I know I talk about how much I love being on my course but It's days like today that helps me rekindle the flame. Our new project for this semester has been all about fragrance and hence the University had called in a guest lecturer, Karen Gilbert, who has spent years learning and teaching all about the art of perfumery. She hosts workshops, where people come in to try create their own fragrance or learn more about perfumes suited for them. We FCP students were lucky enough for her to come in and present a lecture and let us be part of a two hour workshop.
It was quite an interesting workshop and I learnt a lot about the background in perfumery. I always knew a lot of ingredients go into making the perfect scent but being able to make it myself helped me understand the different levels (heart, fixable, notes, etc) so much more.
My team and I wanted to experiment rather than get stressed about it so as a little joke, we made an imaginary lady, who was in her early 80s and didn't want to smell stereotypically 'old'. So we tried to create a fresh yet musky scent. She also wanted to feel youthful and smell good enough to go out for a date if she wanted.
We just had fun with the whole thing and hence it was quite the enjoyable process. I now know so much more about what goes into creating a fragrances. I feel more confident after this workshop to communicate and promote the fragrance brand my team and I create for the new summative project.
Check out Karen's website if you're interested in being part of the workshop yourself
http://www.karengilbert.co.uk
Love,
Sanjana
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