Saskia Wilson-Brown covers best lab practices: how to make a solution, how to use a scale, how to store materials, safety, and more.
Lab work for artisan perfumers – and those who hope to be (in person)
Opening: ‘Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination’
Join us for the opening of Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination, a PST ART exhibition in collaboration with JPL. At Brand Library and Art Center, in Glendale.
Obsolete Technology: Vinaigres (in person)
Rooted in texts from the IAO Library, this series explores historic techniques no longer in common usage and historic formulas. Class one explores ‘vinaigres de toilette’ – or cosmetic vinegara.
Open Sessions: First Timers Only, April (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!
Field Notes from Virginia: The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
IAO Board Member Rubia Chaudri and director Saskia Wilson-Brown recently visited Alexandria, Virginia, and went on a tour of a beautiful (and definitely haunted) historic apothecary. In this post, Saskia shares what they learned during their tour of the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum.
Our very first video
Back in 2012, we recorded our very first video: a wide-eyed plea for help to launch the IAO. We recently found it in our old hard drives, and share it here, with you!
WPC TALK
In June 2018, IAO founder Saskia Wilson-Brown gave a talk at the World Perfumery Congress about a new initiative exploring alternatives for current IP structures as they relate to historic and independent perfumery. Here are the slides and Saskia’s presenter notes, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License