Camp Chemistry of Perfumes
Offer your child a fun hands-on science camp where they can explore the fascinating world of fragrances and handmade cosmetics. How does our sense of smell work? Where do the raw materials used in perfumery come from? How were soaps and perfumes made in the past? With the help of our science mediators, kids will extract essential oils, make soaps, create bath bombs, and compose their own perfumes. Each child will take home their creations.
A creative holiday camp where science can be seen, touched, smelled and transformed into beautiful creations.
A creative holiday camp where science can be seen, touched, smelled and transformed into beautiful creations.
Monday
Discover Raw Materials and Distill Orange Essential Oil
In this holiday camp, young perfumers will explore natural ingredients used in cosmetics and perfumery. They will learn how to use laboratory equipment and distill orange essential oil.
Tuesday
Make Traditional Marseille Soap
We will begin with an immersive virtual visit to a French soap factory. Children will then make genuine Marseille soap from olive oil and test their sense of smell through a fun fragrance quiz.
Wednesday
Distill Lavender and Create Decorative Soaps
After extracting lavender essential oil through distillation, participants will make several glycerin soaps and select colors, fragrances, and shapes to customize them.
Thursday
Extract Rose Essence and Make Bath Bombs
Children will explore aromatic flowers by preparing a rose hydrolate. During distillation, they will learn the chemistry behind colorful and fragrant effervescent bath bombs and make some to take home.
Friday
Create a Personal Perfume
On the last day of this science camp, children will explore a real perfume organ containing a wide variety of essences and aromas. By blending fragrance notes, they will create their own unique perfume.
Participants take home: orange, lavender and rose hydrolates, Marseille and colorful glycerin soaps, bath bomb, and a personalised perfume.
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