Los Angeles Wine Tasting - Perfume / Fragrance Class

          CLASS OVERVIEW

I. Welcome in to the world of perfume!
a. Brief history of perfume
     1. Egypt
     2. Arabia
     3. Greece
     4. Rome

II. Perfume Materials
a. Botanical names
b. Country of origin
c. Methods of extraction
d. Basics of blending; top, middle, base note classification
     1. Accords
     2. Bridges

III. Meeting the perfume “personalities”;
discovering raw materials
a. Sense awakening; experiencing the oils
b. Organoleptic testing

IV. Telling a perfume story
a. list of perfume oils and materials given for future
perfume work!