Perfume Education and Experimentation
Get spooky on Halloween as IAO invites our returning students to explore, experiment, and create scents inspired by Nosferatu. Costumes encouraged!
An open lab for advanced beginner and intermediate perfumers. Bring your own materials or use ours, and blend with new friends.
Perfumer Michael Nordstrand covers creative development for perfumery with a deep dive into the creative brief over three online sessions.
Back by popular demand! Scent enthusiasts Jack and Natalie host a smell-led exploration of Los Angeles' spectacular Franklin Canyon Park.
Nuri McBride presents an overview of oud as an aromatic artefact existing within overlapping cultural sensoria. Part of the Scent and Society series, online.
Perfumer and writer Mandy Aftel joins IAO's Saskia Wilson-Brown for a discussion about her new book, The Museum of Scent.
In this 3-part online seminar, join IAO's Saskia Wilson-Brown to learn the basics of perfumery, delve into the history of the practice, explore aromatic materials, and create your first short perfume formulas. Class produced by Atlas Obscura, meets Nov. 7, Nov. 14, Nov. 21.
Want to understand and appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? We're here to help in a hands- and noses-on workshop for newcomers to the practice.
Our longest-running program, 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 rich, deep oud accord.
Saskia Wilson-Brown explores experimental practices with scent, with a class that shares technical foundations for new olfactory artists.
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!
Indulge in a bit of armchair travel as Perfume on the Radio visits Doha, in Qatar. This episode explores the culture and smells that a group of people encountered while on a trip to the country with the Qatar America Institute for Culture. There's incense, there's art, and, yes, there are cats.
A monthly open session for people with a 9-5 work schedule, that starts later and runs later. Join us for a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
Our longest-running program, open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
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