Perfume Education and Experimentation
Want to understand and appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? We're here to help in a hands- and noses-on introductory workshop!
Egyptologist Dora Goldsmith joins the IAO for the latest talk in the IAO's Olfactory Research Notes series, sharing her research on perfume cones in ancient Egypt.
Join Minetta Rogers for a guided blending session celebrating the agrestic and equine through the art and craft of making perfume. Beginners-friendly, in person.
Saskia Wilson-Brown leads a class covering scent creation and formula expansion: Let's make ourselves a new perfume, Roman-style.
Minetta Rogers presents a smelling session that explores the IAO Library's collection of perfume box sets. In person.
Join us for open purchasing hours at the IAO! The public is invited to peruse our Student Organ and purchase small vials of aromatic materials, along with books and more.
Interested in working with scent as a perfumer, artist or casual fan? Learn how in this hands- and noses-on introductory blending class.
Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. Returning students only.
Want to understand and appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? We're here to help in a hands- and noses-on introductory workshop!
In 'Praying to the Gods' at IAO Gallery, artist Persephenie brings together plants, scent, incense, and self-portraiture to explore reverence through the body.
Perfumer Dana El Masri explores ambery and balsamic materials in perfumery, focuscing on beeswax, cistus-labdanum, and vanilla.
Learn how to create perfume at the IAO’s open sessions: Learn by doing, and make new friends along the way!
Join us for the very first open purchasing hours at the IAO! The public is invited to peruse our Student Organ and purchase small vials of aromatic materials, along with books and more.
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.
Want to understand and appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? We're here to help in a hands- and noses-on introductory workshop!
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