Paris · PERFUME WORKSHOPS
The 13 best perfume workshops you can book right now, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
Create your own Fragonard Flower of the Year eau de toilette in a 45-minute workshop at the Fragonard Paris museum. 12 ml bottle to take home.
“super interesting and fun experience. I learnt so much about perfume and had a great time making my own to take home! The shop is also lovely.”
In Paris, blend 2 to 3 scents in a hands-on perfume workshop near Île Saint Louis, then take home a custom 50-ml bottle.
“This experience was amazing! I would do it every time I'm in town. The educational part of the class was engaging with quizzes and fun information. I loved creating my own scents. Can't wait for the next time.”
Make your own custom perfume at Maison Molinard in Paris. Leave with a 50ml bottle and a 10% boutique discount in about 1 hour.
“Such a lovely activity to do if you're in Paris ! Learned a lot about the basics of making perfume and got to make and take home my own signature scent. Our guide was lovely and very helpful. Would definitely recommend!”
Create three custom perfumes with a Paris perfumer, learn note families and tenacity, then visit the Eiffel Tower area and take home a 50-ml bottle.
“Wonderful afternoon perfuming making in a beautiful Parisian building. Ended up just being me and my 16yr old daughter. Came away with a lovely bespoke perfume we had each made. Very knowledgeable perfume expert.”
Paris perfume workshop to create your scent, learn notes and chords, then take home a 50 ml bottle in 90 minutes.
“We got to test out our perfumes before making the final decision though instead of only having 3 small little bottles, she could’ve made them 5”
Create your own 50ml perfume in Paris on Rue Saint-Honoré with Molinard experts, choose from 90 essences, get a diploma.
“Such a fun and unique experience. Over 90 scents to choose from with top, mid, and base notes. Your design is kept on file if you want to order your perfume again too”
Create a 12 ml Eau de Toilette in Spanish at Fragonard’s Paris perfume museum, then tour historic bottles and perfume science for 45 minutes.
“O tempo do evento é curto, não dá tempo nem de tirar fotos direito.”
Create your own Eau de Parfum at a Molinard workshop in Paris, choosing from 40 essences and taking home 30 ml.
Vegan perfume workshop in Île Saint-Louis, Paris. Smell 30 notes, create your Eau de Parfum, and take home 50ml plus trials.
“This class was so much fun! It was my birthday and I brought my daughter with me. We both made such unique perfumes and they smell so amazing. The owner of the company was so delightful and so friendly and helpful. I highly recommend this !”
A small-group 2-hour walk through Paris perfume houses, learning French fragrance families, history, and modern trends at 3 shops for $82.
“Our tour guide, Sandra, was very knowledgeable. She really knew her perfumes. I like that she took us to stores that had different price points. With her present we didn’t feel intimidated to go into the high end stores. It was nice to go into smaller boutique type stores.”
Guide-led walk past 15-plus Paris sights, then enjoy a Marais perfume tasting at L'Atelier Parfum with champagne.
“Tour guide rushed at every stop. It was more like a trip to a five minute photo stop at each stop, rather than a chance to really see anything. They said 2-3 hours, but it appeared the guide was in a hurry to finish within the two hours as quickly as possible. I asked to buy a bottle of water before departing and he hesitated and told me to visit a baker shop where he obviously knew the staff. They sold me two tiny bottles of water with no labels for 3 euro each. When I came out I found out the supermarket next door sold proper larger bottles for…”
Create your own 12 ml light perfume in a 45-minute Fragonard workshop, then visit the Flower Palace perfume museum near Opéra Garnier.
Create your own custom perfume in Paris 6 with MOLINARD experts. Two hours, champagne, and a 90-100ml bottle plus 20% discount.
“This was exceptional, organized, and educational. You can go through the process of choosing which scents you enjoy by sniffing about 80 scents. You will be surprised at what you like when they are isolated. Then, you go about the order of ranking them by a blind test. Again, you will be surprised at the results. From there, the chemist builds a formula into the most perfect signature scent. You bottle it up and walk out with your beautiful bottle of perfume. I can't recommend this enough.”
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