Perfumes and Incense of Ancient Egypt
Online Course
New dates announced autumn
Duration: 4 weeks
Cost: £150 (UK price)
What is included and what you will learn.
Includes 2 online live classes and a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.
A full bibliography will be provided at the end of the course for people interested in further reading and learning about this fascinating subject.
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Where do we find information about the use and formulae of perfumes and incense in ancient Egypt? Learn about the textual and archaeological sources of this knowledge.
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Learn about the Egyptian deities associated with perfume.
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Temple fragrance.
Perfume laboratories.
The significance of the blue lotus flower.
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Herbs, flowers, roots and spices.
Gums and resins.
Fats and oils.
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Formulae for The Egyptian, Mendesion, Metopion, Irinon, Susinon and other Egyptian perfumes, and guidance to help you make your own.
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Learn about the significance of incense in ancient Egypt.
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Learn about the most famous fragrant preparation in Egypt, with step by step instructions to help you make your own.
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Information and formulae for the most significant unguents used in Ancient Egypt, including how to recreate the famous unguent cones.
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Learn about their names, significance and associations.
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A variety of essential oils, CO2 extracts or absolutes including cardamom, cinnamon, pine or fir, lemongrass, frankincense, myrrh, galbanum, rose, ylang ylang, spikenard, saffron, juniper, orris root, myrtle, marjoram.
A variety of herbs and spices like cinnamon, cardamom, juniper berries, marjoram, saffron, orris root, rose petals or buds.
A variety of resins like pine, frankincense, galbanum, myrrh and storax.
Waxes and vegetable oils, e.g. beeswax or vegan wax, oils of almond, moringa, jojoba, sesame.
You may want to use some raisins, wine and honey for some of the incense recipes.
You'll also need bottles, scales or measuring spoons, mortar and pestle, glass jars with a lid and the sort of equipment used for creating perfumes and incense.
Please note that this is not a traditional perfumery course. If you wish to learn the foundations of creating natural perfumes, we recommend that you first study our Introduction to Natural Perfumery Course.
Important: You’ll need to provide your own perfume ingredients but we’re be happy to share with you our