For everyone interested in studying perfumery, I'm happy to share with you what I know. The program I completed at ISIPCA (www.isipca.fr), called The Fragrance Academy, very sadly no longer exists. (It was a one-year program for non-French students in perfumery and evaluation). If you are not French but would still like to study fragrance, there is a 2-year program available to those with a degree in chemistry or pharmacology, called EFCM (European Fragrance & Cosmetics Masters). The first year is spent studying cosmetics and fragrance in Versailles, the second year studying business in Italy. I believe you can find application details at the above-listed website.
The only other perfumery schools I'm aware of are within fragrance companies themselves. I think your best bet is to try to get your foot in the door at a fragrance company, be it as a fragrance compounder, sales coordinator, etc. Work hard, express your interest in fragrance development, make a real effort to get along with everyone...and hopefully through this route, you will find a way to move up.
3 comments:
hey -
i'd love to know more about your time in perfume school. did you study chemistry beforehand? what experience did you have prior to attending? did it teach you anything that you couldn't have learned on your own? and what are you doing with your knowledge now?
thanks!
andrew
Hi Lauren!
Did you study science too before applying to the program?
Hoping to hear back,
Nicole
i have conpleted highschool.
now i am intrested in perfumery line.
do you any good courses which i can do?
how to apply for guivadan,IFF,symrise perfumery school
i heard its for their employ only.
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