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

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[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!