HANDS-ON COURSE IN PERSON AT OUR LOS ANGELES STUDIO
Times: TEN Study Days 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, Tuesday - Saturday
Full Tuition: $2,900.00 // Deposit: $580.00
10 in person study days, Tuesday through Saturday.
The Perfumer's Studio is the only place in the US where the complete Art and Technology of Perfumery Professional Level Course is currently being offered.
Developed over the past 20 years by perfumer Stephen V. Dowthwaite, this multimedia, hands-on perfumery intensive (10 study days, Tuesday to Saturday) employs interactive, project-based training that builds on the Art and Technology of Perfumery Foundation Plus Workshop to teach perfumery.
Recognized as the world's premier short-form perfumery course, participants have access to more than 800 raw materials and bases, and a revolutionary method of training that alternates theoretical instruction with practical workshop sessions. The sessions are focused on your personal projects, that you follow through from inception to final presentation (optional) at the end of the course.
Professional Level course objectives include: understanding the majority of perfumery jargon; an awareness of major legislation, safety, and stability affecting perfumery; independent creation of a range of perfumes in ALL major perfume families; modification of creations for odor, cost, and product applications; the ability to decipher perfume inquiries systematically and successfully; adding your own objectives and goals.
Please Note: Completion of the Art and Technology of Perfumery Foundation Plus Workshop is a pre-requisite for the two-week Professional Level Workshops/Master Classes.
Students are required to attend all days of any course. If you are unable to commit to the full schedule at this time, please make plans to attend a future course.
Classes run from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, with lunch breaks. Typically, the mornings focus on theory, while the afternoons are spent putting the theory into practice. You will be blending fragrances from the first day.
Section 1:
Advanced smelling techniques
Smelling from different substrates
Advanced odor classification
Section 2:
Developing your own product line concept
Creating your own product line
Section 3-5:
Creation of all major single florals using synthetics and naturals
How to create new or unknown florals
The secrets of creating accords quickly
Creating floral bouquets
Section 6-8:
Creating examples of all modern fragrance groups — Aldehydic, Fougere, Chypre, Oriental, Gourmand, etc.
Modifying these quickly to transform them into new perfumes
SECTION 9:
Reverse smelling techniques
Decoding a perfume
SECTION 10:
Safety and legislation considerations
IFRA, EU and other regulatory bodies
Preparing shipping documents
SECTION 11:
Commercial aspects of your product
Costing your product
SECTION 12:
How to modify a fragrance for different product applications
Testing your perfume in product
SECTION 13:
Reading and understanding a GC/MS report
Interpreting a GC/MS report
How to use the GC/MS report to reproduce a perfume
How to modify a formula based on a GC/MS report
SECTION 14:
Presenting your product line
Launch
The Highest Technique