Advanced Perfume Seminar: Sulfur and Thiazoles (in person | online)

Perfumer Spyros Drosopoulos joins the IAO for a seminar covering challenging but useful sulfur and thiazole materials in perfumery.

Sulfurous notes and thiazoles are crucial in certain fruity accords and truffle smells, and can also be used to add industrial effects and smoky notes. They also help to enhance the contrast between other olfactory notes. Deployed incorrectly, however, some of these notes can lend a urinous, kitty litter effect.

Spyros Drosopoulos leads an exploration of difficult materials in a theory-oriented class about sulfurous notes and thiazoles. In this seminar, students will smell materials—including but not limited to several mercaptans— learning how they can be deployed in perfumery to create important effects and impressions. We will also examine and explain several formulas that make use of sulfurous notes, demonstrating through practical knowledge how to cleverly use these notes in fine fragrance.

Three hours, in person. Must have previous experience blending.