Come experiment with making perfume at The Institute for Art and Olfaction’s weekly drop-in public open sessions. Due to limited space, we operate on a strict reservation basis. You Must reserve your spot in advance!
ABOUT
In our informal weekly open sessions, you will learn, socialize and relax while you tinker with perfumery materials. We have a growing selection of natural and synthetic aromamolecules, perfumer’s alcohol, beakers and droppers, scent strips and bottles… Everything you’d need to… Show more start or develop your experiments with perfumery. Please note that this is a knowledge-share environment, not a formal class . What you learn, you will learn by experimentation and your peers (with some guidance, of course).
If you are interested in formal classes, please visit our calendar to see what we have coming up.
COSTS
Intro Session: $35.00
This includes the use of our labware, glassware, pipettes, mouillettes, one 10ml bottle per person, and your choice of five 1 dram vials of aromamolecules to work with. You can buy extra materials on site, at the prices below.
Returning Students: $6.50 + A la carte
Returning students simply pay a lab fee, and any materials they use. You can purchase as many – or as few – as you desire, and of course can also bring materials from home. The materials costs are below.
Materials Costs:
Materials beyond what is included in the intro session fee** are available for purchase on site.
1 dram vial: $5.00 2 dram vial: $8.00
** Covers use of beakers, pipettes, mouillettes, and 5 x one-dram vials of aromamolecules of your choosing.
We are now also selling small packs of pipettes, scent strips and beakers to take home.
We accept cash, paypal or credit cards. If paying by cash, bring small bills.
Please note that whether or not you have attended before, you must reserve your space in advance . If you just show up without reserving a spot, there is no guarantee we will be able to accommodate you.
Maximum capacity is 10 people, all levels are welcome, but our open sessions are 18 and up (or 14+, with adult supervision).
HOURS + Location
5:30 pm-8:30 pm, Wednesdays
We hold these sessions at the Iao headquarters in Koreatown.
The street address is: 3023 West 6th St, Los Angeles Ca 90020
Visit our directions page for access information + parking .
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More Information
Our open sessions are fulfilling our mission to create public access to materials and learning around perfumery. We invite the public to come in and experiment with scent in these lightly guided open sessions in our functional perfumery laboratory.
For first-timers: Upon first arrival, there is a 10 minute lab orientation and safety session. You will be provided a confirmation of receipt paper, which we will ask you to sign, as well as a release of liability form. We will be keeping these on file, so you do not have to take the orientation session more than once.
Once that’s done, we invite you to spend some time smelling what we have in our student organ. When you’ve decided which scents you’d like to work with, we’ll make your vials and set you up at a work station with your materials.
You can take the vials home, of course, as well as anything you make during your session.
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