BEGINNERS PERFUME MAKING – Karen Gilbert

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How To Make Perfume: A Guide For Beginners

The chances are that you are here because you want to learn how to make perfume. BUT…. you either don’t know where to start or

Getting Started Making Perfume

These three videos were part of a free online training I created back in 2013 to help disprel some of the myths around the perfumery

Training Your Nose

When I tell people who don’t know me what I do the first thing they say is “you must have a really good nose” or

Which Perfume Class Should I Choose?

I often get emails from prospective students saying: “I want to take a perfume class, but I don’t know which one to choose”. It is

Measuring Safe Limits Of Perfume Materials

This week I had a question from one of my online students about how to work out the safe limits for materials in the fragrances

How Do I Use Perfumer’s Alcohol?

When starting out in perfumery and learning about the raw materials used it is easiest to work with blends made in alcohol,before moving on to

What I learned at IFF about creating fragrance for products

Years ago I worked at a huge fragrance company called IFF – first in the applications lab and then as a fragrance evaluator where I

Should You Make Your Own Perfume or Hire a Perfumer?

Today I want to share something that happened at the Artisan Perfumery Weekend which will hopefully give you the encouragement to get going and create

I want to be a Perfumer – Getting into the Fragrance Industry

In today’s post I want to address the 3 questions I get asked the most. They are: “How do I get into the fragrance industry?”

Are 100% Natural Fragrances Proper Perfume?

One of the things that frustrates me about the perfume industry is the belief that using 100% natural materials is not “proper perfumery” I remember

Filter Blog Posts

How To Make Perfume: A Guide For Beginners

Getting Started Making Perfume

Training Your Nose

Which Perfume Class Should I Choose?

Measuring Safe Limits Of Perfume Materials

How Do I Use Perfumer’s Alcohol?

What I learned at IFF about creating fragrance for products

Should You Make Your Own Perfume or Hire a Perfumer?

I want to be a Perfumer – Getting into the Fragrance Industry

Are 100% Natural Fragrances Proper Perfume?

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