The best perfume making classes in NYC

Back Porch Soap Company teaches the art of cold-press, organic soap making in this beginner-friendly course. The Organic Cold Process Soap Making class is an opportunity to create organic homemade soap to replace store-bought options with potentially harmful chemicals and additives. Instructors walk participants through each step of the soap making process, from creating the soap to adding botanicals and helping with scents and textures tailored to your preferences. At the end of the course, you’ll have the skills to create your non-toxic cold-pressed soap and avoid store-brand products with questionable ingredients.

Create your own personalized facial cream from organic ingredients and natural scents in this artisan face cream workshop. You’ll learn about the science of facial moisturization and have the process of mixing waters and oils to create revitalizing, rejuvenating facial creams. You’ll get to experiment with various cream recipes and create your own personalized blend of oils, botanicals and acids to create a face cream that feels perfect on your skin and has all of the active ingredients you need to have perfectly hydrated and luxurious skin.

In the candle making class, you’ll learn how to create stunning artisanal candles under the guidance of a master chandler with over 25 years of experience During this hands-on, interactive course, you will have an opportunity to learn each step of the candle making process, which will provide a number of transferable skills for perfume making. Since both crafts focus on the use of natural ingredients and scent oils, learning candle making helps you grasp the basics of combining scent oil with other ingredients like wax before moving on to custom perfumes. The class uses natural wax for the candles to ensure the final product is eco-friendly and sustainable, which is crucial when making home goods.

The Sip and Soap event at Nyah is hosted by certified soap making instructors who guide participants through the process of making their own artisanal soap as you enjoy a glass of wine or a bottle of beer. It’s a hands-on experience where you can meet new friends, enjoy some beer or wine, and leave with your own soap creations and the knowledge of how to make non-toxic soap for your home or to gift/sell. The course provides all the necessary to create two bars of natural artisanal soap and you’ll leave the class with the knowledge you need to replicate the process in your own home (with or without the wine).

Give the gift of a fragrant journey through the bustling streets of New York City's creative hub with some enticing candle, soap, and perfume-making class gift cards. Whether you're a seasoned crafter or a novice looking to explore the world of fragrance, classes offer an aromatic adventure for everyone. Treat yourself or surprise a friend with the gift of crafting luxurious candles, artisanal soaps, and bespoke perfumes. From beginner-friendly classes where you'll learn the basics of candle pouring and soap molding to specialty workshops featuring advanced techniques and exotic scents, there's a class to suit every level of expertise. Spice up your date nights with romantic candle-making sessions or bond with friends over a fun-filled perfume-blending workshop. With gift cards, you'll unleash your inner alchemist and create signature scents that captivate the senses.

You can enroll your team members in a perfume blending workshop in which they can craft their own bespoke fragrances (and share their fragrances with co-workers). An expert perfume maker will guide your team members through the process of making all-natural perfumes and fragrances while teaching you about the history of the craft, which dates back to at least 3000 BCE. By the end of this event, everyone will have a unique perfume blend that they can take home with them and they will have the knowledge they need to start pursuing more advanced perfume-making courses (or they can just show off their new skills to friends and family).

Give your employees the rare opportunity to work with a master chandler and create their own custom scented candles in this premium candle making workshop. In this class, participants will be given all of the supplies they need to make two unique scented candles that they can take home with them to burn in their own homes or give as gifts. All the while, they’ll learn about the history of candle-making and have the chance to collaborate with their coworkers as they discover what unique kinds of candles everyone in the session makes.

Bring your team together for a fun evening of hands-on crafting as everyone gets the opportunity to make their own personal, artisanal bar of soap. Everyone will have the chance to select the coloring, scent, and botanicals included in their bar of soap, then an expert instructor will guide participants through the process of turning the disparate ingredients into a complete and useful bar of soap that they can take home with them. Whether your employees continue with their new soap-making skills or not, this course is sure to be a hit amongst your team members.

While enrolling in a home goods class like perfume making may seem like a specialized skill, there are numerous benefits that extend beyond the niche nature of this hobby. This is especially true in today’s culture, where consumers are health-conscious and focus on the ingredients in the products we use daily. Whether in the perfumes we apply directly to our skin, in the scent oils blended into candles, or the additives in our soaps, taking a perfume making class provides an opportunity to learn about organic ingredients and how to create high-quality products free from potentially harmful chemicals and fillers. Also, mastering skills like perfume making helps you identify what types of scents work best for your skin and can help save costs over time compared to buying name-brand items with generalized scents that are produced for the masses. 

As you learn more about perfume making and gain more advanced skills, there’s the possibility to take your craft from a hobby to a profitable small business. Many small creators sell their handmade products, like perfumes, soaps, and candles, at local craft fairs and swap meets or open an online shop where they can sell their goods across the world. Custom-made, non-toxic perfumes make the perfect gift for family and friends and fit seamlessly into the thriving organic home goods market. Overall, learning the craft of perfume making is a journey of self-discovery and may pave the way to entrepreneurship.

If you are enrolling in a course to learn how to make perfume, soap, or candles, you’ll first need to decide on what specific artisanal skill you want to learn. While it may seem obvious, the process of making perfume isn’t really transferable to learning how to make soap, save for some of the knowledge of fragrances. You can’t just pick a course about making scented home goods and assume that all the skills you learn will be helpful if you follow a different path later on.

You’ll also want to consider whether you are attending the class as a one-time experience or learning how to create artisanal goods in your home. If you are just looking to spend an evening making your own candles to give as a gift, you don’t really have to consider this, but if you are interested in pursuing it as a hobby (or a side business), you’ll need to consider the start-up costs of building a home workstation and, when selecting the course, whether or not it focuses on providing introductory instruction, like Candle Making Pop Up! Experience or in-depth study of a particular subject, like the Natural Perfume Workshop.