Learn Perfumery in Grasse

Honest level: Enthusiast -> Professional — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

International Technical Degree in Fragrance Creation and Sensory Evaluation

A long-form program in the historic perfume capital totalling 1,200 training hours, of which 600 are practical and supervised at the perfumer's organ. Students learn raw materials, fragrance families, accord building and blending, plus chemistry, olfaction training, regulations and analysis (gas chromatography, mass spectrometry), and visit jasmine, rose and lavender growers and local factories. Taught in English to a class capped at twelve, selected for olfactory talent, followed by a six-month industry internship.

Next sessions: Jan 2027

A small-cohort, full-time immersion in Grasse, the birthplace of French perfumery, with hands-on lab time and field visits leading to an industry-recognized degree.

~€13,500

Why Grasse Institute of Perfumery (GIP)

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Founded in 2002 by Prodarom (the French fragrance-industry trade union) in Grasse, GIP runs an 18-month "International Technical Degree in Fragrance Creation and Sensory Evaluation" limited to 12 students, training perfumers in the historic capital of French perfumery.

Schools in Grasse

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• Grasse Institute of Perfumery (GIP)
  International Technical Degree in Fragrance Creation and Sensory Evaluation
  A long-form program in the historic perfume capital totalling 1,200 training hours, of which 600 are practical and supervised at the perfumer's organ.
  https://www.grasse-perfumery.com/long-term/international-technical-degree-in-fragrance-creation-and-sensory-evaluation/
• Cinquième Sens
  Summer School
  Cinquième Sens is a perfumery training center (founded 1976) with classrooms in Grasse and Paris that runs 5- and 10-day Summer School sessions covering raw-material olfaction and hands-on formulation work using its Olfactorium perfume-organ.
  https://www.cinquiemesens.com
• Molinard (harvest-season perfume workshops)
  Classic Perfume Workshop
  Molinard is a Grasse perfume house (founded 1849) offering on-site workshops in which a guide walks participants through a fragrance's structure and they blend their own scent from up to 90 essences, though its sessions are short (roughly 20 minutes to one hour) rather than multi-day or residential.
  https://molinard.com/en/pages/the-grasse-workshops

The credential

ISIPCA state-recognized perfumery diploma, or the GIP International Technical Degree in Fragrance Creation · Certifying body: ISIPCA (Université de Versailles diploma) / Grasse Institute of Perfumery

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