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The 400 page Advanced Workbook is divided into two volumes which are purchased as a set. You can do this workbook at any time, whether or not you are attending the in-studio classes.
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The purpose of doing the exercises in this workbook is to familiarize yourself with the different blending capacities of essences that are similar to each other.
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You will work with the Aftelier Natural Perfume Wheel (included), studying families of scents and learning to distinguish between the essences within each family. The exercises in the Advanced Workbook guide you to determine the odor profile, evolution, and intensity of each of the 114 essences on the Aftelier Natural Perfume Wheel.
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Then you compare the essences within each family, preparing yourself to understand the complicated processes of "locking" (as essences augment one another unexpectedly) and "burying" (as an essence overtakes another unduly). in perfume formulas. This workbook does not cover making formulas, just studying, comparing, and writing about essences.
Completing the exercises in this workbook will help you develop your capacity to make more aesthetically pleasing choices when creating a formula, and to know why you are choosing one essence instead of another. This knowledge is the beginning of a long process of understanding how individual essences interact in a formula, preparing you to both predict and correct these interactions. Understanding the commonalities and differences between similar essences will let you work with their unique qualities in a conscious way. To be a skilled perfumer, you need to make informed choices. The more knowledge and control you have over your materials, the better your fragrances will be.
So for instance among the sweet spices, you need to be able to compare cardamom, to ginger, to nutmeg, to allspice. They are grouped by similarity, but the key is to understand the differences between them, so that if you decide to add a sweet spice when making a perfume, you know exactly which one to choose. The closer that essences are to one another, the more important their differences are.
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