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Old Scent Alchemy: Compounding Rare Mediterranean Botanicals

“Formulate your own personal bespoke fragrance inside a medieval El Born perfumery courtyard.”

3 hours
Max 6 guests (Small Group)
Offered in English, Spanish, French, Catalan
4.96(29 verified reviews)
Vintage amber perfume bottles and botanical pipettes on wooden apothecary workbench
Medieval stone alleyways of Barcelona El Born district
Natural essential oils and dried lavender botanicals on workbench
The Purience View

Scent is the most primitive emotional memory trigger known to humanity. Working with cold-pressed wild Spanish cistus, bitter Seville neroli, and dry cypress needle resin changes how you experience places forever.

Why you'll love it

Sit at a professional antique scent organ with 90+ pure botanical extracts.
Guidance from an independent niche perfumer who supplies European fashion houses.
Take home your customized 50ml Eau de Parfum in engraved Italian glass.
Your personalized scent formula is archived in the atelier registry for lifetime refills.

The experience

Behind a 14th-century carved lintel in Barcelona's El Born district lies the laboratory of master perfumer Jordi. In this 3-hour masterclass, Jordi shares ancient Mediterranean distillation lore. You will work in front of an antique mahogany scent organ equipped with over 90 natural raw essences, learning head, heart, and base harmonies before hand-bottling 50ml of your personalized perfume in amber glass.

What you'll do

Step 01

Sensory Olfactory Mapping

Smell and calibrate rare botanical raw materials from across the Mediterranean basin.

Step 02

Architecture of an Accord

Learn how top notes (bergamot, fig leaf) weave into resinous heart notes (labdanum, myrrh).

Step 03

Precision Pipetting & Blending

Use micro-pipettes and analytical scales to balance 3 successive draft formulas.

Step 04

Bottling & Sealing

Filter your final chosen formula, pour into 50ml amber flacons, and hand-stamp your label.

Who you'll meet

Jordi Fontcuberta

Jordi Fontcuberta

Verified Host

Nose & Botanical Alchemist

Trained in Grasse, Jordi returned to his native Barcelona to craft wild-foraged Mediterranean fragrances that celebrate ancient Iberian flora.

What's Included

  • Access to full perfumery organ and botanical raw materials
  • 50ml Eau de Parfum in engraved Italian glass bottle with atomizer
  • Artisan formula passport with lifelong reorder registry
  • Cava and botanical herbal teas throughout the session

What's Not Included

  • Extra bottles (can be ordered at materials cost)

Meeting Point

Plaça de Sant Pere 8, El Born, Barcelona

Ring the brass bell marked 'L'Atelier Botànic' beneath the stone arch.

Coordinates: 41.3892, 2.1798
Cancellation Policy

Full refund up to 24 hours prior to workshop.

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Total for 2 guests
€190