Sort of on topic - anyone up for a days perfumier-ing?

[bagfish.livejournal.com]

Dear All UK peeps, but especially those in the north/Scotland.

I have made a discovery.  There is a perfumery called  Aroma Sciences on the west coast of Scotland run by a totally mad and interesting sounding guy who offers a days workshop on how to create a perfume (here's an article from the Guardian about the perfume house).  I dropped him an e-mail to find out about his perfume workshops and he says if there is enough interest (3 or four people) he runs a workshop (see his reply to my e-mail below)

Hi

 

I am not at the moment holding one day workshops in London - but we open our shop and cafe at Loch Ewe at Easter and I hold daily sessions (but need a min of 4 people) - at which you spend 2-3 hours and compose a perfume - and of course you can have splendid views - and very good coffee and peruse all our perfumes and creams and gifts

 

best wishes

george

 

ps

I am giving a sniff evening in the Dana Centre at  the Science Museum London - this thr - St Valentines - may be fully booked ?

We went on to have a bit of an e-mail conversation about perfume and having a good nose for smells and stuff and he sounded completely up for having a good old chin wag about perfume even if he wasn't running a course and I just turned up!  So anyway, I'm staying near Ullapool for the week arriving on 28th March and I was wondering if anyone would be up for a mission to make perfume?

xxKateFish

Comments

[purplekylie22.livejournal.com]

As a note, if anyone else is interested in it, I think it would be ace if we could do it on the Saturday and who ever wants to could all arrive on the Friday night and we could all stay around the same place and get to know each other the night before? Or something like that.

personally wouldnt be able to do the above plan on the saturday night as my OH will have his kids on either the Saturday or Sunday (he can mostly fit around my plans) so If I was there Saturday would need to be home Saturday night or if I was Sunday I would have to be at home on Saturday until he is home - if you catch my meaning!

[bagfish.livejournal.com]

As I said to galenx and earnest_fervour above, I think the weekend is the best time to try and arrange something. Either day would be fine for me :-) I could drop George Dodd an e-mail to say that there are a few people interested and would he run a workshop for us. I would also like to make sure that anyone else going confirms directly with him about the details though, I'm crap at taking responsibility for stuff like this as I get really stressed!

I don't think I would be able to afford to stay nearby as me and my partner are already hiring a cottage about 40 miles away just north of Ullapool, so don't want to have to pay twice for accommodation, but I think it's such a cool idea for those who want to come over. The article about the place from the newspaper recommends somewhere to stay called Pool House (www.poolhousehotel.com).

So all we need now is a decision on which day would be best for people.

[earnest-fervour.livejournal.com]

Either day that weekend is good for me and, since I hadn't realised quite how VERY out of the way this place is and can't actually drive, I would definitely welcome purplekylie's staying over plan as it dramatically ups my chances of being able to catch a lift with someone! Although having had a quick look there do appear to be buses running nearby from Achnasheen which is linked by rail to Inverness so hopefully it wouldn't be impossible to manage without a lift, just a case of very careful planning!

I also came across a couple of other hotels nearby that we could look into
11 minutes drive: http://www.aultbeahotel.co.uk/
20 minutes drive: http://www.hotelaultbea.com/index.asp
about 35 minutes drive: http://www.poolewehotel.co.uk/

and early research indicates quite a plethora of cottages.

excitement!

[bagfish.livejournal.com]

Just to let you know, I'm planning on visiting the Aroma Science Perfumery on Saturday 29th. If you are still interested in making the trek, let me know!

[purplekylie22.livejournal.com]

Okay, ace, this had totally gone out of my head, I have a weekend away this weekend and I am soo excited I have forgotten everything else!

I shall let you know once I am thinking straight! :-)