The Perfume Design Challenge: It’s Back! (Returning/Intermediate Students)

932 Chung King Road,Los Angeles CA 90012

16 April, 2023

Description

This event is for intermediate scent-makers or those who have already attended Open Sessions/Blending Sessions at The Institute for Art and Olfaction. In 2022, Edward Bear, known to his friends as Winnie-the-Pooh, or Pooh for short, a Bear of Very Little Brain, and his friends entered the public domain. Open Source Smell Culture and the Perfume Design Challenge are here to welcome these fuzzy friends to the public domain with a creative scent-blending exploration. ABOUT THE SESSION The Institute for Art and Olfaction’s Perfume Design Challenge is a hands-on timed challenge, intended to jumpstart a creative process and teach students quick design problem-solving with a limited olfactory palette. The program is intended to allow participants to learn how to respond to design briefs of all varieties, while experimenting with aromatic materials and creative briefs. After blending, participants will present their fragrance and thought process in composing their scent to the group. Completed scents, formulas, and design inspiration will be on display following each session. We believe there is no one right or wrong way to work with scent. As such, we try to present a variety of philosophies and methodologies, and keep an open mind about the many clever ways people can wield a pipette. WHAT TO EXPECT Orientation Session Upon arrival, there will be a short orientation session for the topic of the Perfume Design Challenge, as well as an introduction to scent blending and the aromatic material palette we’ll be working from. Blending Session After the orientation session, you’ll have an hour and a half to create a scent inspired by the topic. At your work station, you’ll have lab ware, a formula sheet, and a deadline to express your creativity. You’ll be pushed to problem-solve and ideate, and you’ll learn through hands-on experimentation with perfumery materials. Sharing Session Creativity is key. So is communication. After the deadline, we’ll share our perfume design with the other participants in attendance, explaining our creative process, our specific inspiration, and our interpretations of the challenge through the materials. Take-Aways: Participants will spend an hour and a half blending with selected materials, and leave with an appreciation for the complexities of aromatic materials and scent blending, as well as the formula work for their Perfume Design. ABOUT THE PERFUME DESIGN CHALLENGE Started in 2018, the Perfume Design Challenge is a timed creative scent-blending activity, intended to jumpstart olfactory brainstorming and teach students quick design problem-solving with a limited olfactory palette. The Perfume Design Challenge was inspired by the charrette. The charrette ("cart" in French) was developed by the École des Beaux-Arts, where architecture students were given a design problem to solve in a short amount of time. Their architectural drawings were collected on a rolling cart to be transported from the studio to the school for student presentations of their designs. The term charrette has developed to refer to short term intense creative brainstorming and design, in respond to a specific problem, that is then presented to others for feedback. Learn more at The Institute for Art and Olfaction website. OPEN SOURCE SMELL CULTURE The Institute for Art and Olfaction has operated with open source principles from its very inception in 2012. In 2018 we formalized our commitment to Open Source protocols in an ongoing program we’re calling Open Source Smell Culture. The Open Sourcing Smell Culture project is an ongoing project initiated and managed by The Institute for Art and Olfaction, with the vital assistance of our partners. By participating in this Perfume Design Challenge, participants agree to share their work under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 license. Learn more at The Open Source Smell Culture website. Please note that you must register in advance. If you just show up without reserving a spot, there is no guarantee we will be able to accommodate you. This event is for intermediate scent-makers or those who have already attended Open Sessions/Blending Sessions at The Institute for Art and Olfaction. This session is 18 and up. -- LOCATION Location: We are located in Los Angeles’ historic Chinatown neighborhood, on a pedestrian street. Street Address: 932 Chung King Road Los Angeles CA. 90012 To find us: Chung King Road is a pedestrian-only road that runs parallel to Hill Street, between Hill St and Yale St. See more information here: http://artandolfaction.com/visit – CANCELLATION POLICY - Cancellation with refund or credit requests made 2 weeks or more (14 days) before the scheduled session will be honored with gusto! We’ll miss you, but will 100% refund your spot, or give you credit for another class. – Refunds or class credits requested less than 14 days before the scheduled sessipn: We will refund you 50% of your class fee. Why? Because we’ve already ordered the materials. – Refunds or class credits requested less than 48 hours before the class, on the day of the class or after the class has happened will not be granted. The exception to this, of course, is if you have been exposed to Covid-19, or are feeling symptoms yourself. - Cancellations or refund requests must be made by email or via the Eventbrite 'request refund' option. Note also that event tickets are non-transferable. Thank you for understanding! >  PLEASE REVIEW OUR CANCELLATION POLICY! Image credit: Pine forest at Leningrad Region, Макс Колчин, 2009. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons; Teddy obtained from the birth of a child in 1982. Europeana 1989, 2013. Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication via Wikimedia Commons.