Home Study Perfume Course with Online Resources

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 Originally published July 16, 2013


Dilution of costly aromatics and use of dropper bottles is one of the first exercises for Natural Perfumery Institute students http://PerfumeClasses.com

Dilution of costly aromatics and use of dropper bottles is one of the first exercises for Natural Perfumery Institute students http://PerfumeClasses.com

In 2007, I developed a community-based, professional natural perfumery course for those who cannot travel to study.  This was the first course of its kind, and I pioneered many techniques for students, including making dilutions for initial study, using scales, organoleptic evaluations and many more. I wanted this to be the best course available to those who cannot travel to study, perhaps due to finances, job and family commitments, or maybe health reasons. If any of these factors apply, this course is for you, especially if you’re looking for an instructor who has decades of perfumery experience. 
A few students have told me they took the course because they’re very reserved and didn’t want to be immersed in a real-life classroom setting where they would have to participate.  I understand this personality type, and I have found many natural perfumers to be reserved or shy, and I nurture them, as I have for eleven years on the Yahoo Natural Perfumery group I started and host, and in my Ask the Perfumer Sunday forum.

After studying perfumery on my own, from classic texts since 1976, I launched the first USA-based natural perfumery line in 1991, and since then have won dozens of awards for my perfumes.  What the bloggers who gave these awards didn’t know is that behind the scenes, I developed the first textbook for natural perfumery.  Not a handbook or manual, a fully-realized, illustrated, full-color, professionally-edited textbook.  It is copyrighted and is in the Library of Congress.
Textbook cover for the Natural Perfumery Institute basic course

Textbook cover for the Natural Perfumery Institute basic course

So what do the students enjoy besides my expertise and wonderful textbook?  Well, there are two options, the value-priced $500 textbook Home Study, or the $2600 Online Interactive option.  The Online Interactive is for the student who feels they need one-on-one guidance and the ability to consult with me on a perfumery question, exercise, or assignment.  Both options provide dozens of professional forms, charts, and illustrations to make perfumery understandable and organized.  Both options also allow the student to be a part of the discussion forum – for life.  Adjunct faculty, students and I take part in the forum.

You'll need to know specific gravity to make quantities of perfume. The NPI is the only NP course that teachs SG

You’ll need to know specific gravity to make quantities of perfume. The NPI is the only NP course that teaches SG

The convenience of distance learning is valuable for all the reasons stated above, and the companionship of the worldwide network of others in the forum is a treasure that will allow you to develop your skills.

Please visit https://PerfumeClasses.com and consider the premier online distance learning course for natural perfumery. Don’t forget to check out the testimonials, a tiny sampling of the many I receive for the course.

Anya McCoy

Founder and Head Instructor

3 Comments

  1. Deborah on December 9, 2016 at 9:01 am

    Thank you,is there a free online offer 2017

    Reply
    • Anya on February 3, 2017 at 2:00 pm

      No free course. It is a complex, challenging course that took years to put together, so you can appreciate that it cannot be offered for free.

      Reply
  2. alwahaj on September 4, 2018 at 5:24 pm

    please send more info price list about all courses
    thanks,
    alwahaj

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