Course 3 - Memorize Synthetic Materials
Course 3 - Memorize Synthetic Materials
Fee: USD 250
Schedule: Four weekends, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 12 noon Mountain Daylight Time
Duration: Sixteen hours of live, online instruction
Course Overview: This course is designed to help you memorize synthetic perfume materials, including white musks, woody ambers, and other synthetics, as well as human-isolated perfume molecules. All classes are live on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Course Goals:
Memorize synthetic perfume materials
Understand the characteristics and uses of white musks and woody ambers
Learn about various synthetic and human-isolated perfume molecules
Note: All lessons are live online and recorded for later viewing in case you miss a class.
Payments: By PayPal email
Enroll Now: perfumer@melegperfumes.com
Fee: USD 250
Schedule: Four weekends, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 12 noon Mountain Daylight Time
Duration: Sixteen hours of live, online instruction
Course Overview: This course aims to smell, analyze, and memorize the most vital synthetics in perfumery, including white musks, juicy fruity top notes, woody ambers, and other human-isolated scent molecules. All classes are live on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Course Goals:
Memorize synthetic perfume materials
Understand the characteristics and uses of white musks and woody ambers
Learn about various synthetic and human-isolated perfume molecules
Key Points:
Safety of Synthetics: Synthetics are often safer to use than essential oils. The public should be better educated about synthetic perfume materials, as many believe they are more harmful than essential oils. With global warming, chemical warfare, and the invention of various toxins, it's understandable why people are suspicious of human-crafted scent molecules. However, study after study has proven the opposite: synthetic perfume materials are often safer to use than essential oils. In this course, I will explain in detail the science behind these findings.
Complementing Naturals: Synthetics can never replace the beauty, complexity, or depth of natural materials—it's impossible! Synthetics are meant to complement and exalt naturals. They can bring transparency, lift, and diffusion to natural materials. Synthetics are wonderful for making essential oils softer, rounder, and warmer.
A New Level of Magic: If you have only experimented with natural perfumery, I urge you to try this course. Synthetics are meant to complement and bring a new level of "magic" to your natural materials.
Note: All lessons are live online and recorded for later viewing in case you miss a class.
Payments: By PayPal email
Enroll Now: perfumer@melegperfumes.com
Fee: USD 250
Schedule: Four weekends, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 12 noon Mountain Daylight Time
Duration: Sixteen hours of live, online instruction
Course Overview: This course aims to smell, analyze, and memorize the most vital synthetics in perfumery, including white musks, juicy fruity top notes, woody ambers, and other human-isolated scent molecules. All classes are live on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Course Goals:
Memorize synthetic perfume materials
Understand the characteristics and uses of white musks and woody ambers
Learn about various synthetic and human-isolated perfume molecules
Key Points:
Safety of Synthetics: Synthetics are often safer to use than essential oils. The public should be better educated about synthetic perfume materials, as many believe they are more harmful than essential oils. With global warming, chemical warfare, and the invention of various toxins, it's understandable why people are suspicious of human-crafted scent molecules. However, study after study has proven the opposite: synthetic perfume materials are often safer to use than essential oils. In this course, I will explain in detail the science behind these findings.
Complementing Naturals: Synthetics can never replace the beauty, complexity, or depth of natural materials—it's impossible! Synthetics are meant to complement and exalt naturals. They can bring transparency, lift, and diffusion to natural materials. Synthetics are wonderful for making essential oils softer, rounder, and warmer.
A New Level of Magic: If you have only experimented with natural perfumery, I urge you to try this course. Synthetics are meant to complement and bring a new level of "magic" to your natural materials.
Course Structure:
Week 1:
Saturday:
ALDEHYDE C-8 COCONUT: A soft, milky coconut-smelling material.
ALDEHYDE C-12 MNA: Champagne-like, bubbly material found in citrus fruits, notable in Chanel No5.
AMBROXAN: A beautifully clean, woody material found inside natural ambergris.
ANIMALIS HYPO 27 TEC: Smells like wet goats' hair; meant to replace animal musk.
Sunday:
BENZOIN OLLIFAC: Sweet, caramel-cinnamon scent, similar to natural benzoin but easier to work with.
BENZYLE ACETATE: Fruity top note that smells like cherries and ylang-ylang.
BENZYL SALICYLATE: Faint, soft, powdery milky material, great with florals.
CALONE: Transparent, robust aquatic scent reminiscent of salt water, waterfalls, and compressed air.
Week 2:
Saturday:
CEDRAMBER: Warm cedar-wood-like material.
CINNAMIC ALCOHOL: Found in natural cinnamon oil; warm, spicy, soft, rosy, and sweet.
COUMARIN: Found in tonka beans; smells of cherries, marzipan, tobacco, and freshly cut hay.
DIHYDRO MYCENOL: Clean, lemony, shiny metallic, bright top note.
Sunday:
ETHYLENE BRASSYLATE: Transparent, soft, powdery blender that brings diffusion, transparency, and a cosmetic "perfumey" feel.
HEDIONE HC: Found in natural jasmine oils; slightly waxy, cool, soft, and green, lifts top notes, especially florals with citrus.
HELIOTROPIN X: Juicy, cinnamon gummy bears scent.
HEXENOL CIS-3: Strong, sharp green top note found in freshly cut grass.
Week 3:
Saturday:
HYDROXYCITRONELLAL: Cool, green, and floral; used to cool and make fragrances more transparent.
IRALIA: Soft, powdery molecule found in violets, iris roots, and osmanthus flowers.
INDOLE 1%: Isolated from jasmine; strong, sweet, and smells like mothballs when undiluted.
ISO BORNYL ACETATE: Fresh, green, slightly woody scent reminiscent of a Canadian forest.
Sunday:
ISO E SUPER: Transparent cedar/vetiver/sandalwood scent, often considered masculine.
JASMINE SPECIALTY: Meant to be a cheap replacement for jasmine.
LINALOOL: Bright, cool, slightly woody/herbal molecule found in rosewood, lavender, clary sage, and others.
MAGNOLAN: Cool, transparent floral material that smells of magnolia blossoms and grapefruits.
Week 4:
Saturday:
MELONAL: Waxy, green melons; very powerful.
METHYL PAMPLEMOUSSE: Diffusive tart citrus material that smells of tea and grapefruits.
NORLIMBRANOL: Super powerful and dry cedar material.
ROSE GIVCO: Meant to replace natural rose, but nothing replaces true rose otto/essential