What's distinctive about our place, our climate, our landscape, and our culture? How might that smell as a perfume scent? Welcome to the new frontier in perfumery. In this hands-on workshop we'll look at the state of perfumery in 2016, discussing some general trends and new directions before focusing on our ideas of what a "NZ perfume" might smell like. We'll look at some NZ-specific scents and perfume materials, then work individually on a perfume to take home.
Those of you who know me know how passionate I am about developing a specifically NZ scent/perfume culture. So I'm really really excited about teaching this NZ perfumes workshop in a few weeks (July 2) at Studio One Toi Tu, Ponsonby Rd. It's a world first! There are still a couple places left, so if you're keen to come, contact the lovely people at Studio One, http://www.studioone.org.nz/booking/
Parsonsia heterophylla, native jasmine