About this Event
Perfumer Julianne Lee leads a course exploring important green and spicy materials in the perfumers' organ. An indispensable first step in practicing perfumery, these sessions will enhance your olfactory fluency as you grow a technical familiarity with the materials.
The Materials Course series is a systematic, in-depth study of the materials organ - category by category. It has been offered online as the "Eleven Week Materials Course," and is now available in-person at the Institute for Art and Olfaction.
Here, over three Tuesday sessions, we will be exploring the Aldehydic Synthetic, Fresh Synthetic, Floral Synthetic, and Honey Synthetic categories of the perfume materials organ, with students taking home small vials of the materials for future research and olfactory training.
Julianne will lead the class in smelling and discussing five crucial materials in each 2-hour, in-person session. Together, we will engage in an organoleptic evaluation of each material, noting its function, aesthetics and technicalities in its fragrance family.
Participants will leave with a fluency in the most important molecules of modern perfumery.
For beginners, this class presents an indispensable first step in practicing perfumery: growing your familiarity with the materials. For more experienced perfumers, the class presents an opportunity to enrich your process and technical abilities.
This ticket applies to in-person attendance across three (3) Tuesday afternoons: September 3, 10, and 17, 2024 from 5:30-7:00 PM PST. These classes cover part 1B of the Materials Module series, which are also offered online. There are three (3) modules total in the series, which we have subdivided for courses taken in-person at The Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles.
These modules are not consecutive: any student can start at any module (though modules 1 and 2 cover more commonly used materials). Beginners are welcome!
SESSION BREAKDOWN: MODULE 1B
- Tues., September 3: Aldehydic Synthetic
- Tues., September 10: Fresh Synthetic
- Tues., September 17: Floral and Honey Synthetic
TAKEAWAYS:
- Technical knowledge about the molecular components of the studied material
- Knowledge of aromatic materials' origins and use in fine perfumery
- A greater familiarity with aromatic materials and fragrance families
- Proficiency with organoleptic evaluation
- Weekly sets of small dram vials of the materials discussed in-class for future training.
DETAILS
- Dates: Tuesdays, September 3, 10, 17
- Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM PDT
- Location: The Institute for Art and Olfaction, 932 Chung King Road
Learn about our materials course modules here. We also offer an online 11 week course which runs parallel to the in-person course.
Location: We are located in Los Angeles’ historic Chinatown neighborhood, on a pedestrian street that also hosts galleries, souvenir shops, production companies, design studios, and two very cool parrots. The IAO is wheelchair accessible.
Street Address: 932 Chung King Road Los Angeles CA. 90012 (213) 616-1744 [email protected]
To find us: Chung King Road is a pedestrian-only road that runs parallel to Hill Street, between Hill St and Yale St. See more information here: http://artandolfaction.com/visit
Attendance and Cancellation Policy: Please note that you must reserve your space in advance. If you just show up without reserving a spot, there is no guarantee we will be able to accommodate you.
When we host a class or workshop, we often order the materials to be used in the class well in advance, based on how many people have signed up (and padding a bit for safety). We also use class proceeds to pay our teachers. Although we realize that life has a funny way of getting in the way of the best laid plans, as a small non-profit we cannot afford to carry the burden of lost proceeds and materials.
- Cancellation with refund or credit requests made 2 weeks or more (14 days) before the scheduled session will be honored with gusto! We’ll miss you, but will 100% refund your spot, or give you credit for another class.
– Refunds or class credits requested less than 14 days before the scheduled sessipn: We will refund you 50% of your class fee. Why? Because we’ve already ordered the materials. Refunds or class credits requested less than 48 hours before the class, on the day of the class or after the class has happened will not be granted. The exception to this, of course, is if you have been exposed to Covid-19, or are feeling symptoms yourself.
- Cancellations or refund requests must be made by email or via the Eventbrite 'request refund' option.
Note also that event tickets are non-transferable. Thank you for understanding!
Image credits: The Institute for Art and Olfaction.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Institute for Art and Olfaction, 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, United States
USD 280.00