Workshop: Botanical Perfume Making
Plants have been used in many forms since antiquity in devotional rituals and celebrations, to fragrance the air, anoint, cleanse, heal, beautify and to stir the senses. Discover these origins and the remarkable role of aromatic plants in this immersive workshop, where you will enjoy a hands-on, interactive time embracing the theory and creative art of botanical perfumery. With this new knowledge, plus sampling and discussion, you will be guided on basic perfumery composition and blending in order to create your personal 10ml natural perfume rollerball blend to take home.
We’ll be covering:
The origins and history of perfume
Understand perfume vocabulary – the art of smelling and training the nose
Perfume structure – Top, Middle, Base notes
Difference between oil and perfume alcohol based fragrance blending
Fragrance classifications
Secrets of blending & dilutions
Safety and storage
Meet Tanya
Tanya (TIDHA, MIFPA) trained as a Clinical Aromatherapist, which led to further studies in natural perfumery and formulating. She now combines her clinical work with delivering events and workshops in aromatic blending, botanical skincare and perfumery; and provides conceptual fragrance ideas for events, heritage sites and public spaces. She has a passion for unusual ingredients, botanical history and use of plants in folklore. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter @perfumemistress and find out more about her work on her website here https://www.theperfumemistress.com/
Price: £85
Southwark resident looking for a free place? Unfortunately we are unable to offer free places on August workshops. Places are however available on other sessions throughout the year.