Rooted in texts from the IAO Library, this series explores historic techniques no longer in common usage and historic formulas. Class one explores vinegars.
Obsolete Technology: Vinegars (in person)
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!
Introduction to perfumery: small group blending (in person)
Smell important aromatics and make your first blends in an intimate and hands-on session led by IAO founder Saskia Wilson-Brown.
Lab Work + Blending Session (in person)
Learn to make your first blends, and get an important introduction to lab work (including using a scale) in a special in-person session led by Saskia Wilson-Brown.
Introduction to perfumery: small group blending (in person)
Smell important aromatics, learn to make your first blends, and get a primer on labwork in an intimate session led by Saskia Wilson-Brown.
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.
Osmocosm @ MIT (in person)
Join a host of speakers – including IAO’s Saskia Wilson-Brown – at Osmocosm conference at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
Experimental Applications with Scent: Foundations of Olfactory Art (online)
Saskia Wilson-Brown explores experimental practices with scent, with a class that shares technical foundations for new olfactory artists.
Making Scents: Experimental Perfumery with Atlas Obscura (online)
In this 3-part online seminar, join IAO’s Saskia Wilson-Brown to learn the basics of perfumery, delve into the history of the practice, explore aromatic materials, and create your first short perfume formulas. Class produced by Atlas Obscura, meets Mondays, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 18