Atelier Cologne Toronto Workshop

[Mochapj]

Yesterday I had the chance to attend an afternoon tea and perfume masterclass put on by Atelier Cologne and Sephora Canada at the Laduree boutique at Yorkdale.

The founder Sylvie led the masterclass and during the tea she talked us through a few  classic Atelier fragrances, as well as the newest launch Pacific Lime.

Pacific Lime!

First, she started off by having us smell blotters of 5 different citrus essential oils. They handed these out to us blind and asked us what each one reminded us of. At the end, she asked us all to identify each of the 5 citrus oils.

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Next, she took the 3 main notes of Clementine California on blotters and had us smell them individually. Then we compared them to the finished scent. It was fascinating to see how different each note smelled alone vs how they were combined into a fragrance.

We then moved on to do the same with Citron d'Erable, Rose Anonymee and Pacific Lime. During the event Sylvie mentioned that a perfumer is trained to recognize and identify between 1000-1500 scents sight unseen. Given that our group went through (at most) 30 smelling exercises, that is quite an impressive number and gives me an even greater appreciation of the craft of perfumery.

The event was a really intimate and interesting look at perfumery, and I'd like to thank Sephora @TeamBIC and Atelier for allowing me to attend. I had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed it!

[itscarin]

@Mochapj beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing!

[Mochapj]

Thanks @itscarin and thank you so much for tagging me to the invite 😉

[Samtian]

@Mochapj  Oh my gosh how fun! What a dream! Please tell me you ate everything! I would have...

[Mochapj]

Thanks @Samtian ! I definitely ate my fair share of everything 😉

[Titian06]

Congratulations, @Mochapj!  This workshop sounds so interesting.   Atelier Cologne is one of my favorites.  Thank you for sharing your adventure and the great photos!

[Mochapj]

Thanks @Titian06 !

It was really quite a unique experience; much different than I was expecting and as someone who doesn't necessarily like citrusy scents (which I'm sure you know Atelier love to use) it had me walking away with a greater appreciation of the brand.

[LexBT]

@Mochapj I'm drooling here at my desk! Great photos. I'm also obsessed with Pacific Lime and I'm not usually a citrus fragrance girl - game changer. Glad you had so much fun!

[Mochapj]

Thanks @LexBT ! I'm not really a citrus girl either, so at first when we started going through the citrus individually I was a bit :S but it was so interesting to see how it all comes together and I agree, Pacific Lime is excellent!!

[michelleshops]

So cool Mocha!  I'm so glad you had fun (and hopefully some delicious treats)!

[Mochapj]

Thanks @michelleshops I definitely did have a few of those lovely sweets 😄

[gonerogue]

@Mochapj 

Everything looks absolutely stunning! 🤩🤩

Thanks for your recap and for the wonderful photos! Glad to hear you got to go and had a great time ❤️

[Mochapj]

Thanks @gonerogue ! They really did a beautiful job of setting up the Laduree space. With all the citrus displays it felt super tropical 🙂

[sprocketta]

@Mochapj  Thanks for sharing!  This must have been so fascinating.  I wouldn't have been able to identify any of those scents, probably.  Glad you got to go.

[Mochapj]

Thanks @sprocketta  @faeriegirl ! It was a lot of fun! Nice to see Sephora branching out with the kinds of events it is offering, too 🙂

[faeriegirl]

Congratulations @Mochapj! It sounds like it was amazing!