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Artisan perfumers can create their own aromatics for their perfumery. Details on enfleurage, distillation and other extraction methods are taught in the Bonus Module.

 

Currently Offering:

The Basic Natural Perfumery Course

Entry-level, comprehensive and the foundation for advanced studies in perfumery.

Taught by Anya McCoy, Perfumer for Anya's Garden and President of the Natural Perfumers Guild.

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Tuition for Web-Based Study:

$2500 - enrollment for one year

$225 for the aromatics kit

A Certificate of Completion in Basic Natural Perfumery is issued upon submittal of the successful final essay and perfume. There is a small fee for the review and certificate.

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There is a list of necessary class materials including glassware, scent strips, etc. You will receive the list and suggestions for suppliers at least a month in advance of the course beginning, and it is strongly recommended you obtain them before classes begin.

The tuition is non-refundable due to the educational materials being made available to the students from the beginning of the course and the limited number of students in the course.

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Anya’s Garden Natural Perfumery Institute
Basic Course

Syllabus

 

Note: Below you will find an outline of the syllabus, but because the course content is eight pages long (when viewed as the table of contents in the AGNPI textbook) you are viewing the short version here.

This course provides comprehensive basic training in perfumery techniques. It is suitable for students who are seeking a foundation for a career, or a hobby in natural perfumery. This is one of the most sophisticated courses that is offered on the Internet, and the innovative, creative teachniques taught here were established by Anya McCoy in 2007, when the course was first offered.

 

Those who are interested in taking the course are:

 

  • Aspiring natural perfumers
  • Those desiring an education in a natural art
  • Aromatherapists who wish to expand their blending knowledge
  • People looking for enhanced career and business opportunities
  • Artists who wish to expand their culinary and lifestyle adventures

    Module 1

Major topics:
History of Perfumery
Workspace Design and Requirements
Aromatics Study Kit Dilution
Organoleptic Evaluations

Module 1 Exercises:
1. Dilution
2. Organoleptic Evaluations

Exercise Instructions
Checklist
Assignment

Forms/Charts/Sheets:
Organoleptic Evaluation Form
Intensity/Impact Chart
Aromatic Lexicon Chart

Extra readings:
History of Perfumery
Safety
Aromatics Monographs

Module 2

Major Topics:
Aromatic Groups
Fragrance Families

Exercise:
Organoleptic Evaluations of Aromatic Groups

Exercise Instructions
Checklist
Assignment

Forms/Charts/Sheets:
Organoleptic Evaluation Form
Aromatic Groups Chart
Shorthand Key for Aromatic Terms

Extra Readings:
Sources of Aromatics - Botanical, Animal, Mineral

Module 3

Major Topics:
Exalting and Dampening
Introduction to Accords
Horizontal Accords

Exercise:
Creating Horizontal Accords

Exercise Instructions
Checklist
Assignment

Forms/Charts/Sheets:
Horizontal Accord Form
Excel database, handwritten form

Extra Reading:
Extraction of Aromatics - from tincturing to fractional distillation

Module 4

Major Topics:
Vertical Accords

Exercise:
Creating Vertical Accords

Exercise Instructions
Checklist
Assignment

Forms/Charts/Sheets:
Vertical Accord Form
Excel database Form

Extra Reading:
Physiology of Scent

Module 5

Major Topic:
Creating modifications for perfumes

Exercise:
Modifications, how to create and evaluate

Exercise Instructions
Checklist
Assignment

Forms/Charts/Sheets:
Modification recording forms

Extra reading:
Psychology of Scent

Module 6

Major Topic:
Creating perfume

Exercise:
Creating a perfume

Exercise Instructions
Checklist
Assignment

Forms/Charts/Sheets:
Excel database, handwritten form

Extra reading:
Jean Carles essay
Industry Regulations

Bonus Module

Ultrasonic Extracts
Tinctures and Infusions
Solid Perfumes
Oil-based Perfumes
Enfleurage and Pomades
Bath Salts
Potpourris
Botanical Incense
Room Fragrancing
Massage Oils
Flavoring food with aromatics

and more.......regulatory info:

INCI names
FDA labeling
EU labeling