Workshop
From Image to Olfaction with Maya Njie
Join independent perfumer Maya Njie for an intimate 120 minute workshop exploring scent, memory, and personal storytelling through fragrance.
About this workshop
Can images and memories be translated into scent?
Hosted by Maya Njie, this workshop will introduce a curated selection of modern and traditional perfumery materials, some through blind smelling exercises, conversations around scent culture and olfactory memory, and an introduction to common fragrance structures.
Through storytelling, synesthetic exploration, guided smelling, and interactive sensory exercises, the session explores how images, textures, colors, and emotions can be translated into olfaction.
Workshop overview
Participants discover why certain materials feel luminous, dark, smooth, or vibrant, and how perfumers intentionally compose fragrances through these invisible sensory associations.
You will be invited to submit a colour 4x6 landscape photograph ahead of the session. Using each image as a starting point for discussion and inspiration, Maya will create an individual A6 colour palette photograph for every participant - opening up conversations around mood, atmosphere, memory, texture, and association through scent.
— Participants are invited to submit a colour 4x6 landscape photograph ahead of the workshop
— Maya will create an individual A6 colour palette photograph for every participant
— Conversations around mood, atmosphere, and other elements associated
— Participants will then be guided in creating a bespoke fragrance
— Learn how feelings intertwine with scent
— Discussion on perception, feelings and olfactory storytelling
Maya Njie
— Maya Njie Perfumes
Founded in 2016, Maya Njie Perfumes continues to explore the intertwining of scent and memory in high-quality artisanal perfume blends. Extracted, filtered and bottled are personal moments, through which the wearer creates their own feeling, attachment and meaning.
- Date & Time
- 29 November, 16.00 – 18.30
- Location
- "Board Room", Downtown Camper by Scandic, Stockholm
- Price
- 2.210 SEK
- Bonus
- Super secret
Questions & Answers
Where is Maya Njie from?
Maya is of Swedish and Gambian origin and combines the two into stunning olfactory pieces
I Heard that her perfume “Aethi Opum” won the artisanal category at Art & Olfaction?
Yes! She did it!
I also heard that she is the kindest person around and super fun?
Absolutely, she is great in all ways!!