Perfume Education and Experimentation
Charles Rosenberg presents a smelling session of perfume box sets from our library. In person.
J. W. Dotson presents an esoteric fragrance lecture exploring night-blooming flowers, accompanied by a smelling session. In person.
A special blending session celebrating boozy and woody scents, for beginners new to 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.
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of a delicate lily of the valley accord.
Charles Rosenberg presents a smelling session of fine fragrances keyed to the Viscose Journal 07 on scent.
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!
Minetta Rogers leads a hands- and noses-on perfume class exploring a historical formula reconstructing the scent of honeysuckle. In person.
This exhibition aims to showcase perfume formulas as cultural and aesthetic artifacts. Join us for an exhibition walk-through and talk led by co-curators Professor Urs Stäheli and IAO founder Saskia Wilson-Brown.
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
Ashley Eden Kessler leads an eleven week session exploring crucial materials in the perfumers' organ.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches technical perfume composition with an exploration of a silky tuberose accord.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches technical perfume composition with an exploration of a crisp, green fig accord.
Scent Week Los Angeles returns for its second edition, over a glorious week at the end of May. More information to come!
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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