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Certified Industry Training

​Perfume Appreciation and Perfumer

(Professional) Certificate Course

This course is provided by Hong Kong Perfume School

Course features

 

1. Various perfume raw materials and professional tools are provided in the class for students to learn

2. Provide more than 80 perfume raw materials

3. All students can personally participate in adjusting perfume, extracting raw materials and making fragrance products.

4. Instructors lead students to appreciate international perfumers’ perfumes and create personal brand perfume products

5. The instructor explains the operations of international and local perfume brands from upstream raw materials to store sales.

6. The goal is to enable students to acquire professional theoretical and industry qualifications in the fragrance industry.

7. After completing the course, students can become professional perfume brand consultants or open personal fragrance brands

8. After completing the course, students can purchase their own spices and make perfume at home.

 

Course content

 

Day 1

  • Definition of cologne, eau de toilette and perfume

  • How to make perfume and alcohol-free perfume

  • 5 basic skills for appreciating perfume

  • All categories of fragrance 

     - Citrus

     - Fruity

     - Floral scent

     - Grassy scent

     - Woody

     - Resin

     - Spicy

     - Animal scent

     - Ocean

     - Natural fragrance

     - Synthetic fragrance

  • The messages conveyed by various perfume raw materials

  • Create a scent with a specific message

Day 2

  • Fragrance spread range, intensity and fragrance retention time

  • Top, middle and base notes of perfume and the 1961 Fragrance Charter

  • Teach how to create a themed personal brand perfume

  • The evolution of classical perfumes and modern perfumes

  • International/local perfume brands and the world’s top 5 fragrance manufacturers

  • International Safety Regulation and Supervision Organization for Perfume Raw Materials

  • Participants personally organize personal perfume brand and product briefing sessions

Day 3 

  • Extraction methods and uses of high-grade spices

  • Advanced analysis of aroma memory, intensity and persistence

  • EU safety regulations for 26 fragrance allergens

  • The ingredients and history of the world’s 12 major fragrance notes

      - Asian Tea fragrance

      - Chypre fragrance

      - Cologne fragrance

      - Fougère fragrance

      - Floral/Aldehydic Floral fragrance

      - Fruity fragrance

      - Gourmand fragrance

      - Green fragrance

      - Leather fragrance

      - Ocean fragrance

      - Oriental fragrance

      - Woody fragrance

 

Day 4

  • The difference between expensive and cheap perfumes

  • Compound classification and base selection of aroma

  • Code of manufacture, application and use of indoor and daily fragrance products

  • Perfume sales strategies and other fragrance products

  • The world’s 3 top perfumers and their perfume creations

  • Access to the world’s top fragrance suppliers, international fragrance regulators and guidelines

Suitable for people

 

People who are interested in perfume or intend to join the perfume industry

Eligibility criteria

 

  • 20 questions (10 or more must be answered correctly)

  • Complete the production of 12 scented perfumes according to the instructor and course instructions

  • Personal perfume works

Language of instruction

Cantonese supplemented by Mandarin and English teaching

Total course hours

24 hours in total 

Tuition includes

Course notes and material fees

Graduates will be awarded a first-class perfume certificate and pin issued by the Hong Kong Perfume School and the Asia Perfume Foundation​

Pathway courses

The course is recognized by the Hong Kong Perfume Industry Association and the Asia Fragrance Foundation

(After completion, you can connect to the Perfume Appreciation and Perfumer (Perfume Instructor) Diploma Courses)

 

Course tuition

 

HK$14,800

​Perfume Appreciation and Perfumer

(Perfume Instructor) Diploma Course

This course is provided by Hong Kong Perfume School

Course features

1. Various perfume raw materials and professional tools are provided in the class for students to learn

2. Provide more than 160 types of perfume raw materials

3. All students can personally participate in adjusting perfumes, scented candles and vine fragrance series

4. Instructors lead students to appreciate Asian original perfume brands and European niche boutique perfumes

5. After completing the course, you can purchase your own spices and set up a studio to make customized perfumes.

6. After completing the course, students can become mentors and lead perfumery apprentices to make perfumes and open personal fragrance brands.

7. Graduates can teach courses approved by the Asia Fragrance Foundation

   

Course content

1. Perfume formula analysis

2. Fragrance selection of chemical monomers (Isolate)

3. Use compounds to imitate natural fragrances and compare the pros and cons

4. Spices procurement channels, restrictions and cost optimization

5. Interpret and utilize GC-MS reports

6. Learn to read thousands of perfume ingredients

7. Appreciate the works of Asian perfume brands and perfumers

​8. Asian original perfume brands and European niche boutique perfumes

9. Examination (including written examination, portfolio and internship report)

Suitable for people

Those who have completed the Professional Course in Perfume Appreciation and Perfumer (Professional) Certificate

Eligibility criteria

 

Students must complete a perfume assignment and written report according to the instructor's instructions

Language of instruction

 

Cantonese supplemented by Mandarin and English teaching

 

Total course hours

 

18 hours in total

Tuition includes

 

Course notes and material fees

Graduates will receive a Level 3 Perfume Diploma and a pin issued by the Hong Kong Perfume School and the Asia Perfume Foundation.

Course tuition

 

HK$14,800

Room 1009-1010, 10/F, Beverley Commercial Center,

87-105 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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