Technical Perfumery

These scent and perfumery-related talks and classes can be taken at will, for all levels of engagement or practice, presented by The Institute for Art and Olfaction. Online or in-person.

Join us for hands-on perfume blending! Learn principles of scent making and take home a small spray vial of your own creation.

Join us in person at The Institute for Art and Olfaction for hands- and noses-on workshops, gallery openings, and more!

Join the IAO team for noses-on smelling sessions of aromatic materials, fine fragrances, and more! Inn person at the Institute for Art and Olfaction.

Olfactory Research Notes is a lecture series presented by the Institute for Art and Olfaction that highlights important research done in the field of olfaction, directly from the scientists, researchers, academics, and artists who do it.

Learn how to assemble perfume accords and gain a greater adeptness at blending and a well-trained nose. Perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler leads workshops reconstructing important scents for use in fine fragrance. Online only.

Dana El Masri explores the history of fine fragrance through a series of classes that cover the genealogy of scent. Each class in this series explores important perfumes in 20th/21st perfumery from the perspective of the materials that inform them.