“That Ecstatic Moment” in the life of a perfumery student
Originally posted March 8, 2013 One of my students posted this recently in the private student forum for the Natural Perfumery Institute . Once enrolled, students enjoy lifetime membership in the forum, which is where they can interact with other students to build up their network and friendships, ask questions of myself and the adjunct faculty, and receive updates. This lovely note can be inspiring to all perfumery students, no matter where you are studying, because it is that universal “A-ha” moment, aka the “Eureka!” moment when it all starts to come together. Ecstasy by Ana Bikic Here are Nuala_fae’s words (used with permission): That ecstatic moment when you realise you have found the modification, after months of work, the only one which will become a perfume, the one you went diving for. I haven’t posted much before, but I really had to share this with people who can truly understand my joy. Learning horizontal accords was exhilarating, intuitive, a huge boost to my confidenc