In an online class, perfumer Dana El Masri teaches the genealogy of scent, covering the amber, resinous, and balsamic categories.
This is an online class. The Zoom link will be sent by email 24 hours before the class.
We continue Dana’s genealogy of scent series with an exploration of amber, resinous, and balsamic scents, including benzoin, frankincense, myrrh, and styrax.
Starting the session with an overview of each material, Dana shares a brief history and cultural impact of each material, and technical information such as extraction methods and countries of origin.
The class then covers the classic, contemporary, mass-market and niche applications of these materials by looking at important perfumes.