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Q. Tell me more about PerfumersWorld
A. PerfumersWorld was formed to focus on promoting fine creative perfumery and opening the art of perfumery to a much wider audience. Increasingly the perfumer has become just another member of the production team and the bulk of perfumery work has become restrictively cost controlled for purely commercial purposes.
Q. Who is the "perfumer" at PerfumersWorld?
A. Stephen
V. Dowthwaite is the principle instructor and founder of PerfumersWorld.
He has been the industry since 1971 and trained in fine perfumery in the
UK (Picot Laboratories - one of the last creative perfumery houses in
the UK - the perfumes are now in the Jovan stable).
For more take a look at this link http://www.PerfumersWorld.com/mission/profsvd.htm
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Q. How big is PerfumersWorld?
A. PerfumersWorld
now has students working in 8 out of 10 of the top ten perfumery houses
from more than 40 countries worldwide including USA, UK, Canada, Mexico,
Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Singapore, Switzerland, Japan, Korea,
China, Israel, Poland, India, Bangladesh, UAE, Hong Kong, Australia, Columbia,
Brazil, Pakistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Venezuela.
PerfumersWorld probably has
more students than all of the other courses in the world put together.
Q. How do I pay for the courses?
A. After we have received
and checked over your application we will confirm whether our courses
are suitable for you. we will send you a choice of alternatives for payment.
We accept payment by American Express Cards, Western Union, Telegraphic
Transfer etc.
Q. Do you accept all applicants?
A. Most, but if we do
not think you will benefit or move towards your stated objectives we may
direct you to alternatives, although these alternatives are few in number.
We have high school age students to students in their 70's, never to young
to learn.
One student that completed our application questionnaire, scoring 98%,
and then after completing a second more difficult one again scoring over
90% we advised him that he didn't need to do the course. He insisted that
he wanted to continue and we allowed him to enroll. After recently completing
a 2 week Master Class he declared that they "have been the most fulfilling
weeks for a long time". We have many "students" with well over 10
years professional perfumery experience (and as much as 30 years!) and
we have to confess that we learn as much from them as they do from us.
Q. Where can I find out about other perfumery courses?
These
are main courses in the world that we know about:
1) King Mongkut University - Bangkok. Masters Degree Option Course in
BioTech Faculty run once a year in Thai language by PerfumersWorld
2) Shanghai University - have a comprehensive 7 year course for Chinese
students, mainly chemistry and technology.
3) There is new course in Yokohama/Tokyo Japan - content is mainly academic
and in Japanese.
4) Plymouth University - UK "The Business of Perfumery" (linked
to IFEAT course)
5) ISIPCA - very good residential course (up to 7 years) French speaking
advisable. Short courses available for students sponsored by companies.
http://www.isipca.fr./
6) Cinquième Sens - (Monique Schlienger) offers customized training
programs in perfumery for professionals and interested individuals. http://www.cinquiemesens.com
7) Dragoco, Firmenich have limited courses for their employees.
[Others]............
We know of no major courses in the USA, India, Australia.
Check with your local Universities they may have short courses that cover
perfume/cosmetics.
Check with the Cosmetic Society in your country they may have courses
with a perfumery element.
Some perfumery aspects are covered by Aromatherapy courses on the Internet.
Q. How is PerfumersWorld training different from other courses?
A. There are very few courses available as
we have already pointed out, but the focus on all of the other courses
we know of, with the exception of the French course, is on the theoretical
aspects of perfumery chemistry and business studies rather than hands
on perfume creation techniques. PerfumersWorld
training is much more focused on the practical training in the art of
perfumery. In covering technical issues we assume no prior chemistry knowledge
and provide the information you need in practical terms without going
deeper than necessary. We figure you will go on to do a degree in chemistry
if that's what you want and being a subject that's taught already at hundreds
of universities worldwide, its best left to them. We do find however,
even for our chemistry graduate students (we have hundreds, even PhD's
and Professors) that the courses add a perspective on chemistry that is
not covered in mainstream University Courses. If you want to learn practical
skills and techniques that you can use every day then come to us.
Q. Do you award a certificate or diploma?
A. Yes, we supply a uniquely named and numbered certificate at the end of each course with your grade, even for the Foundation Course. If you join one of our courses at a university then you get a joint PerfumersWorld/University certificate (below right). Certificate's are verifiable online by any prospective employer.
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Q. Are student places really limited for the courses?
A.
Yes,
FOUNDATION COURSE - No limit set at present, this may be reviewed in the
future
SENIOR COURSE - 20 students accepted per month
PROFESSIONAL COURSES - 10 students per month
Note: If no places are available at the time you apply then we will offer
you the first available vacancy.
We may use results of the Foundation Course to prioritize students that
demonstrate that they will be able to keep up with the intensity of the
Senior and Professional Courses.
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