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New Year, New Perfume (in person)
Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-year-new-perfume-in-person-tickets-1978976230177?aff=oddtdtcreator
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IAO founder Saskia Wilson-Brown leads attendees through the basics of perfume composition, with a very simple goal in mind: To make a new perfume for yourself, for the new year!
The class will begin with a quick primer on aromatic materials, as we smell a curated selection of materials that we will work with.The second portion of the class will consist of making: Each participant will be invited to work with the curated materials to create an original composition, which they will expand on site and decant into a 30ml bottle: A shiny new perfume for a shiny new year.
Important notes to manage our expectations:
The instructor will be on hand to help you create your own blend, working with the range of pre-selected materials. If you have a special reques for a material, please email us before class, but note that we may not have the material in stock. Note that it is always a possibility that you will not love what you have created! However, you will have the formula and, most importantly, the knowledge you need to tweak it, on your own, down the line.
Topics covered:
+ An overview of perfume creation, and aromatic materials.
+ Smelling and discussing a curated selection of perfume materials, chosen by the instructor.
+ Writing a formula.
+ Compounding a perfume oil at 100%, putting it in solution, and decanting.
Take-Aways:
+ Participants will leave with a knowledge of the basics of perfume blending
+ Participants will leave with their formula
+ Participants will leave with a 30ml bottles of their final scent, at 10% solution.
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