About the Workshop
The Art and Technology of Perfumery Foundation Plus Workshop is not for the faint of heart. Short and very intensive, participants are likely to learn more in a few days than if they had worked in a perfumery house for a year or more. The main subjects covered include: perfume creation, commercial perfumery, natural perfumery, aromatherapy, spa and lifestyle products.
Including daily theoretical training sessions followed by hands-on workshops, participants will have access to hundreds of commercially available perfumery materials including essential oils, absolutes, isolates, aroma chemicals and specialty key bases. Because these classes form a semi-private tuition format, personal objectives can be targeted very well during the training. The workshops are an ideal option for those who prefer personal training with a live instructor. The size of the groups is strictly limited, ensuring that each student's specific requirements can be met.
The workshop employs a unique, interactive, experiential method of training. Each subject is taken from the beginning to a very high level in easy to follow stages. No matter what your knowledge when you start - whether a complete novice or a PhD with 30 years of experience in the industry - you will progress exponentially.
Please Note: Completion of a Foundation Plus Workshop with PerfumersWorld is a pre-requisite for the two-week Professional Level Workshops/Master Classes.
The workshop covers:
- Commercial perfumery,
- Natural perfumery,
- Aromatherapy,
- Spa and lifestyle products.
Section 1:
- Safety First
- What is perfume?
- Perfume structure overview
- Odor classification
- Workshop: Making your first perfumes
Section 2:
- Aromatherapy - Theory and practice
- Aromachology - The psychology of smell
- Spa and lifestyle products
- Natural Perfumery
- Workshop: Making perfect natural blends
Section 3:
- Smelling techniques
- Synaesthesia - The secret language of smell
- Odor description
- The Perfumer's Workbook Software (included)
- Workshop: Developing a perfume using The Perfumer's Workbook
Section 4:
- Theories of why things have smells
- Making scents and sense of aroma chemical names
- Overview of natural perfumery materials
- Synthetic perfumery materials
- Workshop: Using natural and synthetic aroma materials
Section 5:
- Composing perfumes
- Creative techniques
- Formulating by function
- Overcoming creative blocks
- Workshop: Creating original perfumes
Section 6:
- Perfume applications
- Ingredients and formulating
- Perfume products in home and industry
- Solving problems with perfume in applications
- Workshop: Creating perfumes for products
Section 7:
- Storage of perfume and raw materials
- Quality Control methods
- Quality Assurance
- Safety Last
- The 'X' Factor
- Workshop: Putting it all together, Creating for projects
FREE: Workshop participants will receive a registered version of The Perfumer's Workbook - a powerful perfume-creation tool for Mac and Windows, exclusive to PerfumersWorld.
