
Creating Colognes Class: Fresh, Citrus, Unisex Scents ONLINE MARCH 27-28, 2021
Please note this is an online Intermediate level botanical perfumery class. This class assumes a level of prior perfumery knowledge obtained by either taking a previous perfumery class with Charna or by studying with another natural perfumer.
Intermediate level class
Did you know the term "eau de cologne" originally referred to a citrus scent? Most assume the term cologne refers to a scent marketed for men, but the true definition of a cologne is a light scent, typically formulated with fresh citrus notes at approximately 5% essence concentration. Popularized over 100 years ago, colognes are still popular and universally easy to wear a century later. Natural essences lend themselves perfectly to creating bright sophisticated colognes but the challenge lies in longevity and fixation of these volatile essences. In this two day botanical perfumery class, we will learn how to create beautiful natural colognes redolent of citrus, petitgrain, flowers, woods and herbs with perfumer Charna Ethier.
If you love clean, fresh or citrus forward scents this is a class for you. It is particularly challenging to create all natural citrus based colognes and consequently we will focus on balancing these fleeting essences through our formulas. This is a formulation heavy class and much of class time will be spent with hands on composing of colognes. Fixation and sillage of cologne composition is integral and we will discover methods of fixing volatile aromas.
Registered students will receive a kit of essences to use in formulating our eau de colognes, syllabus and access to the live zoom class which runs from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm EST Saturday March 27th, 2021 and 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EST Sunday March 28th, 2021. Included in the price of this class are the following materials which will be mailed to students prior to the class date:
16 qty. botanical essences in 3 ml. vials
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bergamot
- mimosa
- bitter orange
- mandarin
- vetiver
- spearmint
- rose 50%
- cedrat
- black pepper
- frankincense
- sandalwood
- neroli 50%
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fir balsam 25%
- ylang ylang/lily
- petitgrain
- tomato leaf