Gallery and Library Hours at IAO
Visit IAO Library and Gallery during our winter open hours. We can't wait to meet you!
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Balancing Act: Perfume + Proportion – Base Notes (In Person)
The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDanial Krasofski presents an interpretive class that explores the Jean Carles approach to form and perfume composition.
$100.00
“Eau de cookie dough”: Reading + Talk with R. Claire Bunschoten
On ZoomDr. Claire Bunschoten explores concepts of longing that often circulate with gourmand fragrances, tracing the negotiation of nostalgia from the emergence of this fragrance family to odes composed to Bath and Body Works’ Warm Vanilla Sugar.
By donation
Experimental Perfumery with Atlas Obscura (online)
On ZoomIn this 3-part course with Atlas Obscura, Saskia Wilson-Brown leads an information-rich introduction to the practice of experimental perfumery.
$215.00
Smelling the Odor Wheel (in person)
The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesTrain your nose by smelling important fragrance materials in different scent families in this in person introduction to perfume materials, led by Julianne Lee.
$60.54
Gallery and Library Hours at IAO
Visit IAO Library and Gallery during our winter open hours. We can't wait to meet you!
IAO Library Smelling Session: Perfume Box Sets (in person)
The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIAO Library curator Charles Rosenberg presents a smelling session, exploring perfume kits at the IAO library. This in person benefits the IAO Library and its related programs.
$30.00
Perfume Accords: Incense, Old Church (online)
On ZoomIn this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of an dusty, echoey, resinous old church incense accord.
$75.00
Gallery and Library Hours at IAO
Visit IAO Library and Gallery during our winter open hours. We can't wait to meet you!
Holiday Closure
The IAO team is taking the end of the year to reflect, relax, and make plans. See you in January!
Perfume Intensive: Expansion Course (online)
On ZoomSpyros Drosopoulos returns to the IAO community with a two-session expansion course, for previous attendees of his intensives. Meets over Zoom, on 01/07 and 01/21.
$425.00
Perfumery Intensive with Spyros Drosopoulos (in person) – sold out
The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIn the latest perfumery intensive, Spyros Drosopoulos offers a comprehensive introduction to perfumery: the materials, formulating, and – of course – all the materials and tips an independent perfumer could ask for.
Perfume Intensive: Expansion Course (online)
On ZoomSpyros Drosopoulos returns to the IAO community with a two-session expansion course, for previous attendees of his intensives. Meets over Zoom, on 01/07 and 01/21.
$425.00
Scent Week Los Angeles
Scent Week Los Angeles returns for its second edition, over a glorious week at the end of May. More information to come!
The 11th Art and Olfaction Awards
Cicada Club 617 S Olive St., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSave the date! The 11th Art and Olfaction Awards will take place on May 29, returning to Cicada Club in downtown Los Angeles.
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