recommended order of classes

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All of our teachers are independent perfumers or academics who  are sharing information that they have gleaned from their individual  perfume and/or research practices. 

We  believe that it is very important for our participants to develop their  own practice by taking notes, and by creating the structures that will  take them through their own learning trajectory. We believe that  creating these systems is a learning tool. 

Although we prefer you attend in person, we are able to share videos for 3 days after each class. There are occasional exceptions to that. 

We do not share the slide presentations from our classes.  

We do not allow dissemination of screenshots or recordings of - or handouts from - our classes without express written consent. 

Please respect our teachers' right to share information in the way that works for them by respecting this. 

CULTURAL OPENNESS

The IAO is committed to access, experimentation, and cultural multiplicity in our approach to teaching. 

LEARNING THROUGH DEMONSTRATION

We believe in learning based on direct visual experience of the materials, and the recognition of non-dominant scent cultures and value systems. 

SELF-DIRECTED

Excellence is not assigned by adherence to normative external factors, but by a sense of personal accomplishment and joy in what an individual attains. 

FACTS WITHOUT DOGMA

We want to teach about all the educational, material and supplier options available to a given practitioner, and encourage them to make informed choices that are in line with their own internal compass. 

FREE SPIRITS

We want to encourage a free-spirited, self-directed approach to the medium, where participants gain a sense of agency as perfumers and a life-long confidence about their capacities. 

TOUGH LOVE

We want to cultivate a space where participants are pushed to their best possible capacities, through direct, honest critique.

ROOTED IN REAL LIFE

We aim to provide participants with a deep and optimistic understanding of the multiple paths available to perfumers, with a focus on independent practices without neglecting the industry.