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Open Sessions: Community (in person)

Open Sessions: Community (in person)

Learn how to create perfume at the IAO’s open sessions: Learn by doing, and make new friends along the way!

Open Session for Returning Students (in person)

Open Session for Returning Students (in person)

Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.

Open Session for Returning Students (in person)

Open Session for Returning Students (in person)

Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.

Open Sessions: First Timers Only (in person)

Open Sessions: First Timers Only (in person)

For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent – with hands-on blending time!

Open Sessions: First Timers Only (in person)

Open Sessions: First Timers Only (in person)

For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent – with hands-on blending time!

Open Session for Returning Students (in person)

Open Session for Returning Students (in person)

Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.

Open Sessions: First Timers Only (in person)

Open Sessions: First Timers Only (in person)

For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent – with hands-on blending time!

Open Sessions: First Timers Only (in person)

Open Sessions: First Timers Only (in person)

For first time visitors to the IAO, our open sessions present a guided introduction to working with scent – with hands-on blending time!

Open Session for Returning Students (in person)

Open Session for Returning Students (in person)

Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.

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