Spring 2008 Natural Perfumery Online Course Registration

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The image above is really nice viewed in its original size. Just click it on.

The world image is used in the online course website's internal pages. The students see that pictorial banner when the log in for their study modules, chats, or when the access the site to catch up on the downloads needed for class, to follow links or any of the many options available. The image was chose to best illustrate the ability of this course to link up natural perfumery students worldwide.

You can click on the detailed Classes page on Anya's Garden for details and to read a testimonial from a Fall 2007 student. More testimonials are available upon request.

The Fall 2007 class contains 26 students spanning the globe from Australia to Belgium. The Spring 2008 class, which is just being formally announced here for pre-registration is already half full, and the geographic stretch is a little further: China to Italy. I am very, very humbled by the interest and passion and dedication these students show. By signing up for a one-year course they show that they are seriously intent on developing and honing their skills in natural perfumery, and the reward for me is the realization that I'm helping train future perfumers and that I am putting them on the path to career fulfillment.

Signup is here and you can read more of the nuts and bolts of the class by visiting here. The latter site has been updated and archives the evolution of some of the course content and focus after feedback from students came in, and after some technical glitches of the inaugural class were settled. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions by clicking on this link.

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