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SUMMARY:'Demo Accords': Author Reading and Chat with Pia Long (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demo-accords-author-reading-and-chat-with-pia-long-online-tickets-1761739362859?aff=oddtdtcreator \n– \nJoin us as we welcome perfumer and writer Pia Long for a discussion about her new book\, DEMO ACCORDS. Attendance for this online event is by donation through Eventbrite. \nDEMO ACCORDS is an interdisciplinary art project combining nine essays\, one short story and ten fully published perfume formulas with original illustrations into a multlayered narratve. A “demo accord” is fragrance industry speak for an open formula shown at trade shows in order to demonstrate a new perfumery ingredient or technique. A demonstration in political context is a protest. \nIn this work perfumer and author Pia Long explores the intersection between her two lifelong loves: writing and perfumery. Part manifesto\, part polemic\, part protest\, part autobiography\, the common thread is radical vulnerability of the perfumer’s art\, practice and personal views. \nInterrogating some fundamental questions about who perfumery belongs to and creating a parallel platform without a brand or a commercial consumer product\, Demo Accords aims to exist for its own sake as a project that uses perfumery as an artistic storytelling device. \nIf the book is a script\, then the formulas are sheet music\, and the actual resulting liquid is therefore the orchestra playing. It is not necessary or compulsory to buy the liquid perfume sample kit to go with the book but it will help everyone hear the music. \nThe book has significant contributions from Nick Gilbert who wrote the scent descriptions and notes lists\, as though for a protest perfume brand. Featuring original illustrations from multiple artists and a full colour cover by a Brighton street artist\, Demo Accords is more than the sum of its parts. \nLearn more about DEMO ACCORDS and order.
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/demo-accords-author-reading-and-chat-with-pia-long-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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SUMMARY:Eleven Week Perfume Materials Course - Module 3 (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eleven-week-perfume-materials-course-module-3-tickets-1963479904249?aff=oddtdtcreator \n– \n\nAshley Eden Kessler leads an eleven week session exploring crucial materials in the perfumers’ organ. Online.\n\n\n\nPerfumer Ashley Eden Kessler leads an online eleven week course exploring the crucial materials in the perfumers’ organ—an indispensable first step in learning perfumery\, and an opportunity to grow a technical familiarity with the materials. \nRegistration includes a Materials Kit (55 materials\, scent strips) \n  \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THIS MATERIALS COURSE \nThis is Module 3 of a total of three modules. These modules are not consecutive: any student can start at any module (though modules one and two cover more commonly used materials). This module is appropriate for beginners and intermediate perfumers alike. \nIn each 2-hour online session\, Ashley will lead attendees in smelling and discussing five crucial perfume materials of natural and synthetic origin. Over the eleven total sessions offered in this course\, the group will systematically go through the course material\, category by category. We thoughtfully explore the function\, aesthetics and technicalities of each material in the context of other aromatics from its fragrance family. \nEach session focuses on our unique experience with the materials. By sharing these experiences\, we work towards developing a language\, both personal and communal\, for our experience of scent. Through this course\, participants will gain fluency in the most important molecules of modern perfumery. Growing a familiarity with the materials is\, after all\, a crucial first step in practicing perfumery. \nThere is a lot to gain from this slow-paced work. For newcomers to fragrance\, this intimate knowledge of the materials is indispensable\, offering a grounding and deeply enriching practice that brings us into the present and connects us more deeply to our lived experience—and our creativity. For more experienced perfumers\, the class presents an opportunity to enrich the process and technical knowledge necessary to mastery. \n  \n\n\n\n\nSESSION BREAKDOWN: MODULE 3 (Mondays\, 10 am – 12 pm) \nMon. Jan 26: Meet and Greet\, Course Review \nMon. Feb 2: Week 1 Powdery Synthetic \nMon. Feb 9: Week 2 Powdery\, Balsamic\, Misc. Natural \nMon. Feb 16: Week 3 Musk Synthetic \nMon. Feb 23: Week 4 Animalic Natural\, Animalic Synthetic \nMon. Mar 2: Week 5 Anisic Synthetic \nMon. Mar 9: Week 6 Anisic Natural \nMon. Mar 16: Week 7 Vanilla Synthetic\, Balsamic Synthetic \nMon. Mar 23: Week 8 Balsamic Natural \nMon. Mar 30: Week 9 Minty Synthetic\, Minty Natural \nMon. Apr 6: Week 10 Aromatic Synthetic\, Aromatic Natural \nMon. Apr 13: Week 11 Aromatic Natural
