Registration has begun for the Spring 2009 session of the Natural Perfumery course offered online by Anya McCoy of Anya's Garden.
The course is one year long, and classes begin in March. Tuition is $1400 and includes the Natural Perfumery Primer, a standardized study kit of 25 natural aromatics, pipettes and scent strips, plus extensive online material and access to private Yahoo groups.
You can read more about the class here.
Natural perfumer Anya McCoy of Anya’s Garden released two new fragrances this winter: Kaffir and Temple. I have a kaffir lime tree (Citrus hystrix) growing in my bedroom and love the scent of its flowers, fruit and leaves, and the word “temple” brings to mind exotic travels, smoky incense, and the Buddhist and Hindu artworks I discuss on my gallery tours at the Seattle Asian Art Museum — so, based on their names alone, I had to try McCoy’s latest perfumes.
Kaffir contains kaffir lime leaf, galbanum, tarragon, tinctures of eight varieties of jasmine, Grasse jasmine, heritage oak, musk seed, agarwood and leather. Kaffir starts with sumptuous, and pungent, galbanum and lime leaf notes that produce earthy and deep “green” aromas. As Kaffir develops, one smells the foody scents of Thai cuisine…
Anya’s Garden will introduce two new fragrances this November, Kaffir & Temple.
Kaffir is based on the Kaffir lime:
My Kaffir perfume contains both the oil of the leaves and even more rare, the extract of the fruit…I extracted the fruit rind oil myself for this perfume…
Registration begins today for the "Natural Perfumery Basic Course" online interactive class offered by Anya McCoy of Anya's Garden. The classes begin on October 6; you can find the details here.
Anya McCoy of Anya's Garden will be offering an online interactive class in Basic Natural Perfumery this Fall. You can read more about the class at anyasgarden. Intermediate and Graduate classes are planned for the future.
You can find more Natural Perfumery classes by checking the calendar page at naturalperfumery.com.