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Workshop: Composing Fragrance in the Distillation process!

Introduction to the art of scent distillery

14 Apr 2019

Distillation is a complicated process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. The search for capturing, or better yet extracting, the smells from flowers and plants has been around for ages. Over the centuries distillation became a more and more precise way to preserve essences. During this workshop you will be introduced to the history of scent extraction by going through the distillation process step by step with olfactory artist and perfumer Frank Bloem.

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Distilling the scent of flowers in the Aroma Lab -

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What you will do?

In this workshop you will be introduced to the process of distilling. With the plants that grow on the Mediamatic grounds and the waste from the kitchen of Mediamatic, or what extra materials the participants bring to the table, we will form scent bouquets that will be distilled to a artistic essential oil. After 3 and a half hours you will take home a tiny bottle of a 10% solution in alcohol of your own created blend.

Frank Bloem

Frank Bloem is an artist who uses scent as his primary medium. He studied Fine Arts at the Rietveld Academy. In the summer of 2016, Frank changed his focus from visual art to olfactory-based works and started The Snifferoo. This perfume laboratory is a place for education and experiments around scent. He made several personalised perfumes, hosts regular workshops, and has recreated the elephant smell of Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo.

Information: 

Workshop: Composing Fragrance in the Distillation process

Sunday 14th of April, 11:00 - 14:00

Tickets: Regular: €85,- | Students/Artists : €64,- | (including €1,- administration fee)
Attendance limited to 12 people. We maintain a minimum of 6 participants. 
Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam