Scent Soiree

We invite you to indulge the senses and immerse yourself in the fragrant world of ancient perfumery. Fleurage offers small groups the opportunity to book the Perfumery for an evening to explore the world of Fleurage perfumes, skincare, and bathing products. Contact us to make a booking or Learn More...

Fleurage Fragrance

Identification & CLASSIFICATION

BEGINNING JANUARY 7TH 2010 - TAKING BOOKINGS NOW

Held on Saturday Aug. 14th, Oct. 9th, Nov. 13th 10am to 1pm.
Maximum 20 people.
$100 per head.


With so many fragrances on offer it can be hard to know where to start or how to avoid the latest fad trap. Explore perfumes and perfumery to understand how to find the perfume thats right for you. Get to sample ingredients and notes from botanical parfums and understand the complex identification of scents as experienced by your own nose. Learn what to look for and what to expect from certain classifications and lists of notes in both modern and ancient perfumery.

 

This experience includes:

  • a comprehensive classification of fragrance notes and type,

  • a copy of the Fleurage perfume reference wheel,

  • regular breaks for the nose, morning tea and refreshments.

 

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Telephone: 03 9533 8657

 

Essential oils are like liquid gold

Essential oil absolutes, resins and concretes are the fundamental building blocks of botanical perfumery. They are also a very rare and expensive commodity. They are what we use in our workshops – the genuine exotic ingredients for you to experience first hand.

This quote from Wikipedia is an extract from an article about synthetic perfumery ingredients (indoles) which illustrates the dramatic scale of difference between the origins and pricing of synthetic versus plant based perfume ingredients.

"…1 kilogram of the natural oil requires processing several million jasmine blossoms and costs around $10,000, indole (among other things) is used in the manufacture of synthetic jasmine oil (which costs around $10/kg)." Go to Wiki Page on Indoles.