I HAVE ALWAYS TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING MY OWN PERFUME UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF A PERFUMER OF COURSE.
ALAS, SUCH BESPOKE SCENTS COST AN ARM AND LEG AND IN THE CASE OF THE PERFUME MASTERCLASS AT REID'S PALACE HOTEL IN MADEIRA, SPAIN, IT COSTS A SHADE ABOVE RM 1,900 BUT YOU DO END UP WITH AN UNIQUE, ONE OF A KIND PERFUME THAT YOU CREATED YOURSELF!
How's that for haute couture perfume, made to measure or distilled to the last drop with your own manicured fingers?
Now you can boast of having a perfume made for you BY you! How exclusive is that?
Still, Spain is a long flight and you have to change plane at Madrid. You must also pay RM 1,100 per night as Reid's Palace hotel insists their rooms are not inclusive of your perfume crash course.
Me, I have decided to take the easier route by spraying 2, 3 or 4 perfumes on my neck and let the different scents combine to produce a new scent all my own! Of course the results vary dramatically from day to day since I have, like most fashionistas, at least 30 bottles of perfumes, some of which have not been even opened! So my route to perfume exclusivity is strictly potluck.
But my highclass, highborn and high-society readers will doubtless insist on taking the next available flight on 18 to 20 September for the pop-up masterclasses.
Putting your nose to good use at the perfume class
This is what you get at the end of the course---your own, customised perfume created for you BY you!
Pop-Up Perfumery at Reid’s
Palace
Create Your Own Scent at the
Legendary Hotel
The trend for all things pop-up shows no sign
of letting-up with the celebrated Reid’s Palace
in Madeira leading the way. From the 18th – 20th
September the hotel will be home to its own Pop-Up Perfumery inviting guests to
discover the mysteries of the exclusive world of
fragrance and the art of creating a signature scent.
Set in
subtropical gardens overlooking the Atlantic Ocean ,
on an island that is renowned for its exotic flowers and spring like weather,
Reid’s Palace is the ideal location to learn the secrets of creating a perfume.
Expert
Maître Parfumeur, Nicolas de Barry, will guide guests on a series of
masterclasses, steering them through a history of perfume, the raw materials
that make-up a scent, how to combine ingredients and ultimately how to create
their own fragrance and massage oil. Guests could have no better teacher than
Nicolas, who from his own workshop at his chateau near Blois
in France
Available
for a limited time only, guests can choose between three aromatic masterclasses
enabling them to become experts in the skill of mixing aromas.
Perfume Masterclass One – The first masterclass starts with
a visit to the 10 acres of lush gardens that surround Reid’s Palace where many
exotic flowers are grown including geraniums, hibiscus and salvias and to the beautiful local
gardens at Quintinha das Ervas. During the masterclass guests
will have the opportunity to see and learn about aromatic herbs and the raw
materials that are basic to all scents.
Perfume Masterclass
Two
– During the second masterclass, the soon to be “Perfumiers” explore the world
of essentials oils, their influence on perfumes and on the body. They will
learn how to create bath salt, and perfume paper. The day will be completed
with the creation of a massage oil.
Perfume Masterclass Three – The perfect way for
participants to complete their experience within the world of perfumes, guests
will discover the difference between “Eau de Cologne” and “Eau de Parfum”,
before creating their own exclusive perfume with the help
of Maitre Nicolas de Barry
The Pop-Up Perfumery will be held
in the William Reid Room at Reid’s Palace, with masterclasses from 2.30pm to
5.30pm each day. The Pop-Up Perfumery will cost from 480 Euros (approx £377) per
person for all three masterclasses. Private lessons for individual guests or
small organised groups can be arranged throughout the year.
Prices at Reid’s Palace start
from 275 Euros (approx £216) per night in September, based on two sharing a
Charming Room with breakfast. For further information or to make a
booking please call the Orient-Express reservations team on 0845 077 2222 or
visit www.reidspalace.com
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Hello, just to remember that reid´s palace is in Madeira Islands, Portugal not Spain
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