Natural Perfume-Making Experiences
Enter the world of natural perfumery with perfumer Susan Farber, who has been leading perfume-making experiences on California’s Central Coast since 2017. Create your own fragrance from a carefully curated palette of natural essences, including essential oils, absolutes, isolates, and Susan’s own specialty blends.
Natural perfume is prized for its depth, complexity, and the way it continues to reveal itself on the skin. Because it interacts with your own body chemistry, the same fragrance can smell different on each person, giving it a character that is uniquely your own.
You’ll be guided in the art of perfume formulation—discovering how different aromatic materials work together, balance one another, and combine to create something new and harmonious. No previous perfume-making experience is needed.
Private experiences are available at Susan’s Buellton studio or at vacation rentals, wineries, hotels, homes, and workplaces throughout Santa Barbara, Solvang, Montecito, the Santa Ynez Valley, and California’s Central Coast.
Perfect for couples, bridal and bachelorette celebrations, birthdays, girls’ weekends, retreats, and corporate gatherings.
Available October 2026
Potions of Intention
A Seasonal Private Perfume-Making Experience
Explore the connection between scent, creativity, and intention in this immersive natural perfume-making experience. Guests create a personal fragrance from a curated palette of botanical essences and fill a hand-blown pendant bottle to take home as a keepsake.
Perfect for private groups, retreats, bridal celebrations, and special gatherings on California’s Central Coast.
Rooted in Nature. Crafted with Care.
Welcome to Sol Aromatics. SOL stands for the Spiral of Life, an ancient symbol of growth and transformation. It also describes my own path with fragrance.
My love of fragrance began with a perfume kit my mother gave me as a little girl. I would spend hours lost in mixing different scents, and time seemed to stand still. Years later, my life spiraled back to that first passion, and I studied natural perfumery under master perfumers based in California and overseas. Today I create natural perfumes, custom aromatherapy blends, and scent experiences that celebrate the beauty and power of scent: how it brings back memories, stirs emotion, sparks creativity, and anchors you in the present moment.
Whether you're celebrating with friends or learning to ease stress, I hope you leave with a scent you created yourself and a memory you'll treasure.
Susan Farber
Founder, Sol Aromatics
