A perfumer is a term used for an expert on creating perfume compositions, sometimes referred to affectionately as "a Nose" (French: le nez) due to their fine sense of smell and skill in producing olfactory compositions. The perfumer is effectively an artist who is trained in depth on the concepts of fragrance aesthetics and who is capable of conveying abstract concepts and moods with their fragrance compositions. At the most rudimentary level, a perfumer must have a keen knowledge of a large variety of fragrance ingredients and their smells, and be able to distinguish each of the fragrance ingredients whether alone or in combination with other fragrances. As well, they must know how each ingredient reveals itself through time with other ingredients. The job of the perfumer is very similar to that of flavourists, who compose smells and flavourants for many commercial food products.

Training

Most past perfumers did not undergo profession training in the art and many learned their craft as apprentices under another perfumer in their employment as a perfume technician (in charge of blending formulas) or chemist. A direct entrance into the profession is rare and those who do typically enter it through family contacts. These apprenticeship last around 3 years.

Until recently, profession schools open to the public for training perfumers did not exist. In 1970 ISIPCA became the world's only school in perfumery. The candidates must endure a demanding entrance examination and must have taken university level courses in organic chemistry.

Givaudan and International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) have perfumery schools a part of their companies, but students must be employees of the company and must be recommended for acceptance into the school by their superiors.

Courses for perfumery are also offered by PerfumersWorld and the University of Plymouth (UK) offers a BA (Bachelor of Arts) course in Business & Perfumery.

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Tue Feb 23 15:09:59 2010

What are the subjects one should study to become a perfumer?
Q. I would like to obtain a BSc in order to create perfumes, cosmetics and flavours for food. On which subjects should I concentrate? Thanks.
Asked by Lorin - Tue Jan 22 05:44:25 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. chemistry (?)
Answered by christa - Tue Jan 22 05:51:46 2008

What's the best bet for becoming a perfumer?
Q. I am currently enrolled in an American college and I researched and found (very few) cosmetic science masters programs like at the University of Cincinnati or Farleigh-Dickenson University. Those programs require a science related bachelors degree. If I want to become a perfumer particularly, would it be a good bet to get a degree in cosmetic science after my bachelors? It's kind of hard to become a perfumer in the U.S. considering there are no schools particularly dedicated to the study of perfumery. And I don't know if I should get a science B.S. just so I can get into a cosmetic science masters program considering cosmetic science is more focused on the formulation of personal products like shampoos, soaps, etc..
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there is no blog link list on my blog, does anybody know how to do this?
Q. I have a blog with blogger, I can't seem to get a link list down the side. here is the link to my blog so you can see what I mean
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A. Go to your Blog and edit the template. When you are in the template find the line of code that says Replace it with this.

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