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/eleven-week-perfume-materials-course-module-3-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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SUMMARY:Tracing Perfume: A Genealogy of Green Woods & Resins (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tracing-perfume-a-genealogy-of-green-woods-resins-online-tickets-1977675046301?aff=oddtdtcreator \n– \n\n\nDana El Masri explores the history of fine fragrance through a series of classes that cover the genealogy of scent. How did aromatic materials influence perfumery? How did perfumers draw from the same source to produce such diverse expressions? Each class in this series explores the most important perfumes in 20th and 21st perfumery from the perspective of the materials that inform them. \nIn this class\, Dana covers perfumes highlighting all green materials\, focusing on green woods and resins\, with special attention to cypress\, pine\, fir balsam\, galbanum\, cassis\, and more. She will explore the material provenance\, aromatic aspects\, and notable perfumes that make use of these green notes in various ways. Then\, as a group\, the class will discuss a series of notes and perfumes that elucidate the category. \n\n\n\n\nTopics covered:\n– History and cultural impact of perfume materials\n– Technical information about perfume materials\n– Overview of these materials in classic\, contemporary\, mass market\, and niche perfumes \n– \n\nImage credit: Photo by Bart on Unsplash
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/tracing-perfume-a-genealogy-of-green-woods-resins-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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SUMMARY:Pipe Tobacco: Perfume Accords (online)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pipe-tobacco-perfume-accords-online-tickets-1963605799806?aff=oddtdtcreator \n– \nExplore fragrance categories through specific classes designed by The Institute for Art and Olfaction to help new perfumers gain sensory understanding and technical perfumery skills. \nIn the latest of her accords classes\, Ashley leads an investigation into a dry\, rich\, woody pipe tobacco perfume accord. Learning how to assemble perfume accords leads to a greater adeptness at blending\, and well-trained noses. Learn how to construct accords as you explore the individual aromatic components of these perfume accords. \nMaterials Needed/Pre-Class Homework:\nWe will send you a master document containing the materials list and formulation exercises upon signup via the confirmation email from Eventbrite. Please purchase these materials before attending class. The estimated cost of the perfume materials is $91\, not including any labware you may need to purchase. The formulation exercises must be accomplished before the class meets. \n– \nPhoto by Mehdi Imani on Unsplash
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/pipe-tobacco-perfume-accords-online/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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SUMMARY:The Sacred Wood: An Olfactory Journey Through Aloeswood (in person)
DESCRIPTION:Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sacred-wood-an-olfactory-journey-through-aloeswood-in-person-tickets-1978743373697?aff=oddtdtcreator \n– \nFor over two thousand years\, aloeswood—known as oud\, agarwood\, gaharu\, jinkō—has been burned in Buddhist temples\, Sufi gatherings\, and traditional healing practices across Asia and the Middle East for centuries. This session offers direct encounter with one of the world’s rarest aromatic materials\, exploring its cultural histories\, spiritual significance\, and contemporary challenges. \nParticipants will experience carefully curated specimens including wild and cultivated woods\, oils\, incense materials\, and traditional burning implements. Through guided comparison and traditional burning demonstrations\, the session will trace how aloeswood has functioned as medicine\, meditation aid\, sacred offering\, and cultural medium across multiple wisdom traditions. \nWhat Participants Will Experience: \n– Olfactory exploration of wild and cultivated aloeswood from different regions\, understanding grades\, origins\, and processing methods\n– Traditional burning techniques using authentic implements\, discovering how heat and preparation transform raw material into experience\n– Cultural and historical context tracing aloeswood’s role in Buddhist\, Islamic\, and medical traditions from the Silk Road to contemporary perfumery\n– Contemporary realities including sustainability\, authentication\, and the tension between traditional use and luxury markets
URL:https://artandolfaction.com/events/the-sacred-wood-an-olfactory-journey-through-aloeswood-in-person/
LOCATION:The Institute for Art and Olfaction\, 932 Chung King Rd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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