Perfume Science Kit

Follow your nose on a fragrant journey through the science, history and art of making perfumes. Experiment with countless fragrance combinations on your way to becoming a master perfumer. Learn how your nose and olfactory system work with your brain to sense and recognize smells. Play games with your sense of smell and taste. Read about the long history of perfumes and take a peek into the perfume industry today. Discover where natural and synthetic fragrances come from. Use vegetable shortening to extract the fragrant oils from rose petals. Find out what makes a perfume different from a cologne. Design your own perfumes and learn how perfumes are meticulously composed. Train your nose to recognize the components of complex scents. Make a scented potpourri and a sweet-smelling sachet with your homemade perfumes. Design the perfume that suits you perfectly, and surprise your friends with perfumes made specially for them. Perfume Science introduces young perfumers to the biology, chemistry and techniques behind fragrance design. This kit is a complete perfumer’s laboratory including 8 high-quality perfume oils, decorative flacons (small bottles) for storing your perfume creations and important tools of the trade. The 48-page full-color manual is full of information about the biology of smelling, the chemistry of perfumes, the fine fragrance industry and the history of perfumes.

Topics and Experiments

Setting Up Your Perfume Laboratory

The Physiology of Smell

Smell Memory & Taste Test Games

The History of Perfumes

Extracting Fragrances from Plants

Where Do Fragrances Come From?

Perfume’s Head, Heart & Base Notes

Training Your Nose

Learning to Work as a Perfumer

Composing Perfumes from Formulas

Designing Your Own Perfumes

Fun Facts about Perfumes

Special Crafts for Your Perfumes

Advice for Safe Experimenting Contents The kit includes these parts: Experiment Manual • Four Basic Perfume Oils (20 ml each): Lemony, Woody, Flory, Musky • Four Creative Perfume Oils (10 ml each): Orienta, Mentha, Mella, Tropica • Finalio Perfume Finisher (50 ml) • 5 Cotton Pads • 2 Flacons with Caps • Atomizer • Cap for Atomizer • 2 Dropper Pipettes • Book of Smell Strips • 2 Measuring Cups with Lids • 2 Stirrers • Funnel • 5 Mini Flacons with Caps • Perfume Bottle Labe