March 29, 2025 Weekend Natural Perfumery Intensive Class: PART 1

 Beginner level class                        

This is an ONLINE natural botanical perfumery class that will take place Saturday March 29, 2025.  Interested students must begin their studies by enrolling in the Part 1 class as it is a prerequisite for all other courses.  Should you wish to continue your studies with Charna, you can then enroll for Parts 2 and 3 or other natural perfumery courses offered. 

Upon completion of all three segments of the Natural Perfumery Intensive Course, students will receive a certificate of completion.  

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?  Anyone Interested in learning how to create a well balanced natural perfume from an award winning perfumer. Whether you want to learn how to make natural perfumes for yourself or have dreamed of launching your own line of fragrances, this class will start you on your way to understanding and creating natural fragrances.

WHAT WILL I ACHIEVE?  A basic working knowledge of the art of natural perfumery. Each student will create six perfumes during the course of the weekend class under the guidance of the instructor.

WHAT MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CLASS FEE? Registered students will receive a natural perfumery materials kit including essences and labware shipped prior to the class date.  The Weekend Natural Perfumery Kit for this class is valued at over $300 and includes exceptional quality essences hand chosen by Charna and used in her own line of award winning fragrances.  The kit includes a surplus of perfumery materials allowing the student extra materials to continue their studies after class and practice formulating natural fragrances and increasing their skill with techniques learned in class. The following essences and labware are included in the Weekend Natural Perfumery Kit:

• 16 essences in 4 ml capped vials
  • bay essential oil
  • benzoin essential oil 30%
  • bergamot essential oil (bergaptene free)
  • bitter orange essential oil
  • black pepper essential oil
  • grapefruit essential oil
  • jasmine grandiflorum absolute
  • labdanum absolute 50%
  • lavender absolute
  • mandarin essential oil
    
  • neroli essential oil
  • patchouli essential oil
  • rose absolute
  • sandalwood essential oil
  • vetiver essential oil
  • ylang ylang extra essential oil
    
• 1 qty. 30 ml beaker
• 16 disposable plastic pipettes
• 6 wide mouth vials for storing and aging perfume mods
• 16 perfume blotters
• 1 qty. perfume blotter accord holder
• 2 qty. 10 ml perfume bottles with atomizers
• 1 qty. formulary notebook, A Guide to Accurately Recording Perfume Formularies by Charna Ethier, with space for recording over 50 perfume mod formulas

WHAT WILL I LEARN?  Natural perfumery is an art with roots tracing back thousands of years, and natural perfumes are now the fastest growing market segment of the perfume industry. Topics addressed in this class will include the following:

Saturday, March 29th 11:00 am-6:00 pm EST 

The vernacular of scent

The components of natural perfumes: essential oils, absolutes, floral waxes, concretes, and alcohols

Top, middle and base note classification

Weighing/measuring

The importance of notekeeping (formularies, impressions, revisiting)

Labeling and ageing 

Proper storage of perfumes and perfumery materials

Photosensitizing essences and usage

learning how to think creatively about perfume formulation

creating accurate dilutions by weight or volume

filtering methods

tips on creating perfumes with sillage

troubleshooting formulations

differences between alcohol and oil as fragrance carriers

Students will create 5-6 different fragrance mods in class.  Upon completion of this Introductory course, students may choose to submit a perfume formula they've created using the materials kit and receive detailed feedback from the perfumer. Feedback will be emailed to the student after submission.  This process allows for detailed personal guidance and instruction for student work.

WHO IS TEACHING ME?  Your instructor, the fabulous Charna Ethier, is the nose and founder of Providence Perfume Co., an award winning natural perfumery specializing in luxurious botanical fragrances. After spending years working for large beauty and fragrance companies, she desired to create her own line of 100% natural fragrances. Her perfumes have been featured in numerous magazines and print publications such as W magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The NY Times, and her Fifi award nominated fragrances have received critical acclaim throughout the fragrance industry.

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IMPORTANT: Please note that all classes are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE. This class will run online via Zoom. Students will need internet access and to create a free Zoom account prior to date of class. All materials used in this class are included in the class price with the exception of perfumers alcohol. Students are responsible for procuring three ounces of ethanol (perfumers alcohol) in order to participate in the class perfume formulation exercises. We are happy to make suggestions on where/how to obtain ethanol once you register for this class. Early bird discounted registration pricing is currently in effect.