perfumer Lakenda Wallace explores the technicalities of creating tinctures and absolutes for perfumery, in an online class.
Interested in working with scent? Learn the basics of blending, in this hands-on introductory perfumery class led by Minetta Rogers. In person.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an oud perfume accord. This is a 3 hour class.
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! In person at IAO.
Have you always wanted to visit the IAO, but the happenstance somehow never worked out? Good news: We are pleased to announce regular open hours on Fridays (and some Saturdays)! Join us.
Perfumer Dana El Masri explores the genealogy of spicy materials in fine fragrance — including cinnamon, clove, cardamom, black pepper and pink pepper. In person at IAO.
Daniel Krasofski presents an analytical perfume-evaluation class exploring unusual materials and strange scents from the IAO collections. In person.
Want to understand and appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? Julianne Lee is here to help in a hands- and noses-on introductory workshop! In person at IAO.
Jeffrey Paul introduces natural perfumery, with a focus on aromatic materials and the fougère. This class will focus on smelling and blending, all levels welcome. In person.
Have you always wanted to visit the IAO, but the happenstance somehow never worked out? Good news: We are pleased to announce regular open hours on Fridays (and some Saturdays). Join us!
Want to understand and appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? Julianne Lee is here to help in a hands- and noses-on introductory workshop! In person at IAO.
Researcher Sean Coughlin joins the IAO to discuss attitudes towards ancient perfumery in the Greek world. Online.
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