Celebrated perfumer Francis Kurkdjian leads a workshop on the science and creative process behind perfume.
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Renowned perfumer Francis Kurkdjian gave a master class earlier this month on how chemistry, scent and storytelling all inform the art of perfume-making. He walked the roughly 80 audience members in Wege Auditorium through the characteristics of nine scents and how combining them at different concentrations resulted in three completely different fragrances.
“If you know the history of the craft, you can build on it,” he said. “You are guaranteed to create something truly new if you know what exists and you can envision what does not.”
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