How to Become a Perfumer Advice
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2018
- What is needed and where to go if it's something you're seriously considering. So this is my best advice if you're considering perfumery as a potential future career. Advice for getting in to a perfumery school, with added little tip bits of advice for being self taught.
All though as a trained perfumer, some schools might like a degree in Chemistry, it's not a 100% need for all students. If you want the absolute best chance of getting the job, ring up the schools and directly ask them advice. Don't guess, speak to the people there, they may recommend you go ahead and do that Chemistry degree. Though I know for a fact that if you have enough passion, and are keen enough, they will take you on regardless of having a degree in Chemistry or not. So it's not the end of the world if you don't have a Chemistry brain. You just have to prove you want it enough. So start that blog, and get a job in a fragrance store, demonstrate and prove your interest. Ring them on the phone...
You could even try get an apprenticeship directly with companies like IFF and beg them for a placement. Don't let chemistry put you off. It is still a possible career without a degree. Here's a link to two of the biggest / best well known perfumery schools. Both are in France.
(Here you will be placed in to work after finishing, and be sent to where ever is needed, it might be New York, Brazil, Switzerland, or Grasse, but you'll work for big brands in fine fragrance)
www.givaudan.com/fragrances/p...
Check out video clips from the Givudan school here:
• Video 1: Intro to the ...
(Francis Kurkdjian trained here and many, many others)
You will spend a long time just memorizing raw materials, and identifying them in percentage before you even blend a scent. It takes time, patience and a keen focus. Don't expect it to be easy.
www.isipca-school.com
Ring up IFF, Robertet, Firmenich and write them a letter, or turn up on their door and beg them for taking you on as a student. Offer to work for free. If you push enough someone will listen. Most people are just scared to ask.
Here are some of the biggest fragrance companies in the world you can contact:
www.iff.com
www.robertet.com/en/
www.firmenich.com/en_INT/index...
If all that fails, there's no limits for being self taught.
Practice, practice, practice, and you can do it yourself with your own brand. Many of my favorite perfumers are completely self-taught.
I am the perfumer and owner of Centauri Perfumes
www.centauriperfumes.com
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thank you for your advice! i am a student of south korea , and yesterday i realized that i want to be a perfumer. so i was looking for perfumer's advice , and finally i found your channel!! your advice is very very helpful to me. i want to say "thank you" again.. thank you !!!!!
The age of fast technology has reduced our attention span and made us lazy. We want fast results. Patience and hard work seem dated and old fashioned. I don’t know why I’m ranting about this.
This video was helpful. I’ve wanted to become a perfumer since I was 7 and began practicing with oils around 10. My earliest memories of fragrances was in kindergarten. I’m now 15. I’ve looked at other careers but I always come back to perfumery.
Completely agree with what you were saying toward the end about sub-par fragrance releases. I've noticed that many new perfume houses are creating mediocre fragrances and concentrating more on marketing than quality - they send free bottles to social media "influencers" who wax poetic about them in return. It probably does drum up business initially, but in the long run, I don't see many of these companies lasting. Once the hype bubble bursts, their fragrances will need to stand on their own.
Always helpful Peter. Great advice for beginners and even experienced. Keep em coming
You’re amazing. Thank you for taking the time!
Peter, Thank you so much for posting and sharing this with us. : )
I love a person who is knowledgeable. It's such a turn on.
Thank you for taking the time to share all your knowledge.
Fantastic video and agree with everything you said. I am very excited for you to release your fragrance brand, I know it will be amazing quality.
Another excellent video. Looking forward to seeing more! Congratulations ...Keep up the great work !
I have been playing guitar since I was 13, I began writing music the next year, then had a band months after that. That band continued on in different the form of different projects until I was 20. Then I started working on production and recording music. Now I'm 31 and still an amateur in the world of music, but the work I produce astounds the unaware people around me.
Thank you so much for sharing thoughts, suggestions, and your time. Your videos inspiring me!
That's pure inspiration! Thanks for your advice, Peter.
I love your honesty... "people are lazy". This is great advice for anyone who is learning any trade. It's not about brains, but discipline and passion. There are no shortcuts to learning. Daily practice, patience, and sacrifice. "It you want it enough, you will do it" I just picked this up as a hobby, but keep watching because of your authentic and positive mindset. And your great one-liners :)
You are so well spoken and this was definitively a helpful video! Please keep sharing your thoughts, I love hearing your perspective on life, art and creation :) Cheers from Canada
Peter, this video was exceptionally well done, and your advice was spot on!! You talked about “putting in the hours and time and practice”. This is absolutely key and is applicable to mastering any skill in any area of life!! I totally agree that being self-taught can have some real advantages for someone who has the ability to motivate themselves out of curiosity and a burning desire to learn. As you said, “the hunger and joy of creation” is a wonderful and very effective motivator. Your advice is very perceptive, and you can literally take what you said in this video and apply it to mastering any skill. I really enjoyed this one……great advice!!
I have a lot of respect for the way you think and behave. Greatly appreciate your videos.
This video has been so helpful for me. You’ve planted something in me and given me the motivation to want to start acting on my aspirations now. Thank you so much❤️