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The Art and Technology of Perfumery Workshop

The Art and Technology of Perfumery Workshop

***NEW DATE 2013*** Perfumery Workshop, London, UK September 2013 The Art and Technology of Perfumery Perfumery Course and Workshop London, UK, 9th-13th September 2013 The Mary Ward Centre, WC1 Cost: £800 (payment by paypal below or please contact me for alternative payment method) Or, book by 30th JUNE 2013 to pay in 3 easy installments: [...]

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How To Create a Signature Fragrance

How To Create a Signature Fragrance

  Today’s question comes from Maureen – she asked: “How do I go about creating a signature fragrance for my product line” This is something I get asked a lot from people who want to learn perfumery to create fragrances for their own business. There are two routes that you can go down; one is [...]

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Are Fragrance Oils Safe?

Are Fragrance Oils Safe?

Today’s question comes from Debbie: “My dilemma is that I love making products with essential oils. All of my body products are made with essential oils and so I wanted to use them for candles and some wax melt tarts that I’m going to be making with beeswax and soy. However I’ve had a lot [...]

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Valentines Day Love Potion

Valentines Day Love Potion

Happy Valentines Day! The fact that it’s Valentines day got me thinking about a little business I had way back when I was just starting to get to grips with the internet – I know,  romantic huh! Actually it was also the fact that I was looking through some old notebooks for simple fragrance formulae [...]

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Molinard Perfumery In Grasse

Molinard Perfumery In Grasse

I went along to The Molinard perfumery in the hope that I could do the perfumery tour followed by their perfume making class. Unfortunately when I got there, and despite the fact that the guide spoke perfect English, I was told the tour would only be in French due to demand. That was a bit [...]

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Galimard Perfumery in Grasse

Galimard Perfumery in Grasse

A trip to Grasse would not be complete without a little perfume making class so I decided to try out the offerings of both Galimard and Molinard.  I had heard that Fragonard was quite touristy and the fact they have their logo plastered on evey bit of empty space in and around Grasse I decided [...]

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A Trip to Grasse for Perfume Fans

A Trip to Grasse for Perfume Fans

As you have probably all gathered by now I’m better at tweeting what I’m up to than blogging about it – it is quick & spontaneous and I can do it on the move. However there is only so much you can say in 140 characters so I really felt I should take the time [...]

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Brad Pitt in new Chanel No.5 Ad

Brad Pitt in new Chanel No.5 Ad

Just like the juice in Fame by Lady Gaga this ad for Chanel No.5 could have been so great. With a big budget & Brad Pitt, Chanel who have put out some gorgeous mini movie type ads for their fragrances in the past seem to have lost the plot with this one! There is so [...]

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3 of my favourite things: Perfume, Teaching & Travel

3 of my favourite things: Perfume, Teaching & Travel

In March 2010 I decided to take a backseat from my retail business and do more of the things I love which mostly involves one or more of the above.  Since that decision was made I haven’t looked back and have been extremely busy enjoying life and working hard on my teaching business which has [...]

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Perfume – Art or Consumer Product?

Perfume – Art or Consumer Product?

Talking to many perfumers they would say it is an art but I’m not sure that the companies they are creating for would agree.  Look at any large distribution fragrance brand and you will notice that the art goes into the advertising campaign and the packaging – the juice is almost an a fterthought. The [...]

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