Everyone has an inexplicable attraction to smell – it’s biology. Most women rely on their favorite store-bought designer fragrances, whether floral, spicy, citrus, woody or musky. But what do we really know about where the scents in our little pink bottles come from? After all, the scents that we adorn ourselves with are largely synthetic, no longer reliant on the plant-based process of perfume-making that’s been around for thousands of years. 3rd Ward is currently offering a course that takes the history of perfume, lays it all in tiny essential oil vials, and allows you to experience it firsthand. The Art of Perfume Making is a class as fun as it was informative, enlightening to the mind and to the senses.