Scent Lab: SYNESTHESIA

A multisensory exercise in perfume design.

This workshop explores the synesthetic connections between senses—how color, texture, and sound can find expression in scent. Over three hours, participants are guided through sensory studies that expand the language of perfume, learning to translate one medium into another.

Through this process, aromatic materials become instruments of cross-sensory design, composed to capture the mood and atmosphere of each participant’s chosen inspiration. The outcome is both experiment and artifact: a 10 ml fragrance in spray or roll-on form, a personal rendering of synesthetic perception.

Tickets $145 each. All materials are provided. No prior experience is necessary. This event is in conjunction with Portland Design Month 2025

About the Instructor

Angela Larisch is a multidisciplinary designer, scent artist, and educator based in Portland, Oregon. She received her BFA in Applied Visual Arts from Oregon State University and has explored scent as an artistic medium since 2017. Her work merges fine art, design, and olfactory storytelling, shaped by ongoing study with legendary natural perfumer Mandy Aftel and the Institute for Art and Olfaction. She has created scent-based projects and workshops with collaborators including Adidas, The Ace Hotel, and the Pacific Northwest College of Art.