Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Blend Perfume -- A Class With Sarah Horowitz


Come see Sarah at the the "definitive marketplace for established and emerging visionaries in the world of beauty and fragrance design". Sarah will be one of the featured perfume panelists, along with Olivia Jan and David Moltz, and moderators Amaud Adrian, Jennifer Powderly, and Miriam Vareldzis.
It turns out, one living in North America does not have to travel to some European capital or an exotic city in the East to learn the art of blending perfume. Thanks to Sarah Horowitz, there's a class just for that. So follow your passion and get an education that will set you apart from all the others--learn how to blend your own perfume. You would have earned plenty of bragging rights once you finish the class--you jargon will come in handy. Sarah's stocked are gaining up in the fashion industry.

A typical beginners perfumery workshop starts with a history of perfume and the basic structure of a fragrance. Learners will get an education about structuring a fragrance by building a pyramid and layering notes into accords. Top notes are typically citrus and other fruits, middle notes are flowers and base notes are resins and woods, like sandalwood and amber. As she talked, this made sense to me; as in wine, the initial aromatics are all fruit, then floral notes develop.

"Perfume is one of the highest gifts you can give," says Sarah. The word perfume is from the Latin "per fumum," which means through smoke. "It is also one of the oldest art forms." Sarah has been creating fragrances for over 20 years. She also blends bespoke, or custom perfumes for clients. And Sarah offers "The Fragrance Journey," where she helps individuals find a very special scent for themselves.

Each will receive a brown a blending kit with 15 small brown bottles with eye dropper tops. There were five top, five middle and five base notes. This is a hand on class and just a mere lecture. Sarah's has assignment where learners have to create a perfume that reminds them of a certain place in time. 

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