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Duration: 4 weeks

Cost: £95 in the UK. The price may be slightly lower or higher depending on the VAT rate charged by your country of residence.

This course is accredited by the CPD Certification Service and a certificate of study is available on completion. CPD Accreditation is a trust mark for training that meets standards for professional development, guaranteeing content, delivery, and outcomes.

IMPORTANT: This is a completely self-directed course and learning is done using coursenotes in PDF format, slides and short videos. There are no classes or tutorials, and no contact or support with a tutor. You can book half hour consultations with Marina Barcenilla at an additional cost if required.

Safety and good working practices: Essential knowledge about perfume ingredients to ensure that you work in a safe manner and to help you set up your working space. This module includes: 

• Safety considerations and hazards.

• The working environment. Safety self-assessment.

• Design and prepare your workspace.

• Preparation, essential tools and things that will make your life as a perfumery student much easier!

Training your nose: Learn to smell like a perfumer and to evaluate perfumery ingredients and fragrances. This module includes: 

• Developing your olfactory memory.

• Perfumery language and vocabulary.

• Smell like a perfumer: organoleptic evaluation of perfumery ingredients.

• Keeping records of your evaluations and formulae.

Classification of perfumery ingredients: Learn to classify ingredients according to their origin and odour profile. This module includes: 

• Raw materials used in perfumery.

• Extraction methods.

• Classification of ingredients into aromatic groups.

• Extraction methods.

Perfume creation: Learn how to create basic accords and harmonious perfume blends. This module includes:

• Working with dilutions vs. working with pure raw materials.

• How to create dilutions.

• Fragrance families.

• Create vertical and horizontal accords.

• Create your own perfume.

*Perfume ingredients studied: bergamot, juniper berry, lavender, mandarin, grapefruit, ho wood, cardamom, clove bud, geranium, jasmine, litsea cubeba, neroli, rose, ylang ylang, amyris, cedarwood, frankincense, labdanum, oakmoss, patchouli, sandalwood, vetiver.

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