This two-day workshop in natural perfumery will give you the opportunity to gain a basic understanding of the history of perfumery and then work with a wide variety of materials to design your first concept products.

You will have plenty of time to have hands on experience of blending and creating your own accords and finished fragrances that can then be incorporated into a variety of products such as bath oils, body balms, solid perfume as well as a traditional alcohol based fragrance spray. All materials and equipment are provided.

Topics Covered:

Perfume construction
Accurate measuring, recording and formulating
Creating and blending accords
Using with ideas and concepts for a fragrance
Creating different types of perfumed products
Lots of hands on practical blending

By the end of this two-day course you will:

Have an understanding of fragrance accords.
Have practiced blending top middle and base accords to create more complex fragrances.
Know how to incorporate your fragrances into a variety of body and bath products.
Have designed and created your very first concept fragrance.

This course will be good for people with aromatherapy experience, but this is not necessary.

The workshop is led by Karen Gilbert. Karen originally trained as a make-up artist and cosmetic scientist at The London College of Fashion. After five years working as a fragrance evaluator for one of the world’s largest perfume manufacturers, she decided to pursue her lifelong passion for natural health and beauty by training in aromatherapy and joining the product development team at Neal’s Yard Remedies. During her time at NYR she also ran the “make-your-own” workshops for the public as well as eventually moving into the role of retail trainer. Karen currently has her own retail business and runs artisan perfumery and natural beauty workshops in London and the South East via her company The Fragrant Alchemist.

www.karengilbert.co.uk

 

Includes shared accommodation and delicious organic meals. Single rooms may be available for a supplement. A limited number of part funded places are available for local people though our Skills for Self Reliance project. Please contact us for further details. Arrivals from 4pm Friday, depart 4pm Sunday.