Fragrance Education

Courses

Among the Foundation's educational accomplishments is the introduction in 1992 of the Certified Fragrance Sales Specialists Programme and the formation of a Certification Board to conduct an annual examination. The CFSS programme is now internet-based and has recently been extended to the UK and Australia. Graduates receive a Certificate and a CFSS pin. At university level the Foundation supports New York's Fashion Institute of Technology's Bachelor of Science degree course, which features a Fragrance and Cosmetics Marketing Programme.

The courses available through education and training organizations are:

• EFCM (European Fragrance and Cosmetics Masters degree) run by ISIPCA at the University of Versailles, in partnership with the university of Padua.
  This is a two year post-grad. course. See ISIPCA website for details.
  
  
• IFEAT Diploma in Perfumery, is a distance learning course administered from the Fragrance Education Centre based at the University of Plymouth.  Enrolments for the existing ‘IFEAT Diploma in Perfumery’ programme for the academic year 2007 – 2008 are now closed - the programme is fully subscribed.
  
  The programme is being fully revised and up-dated. Details of the new programme will be announced at the IFEAT conference in Montreal during the first week of October 2008.  The new course syllabus and content has been evolved from two years consultation with industry and discussions with the IFEAT Education Committee.  The original syllabus, although up-dated a number of times, was developed over twenty years ago. The new 2009 syllabus reflects the major changes that have taken place in the Aroma Trades. The new syllabus has been developed in consultation with IFEAT and the British Society of Perfumers.  Existing modules have been fully revised to reflect developments within the industry. Given its increased importance, a new module ‘Marketing in the Aroma Trades’ has been developed. This covers both business to business marketing (aroma materials producers and creative houses) and the ultimate driver of demand, the consumer marketing environment. The course will continue to run under the academic leadership of Dr. Tony Curtis who has over 40 years of experience in the Aroma Trades.
  
  Information will be available from the first week of October. The new programme is being launched at the IFEAT Montreal conference. Preliminary registration will be possible in November 2008 and it is planned that first enrolments will be accepted in January 2009. The programme is due to commence in February 2009.
  
  Plans are being discussed for residential regional workshops around the world, and for new developments in the flavours area of the
  Information will be available on the University of Plymouth website at:
  http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/dynamic.asp?page=pd_course&course=371
  Email: aroma@plymouth.ac.uk
  Telephone: 01752 588939 or 01752 588938.
  
  
• Training programme for student perfumers offered by the Grasse Institute of Perfumery.
  Contact details:
  G.I.P., 48 avenue Riou Blanquet, BP 21017, 06131
  GRASSE Cedex, France
   Tel +33 492 42 34 90
  Email gip@prodarom.fr
  This is a 9 month course in two parts, from Feb to June and September to December. About one third of the course is delivered in English and two thirds in French.
  
  
• A distance learning course offered by Perfumers World from Thailand.
  Contact through website, or via the link from the general perfume industry website:
  www.leffingwell.com
  
  
• A number of one-day introductory courses, weekend residential courses and one-week residential courses offered in the UK by various independent fragrance trainers.
  
  

If you wish to train as a perfumer, we would recommend that you apply to the fragrance supply companies who run excellent in-house training programmes. Go through the company websites of the top four: IFF, Givaudan, Firmenich, Quest International, or try the smaller houses based in Grasse: Robertet, Charabot, Mane.

If you need more information, please email john@pandoraltd.com.

Other courses can be found through:

• The London College of Fashion

Articles and books

'Follow your nose' by Andrew Jefford

"Transports of delight" by David Pybus An Aromatic journey in verse from East to West on the wings of perfume. Click here to order your copy.

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