Channel your inner Coco Chanel in Fragranzi’s new make-your-own-perfume studio.

You can now create your own scent with the help of a professional perfumer in a fabulous space at the Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora. Professor Conan Fee teaches fragrance design at the University of Canterbury, so he knows how to make things smell sensational. He’s recently opened Fragranzi with his partner Glenda Evans, probably to fulfil all our childhood dreams.

First, you choose your own starter blend (try not to have an identity crisis - are you a Fairground Treat, a Pacific Dream or an Evening Affair?) and then modify it to create your own bespoke scent. Follow your instincts and blend your best in just half an hour, or linger longer and have some fun experimenting. Once you’ve created your perfect concoction, you’ll fill a 15ml perfume bottle and take away your own named eau de toilette.

Fragranzi also creates its own house-made perfumes (take a trip to Paris with Magnolia Café), and runs one-off perfume making workshops as well as longer courses for those wanting to progress to master level.

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