Custom Scent Making Class with Award-Winning Perfumer

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Custom Scent Making Class with Award-Winning Perfumer

Craft Your Own Signature Scent with an Award-Winning Perfumer

By Luis Scent Design

5.0 (6)

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2 hours

1 to 5 (public classes), 5 to 15 (private) (private classes)

$289 - $900 ($289 for 1 person - 1 fragrance; $369 for 1 person - 2 fragrances; $498 for 2 people - 1 fragrance each; $645 for 3 people - 1 fragrance each; $796 for 4 people - 1 fragrance each; $900 for 5 people - 1 fragrance each) (Afterpay available)

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What you'll do

Step into the world of fine fragrance in this exclusive private session, where you’ll design a custom signature scent guided by an award-winning Australian perfumer.

Unlike large public workshops, every booking is completely private — meaning if you book for one, it’s a true 1:1 experience. Book for two or more, and it’s still just your group and the perfumer, ensuring an intimate, tailored journey from start to finish.

Across 1.5–2 indulgent hours, you’ll explore a carefully curated collection of over 60 professional perfumery ingredients spanning the great fragrance families: Floral, Oriental, Fougere, and Chypre. Discover rare and luxurious notes such as Oud, Vanilla, Tonka, Amber, and Sandalwood, alongside bright citruses, delicate florals, aromatic herbs, fruits, and spices.

Your perfumer Luana — who has spent more than a decade creating hundreds of bespoke fragrances for individuals, private-label brands, and Australian wellness and lifestyle companies (with creations stocked in David Jones) — will guide you through the process of selecting, balancing, and blending your chosen notes.

By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a bottle of your very own bespoke fragrance: a creation that is entirely yours, crafted with professional expertise and the artistry of fine perfumery.

This is not just a class. It’s a luxury, one-of-a-kind experience designed for those who want more than a scent — they want a story, a memory, and a piece of themselves captured in a bottle.

Upcoming dates for Custom Scent Making Class with Award-Winning Perfumer

Times are Melbourne time. Dates and prices as of 3 Oct 2026, 6:29pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

2044 upcoming dates between 5 Oct 2026 and 31 Dec 2027.

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What you'll get

A 50ml bottle of your custom signature fragrance - made by you and formulated by our award-winning fragrance designer
Your custom signature fragrance formulation and complete 'Fragrance Blending Guide' to take home and continue learning
Option to add a custom soy wax candle, room spray, diffuser oil or reed diffuser created using your custom fragrance formulation (shipped to you free within five days)
Tea, Coffee, Soft Drink, Sparkling Water and snacks to enjoy throughout your experience

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Recent reviews of Custom Scent Making Class with Award-Winning Perfumer

