Course itinerary
An hour's drive from Montpellier in the High Languedoc National Park is a beautifully restored French house where you'll learn to make organic perfume or aftershave using the highest quality raw aromatherapy ingredients.
You can choose to make your own organic perfume or if you prefer, aftershaves can also be created. This 3 night course is ideal if you want to progress your perfume making skills as you’ll enjoy 2 full days learning how to create your own scent.
Spend 3 nights over the weekend in an elegantly restored house with weathered stone floors, beautiful rooms, restaurant, massage room, perfume and cosmetic creation lab set in a valley above the pretty village of Lunas in South West France .
Learn the theory of perfumery and roll up your sleeves to create your own well-balanced perfume or aftershave that smacks your nostrils in all the right places with a ‘light, fleeting’ top note, ‘subtle, lingering’ middle note and ‘heavy, lasting bass note.
Dabble in the secret art of the perfumer on this long weekend perfume course as you use the fresh, organically grown herbs and flowers to create your own signature scent.
Suitability
- Suitable for all
- Please note that this course will only run if a minimum of 6 persons have booked on any one date
- If you are travelling solo, you may be able to join another group, please email hello@golearnto.com or call us on 08445 020445 with your ideal date
- Your hosts are English and French speakers
Perfume Course Start Days
- This perfume or aftershave making course starts on Fridays
- You will stay for 3 nights / 4 days
- Courses run on select dates in July and August
Weekend Aftershave Or Perfume Holiday Itinerary
Day 1
- Arrive on Friday afternoon
- You are welcome to check in to your room anytime after 2pm, earlier arrivals are welcome although rooms will not be available until after 2pm
- Spend your first afternoon relaxing, enjoying the surroundings and exploring the area
- Dinner with wine will be served in the restaurant (booked as an optional extra, see Costing and Extras tab for prices)
Day 2 & 3
- Following breakfast, you’ll head to the perfume creation lab for your theory lesson where you'll start to smell the essential oils and learn about their properties and notes
- You’ll have a full day perfumery lesson each day running between 9.30am and 5pm each day with a break for a light lunch
- The days will be spent learning how to create your own signature scent using natural, organically grown ingredients
- As you have two full days, you’ll have plenty of time to refine and balance your scents to create something to be proud of
- Smelling fabulous, you’ll head to the restaurant for dinner with wine each evening (booked as an optional extra, see Costing and Extras tab for prices)
Day 4
- After breakfast guests are asked to check-out of their rooms by 11am ready for departure taking home with them new aftershave making or perfumery skills and an insight into the life of a perfumer that will stay with them long after the holiday is over
What Will I Learn?
- The theory of perfume (or aftershave) making
- You'll learn about the effects of essential oils on the left, right or limbic brain and which oils create top, heart or base notes of a perfume
- You’ll explore the different ingredients used and how their scents affect your mood and wellbeing
- How to mix and balance your scent
- With 2 full days in the perfume making workshop, you'll gain a deeper insight into perfumery, understand how to select ingredients, balance the notes and how to create your own scents once back home
Perfume Course Accommodation
- This elegantly restored house is perched at the top of a winding road surrounded by gardens, farmland and forests
- The house is split into two buildings, the main house and a rustic old stone gite, there are 11 comfortable rooms in total which are decorated in a fresh and simple style with wooden shutters, some with exposed stonework and all with well equipped bathrooms complete with organic homemade toiletries
- All prices are per person in a twin or double standard room
Optional Airport / Train Station Transfer
- Please note that there is no public transport to the hotel and car hire or a pre-booked transfer is recommended
- Transfers from Montpellier or Beziers airport or train station can be added for £50 per person return
- Transfers can be added at the time of booking
Go learn to create your own signature scent on this long weekend perfume course where you’ll dabble in the secret art of the perfumer and take home new skills that will stay with you long after the holiday is over.