Perfume Education and Experimentation
Our longest-running program, open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent - with hands-on blending time!
An open lab for advanced beginner and intermediate perfumers. Bring your own materials or use ours, and blend with new friends.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of ambergris.
For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present 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!
Get your practice started on the right foot, as perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches the basics of setting up and working in your independent perfume laboratory.
Perfumer and incense-maker Persephenie introduces nerikoh and its history and use, in a hands-on incense-making workshop at the IAO.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of two jasmine accords.
Talisman: Meditations is an exhibition that consists of paintings, a video, and a sculptural altar that includes perfume, incense, and talismans made from herbs. At IAO Gallery.
Atlas Obscura and the IAO return for an updated collaboration in 2024, teaching about the magical, lovely world of experimental perfumery. An information-rich, humor-laced crash course in the practice, over three online classes.
A special perfume-making session celebrating the start of spring, for beginners new to the art and craft of making perfume.
A special perfume-making session celebrating the start of spring, for beginners new to the art and craft of making perfume.
Neuroscientist Anna D'Errico lectures on the neuroscience behind scent and language in an online lecture.
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches technical perfume composition with an exploration of a rose accord.
Dr. Sandeepa Dey explains her research into the biology of taste and smell perception in a new series we're calling Olfactory Research Notes.
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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