Egyptologist Dora Goldsmith joins the IAO to share her research into the perfumes of queens in ancient Egypt. Online.
Olfactory Research Notes: Queens and Perfumes in Ancient Egypt with Dora Goldsmith (online)
Springtime Smells: Perfume-Making Workshop (in person)
A session welcoming spring through the art and craft of making perfume, with an emphasis on the smells of renewal, birth, and growing things. Beginners-friendly, in person.
Springtime Smells: Perfume-Making Workshop (in person)
A session welcoming spring through the art and craft of making perfume, with an emphasis on the smells of renewal, birth, and growing things. Beginners-friendly, in person.
Introduction to Perfume Blending: Structured
Interested in working with scent as a perfumer, artist or casual fan? Learn how in this hands- and noses-on introductory blending class.
Tinctures and Tincturing for Perfumers, with Lakenda Wallace (online)
Perfumer Lakenda Wallace explores the technicalities of creating tinctures and absolutes for perfumery, in an online class.
Experimental Scent Summit: Talk proposals due
Submissions for the 7th Experimental Scent Summit, taking place on June 9 in Athens, are due by March 15, 11:59pm Pacific Time (GMT-8). Send in your talk proposal!
Scent in Culture: Power @ PRS Library (in person)
Saskia Wilson-Brown presents a smell-enlivened lecture series demonstrating perfumery’s impact on creative and cultural expression, at Philosophical Research Society. In this talk, we explore how humans have used scent to understand and express power.
Scent in Culture: Magic and the Supernatural @ PRS Library (in person)
Saskia Wilson-Brown presents a smell-enlivened lecture series demonstrating perfumery’s impact on creative and cultural expression, at Philosophical Research Society. In this talk, we explore how humans have used scent to understand magic and the supernatural.
Lily of the Valley: Perfume Accords (online)
In this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with a lovely lily of the valley (muguet) perfume accord.