The catalog of training courses in perfumery
Whether you want to discover perfumery, perfect your sense of smell, advance in a profession, or deepen your expertise, find the training suited to your level and project. Cinquième Sens Institute welcomes you in Paris, Grasse, or remotely when the program allows.
Since 1983
An olfactory culture built through contact with materials, perfumers, brands, and trades.
Learning by feeling
Practice guides every journey: feeling, comparing, and naming transform knowledge into lasting landmarks.
Qualiopi certified organization
National reference for the quality of training activities in accordance with Article L63/6, paragraph 1 of the Labour Code and Law No. 2018-771 of September 5, 2018.
Several formats
In Paris, in Grasse, or at one of our many international partners for a customized need.
Developing your olfactory skills
5 formationsQuality Control Perfume
Refine your ability to detect alterations in raw materials and fragrances. Practice comparing samples and describing differences to support your observations in your quality control practice.
Training your sense of smell
Learn to recognize what you feel and to better remember it. With the advice of a perfumery educator, practice your sense of smell, enrich your vocabulary, and build your own olfactory landmarks.
Olfactory study of raw materials (level 3)
Your profession involves the sense of smell: deepen your understanding of the characteristics of raw materials to better recognize them and describe their nuances. Eight Olfactoriums® included extend your training.
Mastery of the Olfactory Language (level 2)
You know the basics of perfume and want to refine your perception. Train your sense of smell, distinguish between families and facets, and find the words to describe the nuances that still elude you.
Training in formulating
Advance your formulas through hands-on practice in the laboratory. Practice measuring, tasting, and adjusting with the advice of a fragrance formulator to conduct your experiments with more method and autonomy.
Perfume training: acquiring the basics
7 formationsFirst milestones, the language of smells, large families and the construction of a perfume: these courses provide a solid foundation for progressing with confidence before deepening a profession or expertise.
Study of the great classics of modern perfumery
Rediscover the perfumes that marked their time. By smelling them and exploring their history, you will enrich your olfactory culture and understand the evolution of perfumery since the 19th century.
Expertise in the art of perfumery
Discover how a perfume is created, from the raw material to the finished product. The study of 96 raw materials and fragrances helps you recognize the notes and describe more precisely what you are feeling.
Fragrance School 1 Week
In Paris or Grasse, discover the perfumery in English for a week. Explore 96 raw materials and learn the basics of weighing and blending to link the pleasure of smell with the first steps of formulation.
Fragrance School 2 Weeks
Two weeks in Paris or Grasse to explore perfumery in English. Study 144 raw materials, discover reference perfumes, and formulate simple accords to enrich your culture and exercise your creativity.
Immersion in the naturalness of the ingredients
Discover what lies behind a natural raw material: its origin, the part extracted and the method of obtaining it. Fine-tune your sense of smell to recognize the ingredients studied and appreciate their nuances.
Introduction to the chemistry of perfumes
Sharpen your knowledge of perfume through chemistry. Familiarize yourself with molecular structures, major chemical functions, and the properties of materials to better understand what you’re feeling.
Introduction to perfumery and the language of smells (level 1)
Put words to what you feel. Discover the raw materials, the olfactory families and the manufacturing process of perfume to give context to your curiosity and enrich your pleasure in the sense of smell.
From raw material to fragrance: acquiring the fundamentals
1 formationA certification course to develop structured sensory analysis, precise olfactory language, and skills that can be directly applied in the fields of the sector. Eligible for the Personal Training Account (CPF).
Sensory Expertise and Olfactory Language in the Perfume and Cosmetics Sector (RS7618)
Describe the fragrances with precision and learn to spot quality differences. Develop a common olfactory culture and language that is useful in your manufacturing, quality, marketing, trade or training profession.
The professions of perfume
3 formationsDesigner Olfactive (1/2): From the material to the perfume
Make your perceptions a more precise tool for your profession. Build up your olfactory repertoire, learn to recognize materials and compare products to deepen your sensory analysis.
Designer Olfactif (2/2): From formulation to creation
You want to create a range of perfumes or you want to focus on creating them. After the first step, work on the process from the brief to the formulation, the balance of the composition and the constraints of your project.
Perfumer's assistant (perfumer's assistant)
Prepare yourself for the tasks of the job of perfume assistant. Work on calculations, dilutions, and weighing real formulas to approach the laboratory with method, rigor, and greater ease.
Trends and market news in the perfume industry
6 formationsAnalysis of Haute Parfumerie collections
Enter the worlds of the Haute Parfumerie collections. Explore their inspirations and olfactory signatures to understand their codes, distinguish their creations, and enrich your perfume culture.
Analysis of the pioneers of alternative perfumery
Explore the brands that paved the way for alternative perfumery. Link their creations to their history and inspirations to understand their uniqueness and enrich your olfactory references.
Discovery of new players in the alternative perfume industry
Expand your discoveries to the alternative perfume brands launched since 2015. Explore their creations and inspirations to update your perfume culture and better distinguish their universes.
Study of best-sellers by market
Discover how tastes in perfume vary by country. The olfactory study of best-sellers helps you understand cultural influences and the success factors specific to the markets studied.
Study of Perfume Launches 2026
Discover the 2026 launches by experiencing them firsthand. Link your perceptions to concepts and key materials to update your references and decipher the trends of the year.
Trends & Perspectives (Europe market)
Take a step back in the evolution of European perfumery. Explore the olfactory and marketing trends of the last significant years to update your references and understand the perspectives studied.
Additional expertise
3 formationsAdvice and diagnosis to optimize sales
Help each customer find a fragrance that suits them. Refine your diagnosis and choose the words that give meaning to their preferences to advise with greater ease and personalize the in-store experience.
Writing about perfume
Find words that give a sense of feeling. Tap into your sense of smell to write precise and unique texts, explore your memories, and renew your way of telling stories about materials and scents.
Olfactory scenography: the emotional impact of smell
Explore what scent can bring to your projects. Understand its links with emotions and memory to integrate an olfactory dimension into a creative approach, a place, or the universe of a brand.
Cosmetics
2 formationsCosmetic formulation
Understand the role of ingredients and the principles of cosmetic formulation. Discover the forms of products, water-free formulas, and alternatives to ethanol to enrich your development benchmarks.
Reactivity of perfumes in cosmetic formulations
Understand why a fragrance reacts in a cosmetic carrier. Deepen your knowledge of compatibility, predictive testing, and anomaly investigation to better analyze the challenges of your formulations.
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Expertise
which is practiced
Knowledge comes to life through contact with materials, scents, gestures, and the situations encountered in the trades.
Learning
by experience
Feeling blindly, comparing, describing, and putting things into perspective build the benchmarks that theory alone is not enough to anchor.
Clearly identified certifications
Cinquième Sens is certified by Qualiopi for its training activities and is a certification provider for the RS7618 certification. The training program it offers is eligible for the Personal Training Account (CPF); the other funding options are specified on a case-by-case basis.
The tailor-made service
Supplement
If no cataloged course exactly meets your needs, Cinquième Sens Institute can build a training program for a specific profession, level, market, or organizational goal.
A specific need?
Can’t find the right course? Our pedagogical team takes the time to listen to your project and, together with you, builds a customized training program based on the profiles, objectives, and situations in which the skills will be applied.