5/5 from Liana Dobson, attended Jul 2026: It was a good afternoon. Very detailed but also fun.
5/5 from Andrea Barrell, attended Mar 2026: I gifted this to my Grandmother for her 93rd birthday. My Mum, Grandmother, and I attended the session, and all made our own perfume; it was truly amazing, relaxing, and fun. Especially for people who aren't naturally creative! We have not stopped telling people what a great day we had. We had a personalised session; Luana is very knowledgeable, helpful, and very kind. I can't recommend this highly enough. Thank you so much.
5/5 from Katie Laverick, attended Jan 2026: I had such a great time at this perfume-making class! Luana was incredibly helpful, knowledgeable, and so easy to get along with. It was just me and a friend in the session, which meant we had plenty of time to ask questions, get guidance, and really personalise our fragrances while properly understanding the whole process. There were so many options to customise the scent — experimenting with different base, heart, and top notes made it really enjoyable to find something that suited me perfectly. The workspace was also absolutely immaculate: perfectly organised, welcoming, and such a lovely environment to create in. It was 100% worth it, such a great day, and I would definitely do it again!
5/5 from Sue Buchanan, attended Sep 2025: Working out a personalised perfume was great fun! I learnt a lot about base, heart and top notes and it was interesting to smell what appealed and what didn’t. All done in a relaxing space with a knowledgeable and lovely perfumer. Given to me as a present I am now thinking that this class will be Christmas presents for some family members.
5/5 from Eliza Morse, attended Jun 2025: I cannot believe this workshop doesn't have more reviews! I’ve been shopping around for an introductory bespoke perfume-making class for ages. I even met with a few of the more “high end” perfumers, but they either only offered group workshops, were a bit dismissive, or just assumed that if you were booking in, you already had a basic understanding of how it all works. I didn’t. I wanted to find someone I felt comfortable enough with to ask all the stupid questions, and to come away with a scent that actually felt different—not just a slightly tweaked version of something I could already buy at David Jones. I had a very vague vibe in mind and basically no real guidance beyond that. From the get-go, Luana was lovely. Her house/office is beautiful, the room the workshop takes place in is elegant, warm, and smells incredible. She sources some genuinely gorgeous, high-quality oils—both combined notes and singular ones (which I didn’t even know was a thing, but now I do!). There was a little charcuterie board, drinks, and the whole atmosphere was just incredibly inviting and relaxed. I kind of just word-vomited everything I was after—brought in a candle I liked and vaguely waved it around—and Luana took it all in without blinking. She walked me through the basics: how something that we might describe simply as “rose” or “amber” is actually a careful combo of other notes, and how those top/mid/base layers work together. Then came the fun part. I got to smell over 30 different notes, narrowing down which ones I liked while Luana helped guide me towards combos that actually made sense. But what I really appreciated was that she didn’t just sit there mixing things herself while I watched—she handed me the droppers, showed me how to use everything, and let me play around with different combinations. I got to experiment with layering different top, mid, and base notes, and together we refined them into a few really promising blends. Then, at the end, we combined my favourites into a kind of “mystery” final scent. The perfume I ended up with is far more layered and nuanced than anything I own, which is exactly what I was after. I’m fairly picky (I don’t do blind buys, and I find most mainstream perfumes a bit flat because they’re built to appeal to as many people as possible), but this was the first time I smelled something on my own skin and went: woah that's cool. I drove home sniffing myself enthusiastically and probably startled a few people at traffic lights. Luana herself is so knowledgeable, charismatic, and easy to be around. This probably reads like I’m a friend writing a review, but I swear I’m not, I just genuinely had a great experience and wanted to leave something helpful for other people who are hovering over the “book” button and unsure because of the lack of reviews. Seriously. Treat yourself. My one suggestion? Come in with an open mind. If you want her to replicate a discontinued perfume or something, she might get close—but keep in mind that big-name brands can spend months or years refining their formulas. Instead, bring a direction, or even just a rough feeling or scent profile you like, and let Luana do her thing. You’ll end up with something far more personal than whatever you could buy off a shelf. 5/5. Would absolutely do again. P.S. She has a pug called Bug, who is not only adorable but is also the official mascot of her very own pet perfume line. If you're lucky, you may get to pet the perfect baby angel at the end of the booking.
5/5 from Melanie Heffernan, attended Jan 2025: I did a fabulous perfume making class with Luana last week. I went in thinking that it would be a group of 10 people (don’t know why I thought that!), and it turned out to just be me! It made the experience all the more personal and involved, which was great! Luana is very warm and knowledgeable about perfume and works with you to make something that you love! She makes it look easy – all you have to do is decide what you think smells good! I brought along a perfume that I love but is now discontinued, and Luana was able to help recreate it for me – it might even be better! I’m so excited to start wearing it all the time, knowing that no one else has it but me! Signature scent!! The class includes some delightfully curated snacks and treats, delicious coffee and best of all, a nice big bottle of your perfume to take home (I think it is like 150ml?). Luana even emails you the “recipe” for your perfume so that you have it for future use. In all, it was a super luxe experience with a skilled facilitator who puts you at ease. Will definitely return to make another scent!

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By Luis Scent Design

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Women-owned

Luana Howard, the Kiwi-born ex-opera singer and perfumer, is a pioneering force in the fragrance industry with over a decade of experience creating custom fragrances for brands and individuals across Australia.

After embarking on their aromatic journey in 2016 under the tutelage of a professional French-style Perfumer in Melbourne, Australia, they founded By Luis - Scent Design, specialising in custom and bespoke 1:1 fragrances and private label fragrance manufacturing.

Their skill set encompasses product development, graphic design, marketing, and the design, formulation, and manufacturing of fragrances for diverse clientele across Australia.

This commitment to excellence shone through when a fragrance they designed and manufactured for a client secured a remarkable achievement — winning a place in the 2022 Annual Clean Beauty Awards.

This accolade is a testament to Luana's dedication to creating high-quality, award-winning fragrances that resonate with clients and industry standards alike.Beyond their human fragrance ventures, Luana also founded two additional fragrance brands within the pet product space, combining their love of perfumery and animals.

Luana's initial fascination with fragrance stemmed from the neuroscience behind our sense of smell. After recognising that the sense of smell is directly connected to memory via strong emotional experiences, a seed was sewn. Luana's passion is creating fragrances that evolve and embed memories and emotional experiences in others.

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