The perfumery
school.
A guided route through materials, composition and the experience of wearing perfume. Start at the foundations, then follow what makes you curious.
What is inside
an idea?
Begin with ingredients, notes and accords. A flower’s name, a supplied extract and the effect in a finished perfume are different kinds of information.
Notes & accords ↗The ingredient atlas ↗From botanical
to material.
Explore how expression, distillation and extraction capture different aromatic possibilities.
Extraction methods ↗Natural & synthetic materials ↗Follow a fragrance
through time.
Learn why top, heart and base are a useful description rather than a rigid timetable.
The perfume pyramid ↗How to smell a perfume ↗Choose with
understanding.
Compare product versions, sample deliberately and build a collection around your actual preferences.
Concentration explained ↗Sampling with intention ↗The fragrance unfolds.
These overlapping bands illustrate a descriptive model, not measured evaporation rates or fixed wear times.
All three can be perceptible together. Materials and perception shape the transition.
Extraction changes the material.
Expression
Citrus peel → mechanical separation → aromatic oil
Distillation
Botanical material → vapour and condensation → separated essential oil
Extraction
Botanical material → extraction and processing → products such as absolutes
Conceptual routes only. Actual processes and products depend on the botanical and production method. Explore the production context at Landema ↗