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Slow Scent® Natural Perfume

Cost: $150

An immersive introduction to natural perfumery with Jess Mennella, founder of FLWR Napa Valley, using Mandy Aftel's Slow Scent® Method. Focus on 18 botanical materials including flowers, resins, spices, herbs, and citrus while learning to notice nuance, texture, and emotional resonance. Create your unique natural perfume under expert botanical guidance.

- The class focuses on 18 botanical materials traditionally used in natural perfumery, including flowers, resins, spices, herbs, and citrus.

- Guests are guided to smell intentionally, learning to notice nuance, texture, evolution, and emotional resonance over time.

- Guests are invited to slow down and smell each scent individually, noticing how place, memory, and emotion intersect.

- Participants create their own unique natural perfume as they learn about the Slow Scent® Method of perfuming.

- Each guest leaves with their perfume formula, a finished perfume,and a natural perfumery guide, and scent wheel to continue exploring at home.

- Appellation Healdsburg's chef crafted seasonal bites and local Sonoma County wines will be shared to compliment the class conversations.

Instructor Bio:

Jess Mennella is the founder and perfumer behind FLWR Napa Valley, a botanical perfume line rooted in place, memory, and the natural world. Working exclusively with plant-derived materials, her perfumes are created to help people slow down, reconnect with their senses, and experience scent as both an emotional and embodied practice. Her work has been featured in museums, hospitality, winery, and cultural settings, and her FLWR Napa Valley perfumes are crafted in small batches using the essential oils, absolutes, and resins of the plants and flowers, sourced from around the world. Through both her perfumes and her teaching, Jess creates experiences that are intimate, grounding, and deeply sensory.

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