Elixir Attar – Perfumery/Attar – Making Course

“Elixir Attar’s ‘Perfumery/Attar Making Course’ is an in-depth program that teaches the art and science of creating exquisite perfumes and attars. This course covers everything from the basics of scent composition to advanced techniques in blending and formulation, providing hands-on experience and expert guidance to craft your own unique fragrances.”

During the course you will have to purchase essential oils and other materials. You will receive guidance on where to find them at lower prices.

You can use any materials you have but the course must be practice-oriented and not just theoretical.

From the heart California, learn perfumery and attarmaking from one of the most prestigious attar houses around.

You will have access to and practice with rare information from around the world, including historical Ghaliya perfumes derived from Medieval Islamic sources.

You can soon open your own perfume/attar house.

Book the course as soon as possible

Within 24 hours, you will receive an email with additional instructions/ contact information to access the course. We use google slides/docs extensively.
Video recording in class is not permitted.

In case you need video-You will need to sign an urgent recording agreement-A disclosure agreement and an agreement to nondisclosure-Distribution of materials.

As an Elixir Attar perfumery/Attar Student can access private contact information Elixir Attar Chat/email perfumers to ask any question at any hour of the day.

A final attar/and/or fragrance that you have made yourself will also be assessed.-Z. The course consists of 10 intensive sessions (two hours each).

IMPORTANT: YOU WILL NEED TO OBTAIN/BUY THE ESSENTIAL OLIVES AND MATERIALS YOU WILL USE DURING THE COURSE.

Session 1-Naturals vs synthetics in perfumery-Scent profiles for various perfume components.-GCMS & note breakdown-Technology and perfumery.

Session 2-Obtaining perfumery materials(natural and synthetic)-Blending techniques, basics of blending, recording and logging perfumery experiments.-Measurements.-Explaining perfumery termsDiffusivity, sillage, projection, etc.

Session 3-Base notes. Middle notes. Top Notes.-Ambers, ouds and resins-You can work with resins, ouds and ambers-Incense, oriental, chypres.

Session 4 -Musks, animalics-Animalics-Musk-Ghaliyas

Session 5 -Florals-Flowers and flowers

Session 6-Spices and woods, isolateds.

Session 7-Incense making-Solid perfumes

Session 8-Synthetics use in perfumery-Potential use of synthetics in attars

Session 9-Blending your personal perfume/attar-Samples of example formulas for various families of attars.

Session 10-Blending perfume/attar from your own creation-Send your attar to provide detailed feedback