Interested in perfume?
How can we help you?
To guide you through the services we provide and the assistance we can give you, I've created the outline you see below.
Often there are more ways than one to solve a problem so don't hesitate to explore multiple links to find the "perfume solution" that works best for you.
Philip Goutell
Lightyears, Inc.
- Are you looking for your own perfume to sell?
- I have a budget and a marketing plan and I need someone to make a perfume for our business.
- I want a perfume with our company name on it but I can't budget more than a few thousand dollars.
- I would like to have my own perfume but I don't yet know the steps that are involved so I'd like to learn by doing it on a small, easily affordable, scale.
- Do you want to study perfumery to create your own original fragrances?
- I want to begin to learn the art of making perfume studying at home.
- I am looking for face-to-face perfumery training with a working, professional perfumer.
- I already have experience in creating my own fragrances and I would like to find advanced, professional level, training.
- Or do you simply need supplies?
- Unprinted Perfume Test Blotters (Smelling Strips)
- Do you know about our Perfume Maker's Club?
I want a perfume with our
company name on it but I
can't budget more than
a few thousand dollars
You can have a perfume with your own name on it to sell without spending much money if you accept the limits you must work within and are willing to do some work yourself.
So forget about custom bottles and fancy packaging. Forget about developing a new, original fragrance. If you really want your own perfume or cologne to sell but don't have tens of thousands of dollars to invest, do it the way we did when we developed our first fragrance. Read Creating Your Own Perfume With A 1700% Markup! and follow the same steps we followed.
Yes, you can have your own perfume or cologne to sell, without spending more than a few thousand dollars, but to do it you have to do the work yourself! Creating Your Own Perfume With A 1700% Markup! walks you through the steps.
I would like to have my own
perfume but I don't yet know
the steps that are involved so
I'd like to learn by doing it on
a small, easily affordable, scale
If having your own perfume to sell interests you but just now you don't have much money, the best way to discover what is involved in putting a perfume together is to read Developing A Profitable New Perfume On A Budget Of Less Than $200! and follow each step — the same steps we followed in developing one of our own fragrances. For about $200 to $300 plus the price of the book you'll find yourself with from 20 to 50 bottles of perfume or cologne, ready to sell.
Yes, it's a small beginning but it teaches you the basics. First you learn how to produce a perfume or cologne using the same steps that big companies go through. Then, when you've produced your first fragrance (spending very little money!) you'll have a chance to see how well you can sell it! After all, there's no point in putting substantial money into a perfume or cologne until you are sure you can make money from it.
And, if selling your perfume or cologne is something you haven't yet throught about, read 61 Basic Strategies For Selling Your Own Perfume! for ideas. You might surprise your friends and even yourself with your ability to turn perfume into money!
I want to begin to learn
the art of making perfume
studying at home
If you have a serious interest in learning perfumery — the art of creating fragrances of beauty and technical excellence — and if you are willing to start at the beginning and learn the fundamental technology essential to this art, the PerfumersWorld Foundation Course in Creative Perfumery is perhaps the only (and perhaps the best!) open enrollment course in the world today that can start you on the path of becoming a skilled professional.
While one course alone won't cover everything that, ultimately, you will want to learn, and while what you derive from this course will depend greatly on the amount of work you put into it, the PerfumersWorld Foundation Course will get you started with professional training and a direction to follow to advance your skills.
You can go a long way in perfumery with the skills developed through the PerfumersWorld Foundation Course. With this as a solid start, you can continue to perfect your knowledge and skills, working on your own — or you can enroll in an advanced course with PerfumersWorld — or you can do both.
I am looking for face-to-face
perfumery training with a
working, professional perfumer
Once a year we offer a 5-Day Perfumery Workshop in the New York area in association with Stephen V. Dowthwaite and PerfumersWorld. Enrollment is limited. Dates for our 2010 Workshop are May 3-7. This year's location with be just off Exit 8-A of the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95).
Past participatants have included both seasoned perfumery pros and absolute beginners. Some good networking has taken place. The more involved you are with perfume, the more you are likely to get out of this workshop. Some past participants have found that the workshop had helped them take their work in perfumery to a higher level. Our 2008 and 2009 workshops included participants from Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Chile, and France as well as many parts of the US. Travel and workshop fees for some have been paid by their companies including several international fragrance & flavor giants.
Click here for this year's details.
I already have experience in
creating my own fragrances
and I would like to find advanced,
professional level, training
Advanced perfumery training with Stephen V. Dowthwaite in Bangkok is available by special arrangement. Contact Steve at PerfumersWorld for information.
An advanced (professional level, 10 days) class in the U.S. immediately following a 5-Day Workshop is a possibility if enough interest is shown. Successful completion of a 5-Day Workshop or comparable experience is a prerequisite. If interested, contact Steve Dowthwaite at PerfumersWorld.
