Corporate Training

If your business or organisation is involved in manufacturing or selling fragrant products, expert Cotswold Perfumery training will increase your staff’s knowledge, improve their ability to sell, and boost their self-confidence.

All courses are developed and run by our chief perfumer, John Stephen, a Chartered Chemist, with over 50 years of experience of working as a creative perfumer in the fragrance industry.

Courses are tailored to meet the needs of your company, and can involve basic skills training in perfume, or more technical aspects of perfumery.

Examples of course content include:

Finished fragrances and how to understand their groups
Selling to the public – answering customer questions knowledgeably
Pheromones in perfume
Allergic reactions to perfume
How to choose a perfume
Ingredients of perfume – natural versus synthetic ingredients, and their implications
The chemistry of perfume – understanding solvents, evaporation rates, nomenclature
Regulations covering the industry, health and safety
Perfume creation – techniques, restrictions, how to give a perfume brief
Launching a new product
Analytical techniques – relative density, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry

Training can take place at your workplace or at the Cotswold Perfumery.

For more information, prices and availability, email sales@cotswold-perfumery.co.uk or call 01451 820698 with your preferred location, dates and number of attendees.

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Bespoke Perfumery Courses

Choose your own date for a private beginners’, advanced or tailor-made perfume course from the Cotswold Perfumery, especially created to meet your requirements.

Technical Services

To support the launch of your own fine fragrances we offer a full commerical service including:

Mentoring & Consultation
Perfume Creation
Compounding & Diluting
Regulatory Documentation
Fill & Pack

Mentoring Services

Launching a niche fragrance is a skilled job, and it helps to have expert guidance on hand when you need it most.

Whether you want to launch your own range of fine fragrances and need help understanding and completing the vast amount of paperwork involved or you just need to have expert guidance on hand when you need it most we are here to offer that support.

We offer mentoring and consultation with our chief perfumer John Stephen, one of only six independent perfumers in the country, and you can make use of his knowledge, experience and expertise.

Creative Services

This service is for those who would like a new fragrance created by our Chief Perfumer, John Stephen.

You will have an idea of the fragrance you want to develop and we can work with you on your brief.

Compounding & Diluting of fragrances

The Cotswold Perfumery create bespoke perfume compounds in our fully equipped compounding room, using a broad selection of top quality ingredients, and can also dilute the compounds into finished fragrances.

The versatility of our equipment allows us to manufacture batches of fragrance in any size, providing exactly what you need using our excellent compounding, diluting and filtering equipment.

Regulatory Documentation

When launching a new fragrance onto the market there is a vast amount of paperwork involved before you can sell it.

We provide a regulatory and documentation service so you can feel confident that your fragrances comply with the strict Cosmetics Regulations and International Fragrance Association (IFRA) guidelines.

Fill & Pack Service

We offer a Contract Packaging service to support the launch of your fine fragrances.

Our standard fill and pack service includes diluting, chilling and filtering of the fragrance, then bottle filling, labelling and wrapping of your finished product ready for your customers.

We have no minimum or maximum order quantity.
Discounts of 10% apply if we have created the perfume compound for you.
Discounts of 15% apply for orders of over 500 finished units.

For more information on any of the above please email sales@cotswold-perfumery.co.uk

Lab Days

Hands-on Perfume Fragrance Making Training. If you’ve completed our beginners’ perfumery course, or the advanced five day perfume course, our Cotswold Perfumery Lab Days are your chance to put your new skills into practice, in our fully equipped fragrance laboratory.

John is a fantastic and engaging teacher, being with students that are also passionate and truly want to be there also adds to the experience!

Attendee July 2021

I was fascinated by everything that we were taught and by doing the practical parts. I could have listened to John for such a long time. He had so much knowledge to share.

Lianne

Fantastic; so much more than I expected. Thank you :)

Clea W

Extremely helpful. A must for everyone in fragrance industry

Nasir A

The knowledge transfer from John was outstanding, easy to digest and so wide-ranging covering so many aspects of creating a perfume and beyond (multidisciplinary), an absolute masterclass and so enjoyable!

Alison

John was extremely knowledgeable and a fun teacher! Making the perfume was great and the theory aspects were very interesting.

Samantha

The whole day was so informative on so many levels – it was wonderful. I would definitely recommend the course. Thank you for a really super day!

Libby

Best part of the course was how John delivered the material and executed and organised the course. Best bespoke perfumery course the UK has to offer.

Stefanie

Fantastic! So much more than I expected. Thank you

C Wright

The entire day was totally enjoyable. The group was a good mix, and John is a joy. I wouldn’t change anything – it was all marvellous. Thank you for a lovely, well put together day. Even the lunch was tremendous.

Julie

I heard about the course when I visited the Cotswold Perfumery shop in Bourton-on-the-Water. It was excellent. John’s enthusiasm for his subject made the course. If only he had been my chemistry teacher, I might have learnt something at school!

Jane

Interesting day, would definitely recommend this to my friends

Rosemary D

It's great to to be inspired and informed by an obvious expert in their field. It generates a buzz of enthusiasm in the room.

Attendee September 2021

It was an inspirational day thanks to John's teaching style and enthusiasm. It has inspired me to continue my interest in making liquid soap and possibly doing the second course at some stage. It was good to have a small number of people on the course to enable people to ask questions. Thank you to John and the team for a wonderful day.

Annabelle S

I heard about the course from my dad. I enjoyed all of it – the theory and the practical part, particularly testing and making the perfume. I thoroughly enjoyed the day, learnt lots and had fun. Lunch was very good, too!

Jack

A well organised, enjoyable day. Excellent presentation, support, humour and encouragement from John. His extensive knowledge and passion for the subject was evident throughout. Thank you.

Chris

Fantastic/informative day. Would definitely do 2nd course

H Mitchell

It was an inspirational day, thanks to John's teaching style and enthusiasm. It has inspired me to continue my interest in making liquid soap and to attend the second course. Thank you to John and the team for a wonderful day.

Annabelle

I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the course. It was really interesting, informative and enjoyable. John’s presentation style is friendly, entertaining and helpful. Just perfect

Jools

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ABOUT THE COTSWOLD PERFUMERY

Established in 1966, the Cotswold Perfumery specialises in creating fine fragrances for the niche market.

It’s something we’ve been doing for over 50 years.

We sell a range of unique fragrances from our shop in the beautiful Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water, and from our online store on our main website.

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OUR ACCOMMODATION

Combine your course with a stay in one of our luxury 5 star self-catering apartments.

If you’re visiting Bourton-on-the-Water, why not stay in one of our luxury, five-star, self-catering apartments at the Cotswold Perfumery. Or try a luxury stay in nearby Cheltenham.

Visit our accommodation website