The Fragrance Foundation offers several educational opportunities to learn more about the world of fragrance. Please explore courses, affiliations, and other resources below.
COURSES
Fragrance Escentials®
Fragrance Escentials® is TFF’s new online introductory course. Currently available to members only, the course will be available for non-members and all fragrance enthusiasts in early 2026. For further information on the curriculum and enrollment, please contact cheryl@fragrance.org with any questions.
SCENTS OF SUCCESS®
The Fragrance Foundation’s Scents of Success® is an educational program designed to introduce students to the various roles, entry points, and career pathways within the fragrance industry. Through a series of career workshops, panel discussions, mentoring sessions, and career fairs held at college campuses nationwide, the program advances the industry’s mission to recruit, train and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce. To date, Scents of Success® has reached over 20 campuses and approximately 2,000 students, highlighting the many career opportunities available in the industry. To explore career opportunities, please visit our member websites via our Membership page.
AFFILIATIONS
We are closely affiliated with FIT’s Cosmetic & Fragrance Marketing Undergraduate & Graduate Programs. Click below to learn more.
RESOURCES
Michael Edwards is a legend. Evelyn Lauder called him “the perfume expert’s expert’. Michael is a walking encyclopedia of fragrance. He and his team have written 35 annual editions of his FRAGRANCES OF THE WORLD guide. His database matches 44,000 fragrances, family by family, scent by scent. Working closely with perfumers and fragrance developers around the world, Edwards records fragrance history with independence and impartiality; with integrity and accuracy.
THE COMPANY I KEEP: LEONARD LAUDER
In his memoir, The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies Leonard Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned as well as the adventures he had while helping transform the business his mother founded in 1946 in the family kitchen into the beloved brand and ultimately into the iconic global prestige beauty company it is today.
The Company I Keep is available in hard copy or e-book in the United States. All proceeds from the book sales will be donated to charity.
