Perfume Making Workshop in Seoul
Create your own perfume at PROUST, a hanok scent atelier near Hyehwa in Seoul. Explore fragrance with personal guidance and book your workshop in English.
Your own perfume, finished with a ribbon and PROUST packaging.At a glance
90 minutes · English guidance · A garden hanok near Hyehwa Station
Standard perfume options: 30 ml — KRW 49,000 · 50 ml — KRW 65,000. Booking-platform prices and promotional offers may differ; the total shown for your selected reservation applies.
50,000+ cumulative visitors · 60+ scent consulting projects · Since 2015
Google 5.0/5 · Naver 4.97/5 (6,676 reviews)
Visitor and project totals, ratings and Naver review count are from PROUST’s 2026 company profile. Ratings and counts can change.
Check dates and book your perfume workshopMake a perfume that brings you back to Seoul.
At PROUST, your fragrance begins with what you love: a familiar flower, the atmosphere of a place, or a memory you want to keep. In our traditional Korean hanok near Hyehwa, we guide you through choosing, blending and refining a perfume of your own.
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A personal perfume class in a Seoul hanok
PROUST is a scent atelier in Jongno, close to Hyehwa Station and Daehakro. A quiet garden and a room filled with fragrance materials make space for a slower part of your trip: paying attention to what you smell, and discovering how you want your perfume to feel.
You do not need experience in perfumery. You bring your preferences; we help you translate them into a blend. Come on your own, with a partner or with friends, and take home a fragrance you helped create.
A scent atelier since 2015
PROUST began in 2015 and moved its main atelier to Hyehwa in 2019. Founded by perfumer Yumi Han, who studied physics, the atelier brings an interest in literature, art and memory to personal perfume making and commissioned fragrance work.
National Geographic Traveller (UK) included PROUST’s workshops in its 2026 coverage of beauty tourism in South Korea. Read the feature.
What happens during the workshop?
1. Find your starting point
Explore our seven house fragrance bases and choose a direction. Tell us about scents you enjoy, a mood, a colour or a memory. You do not need technical fragrance vocabulary.
2. Explore materials selected for you
Our atelier holds more than 500 fragrance materials. We introduce a curated selection suited to your direction, rather than asking you to work through the whole collection. If you have a particular note in mind, tell us in advance so we can check whether we have it.
3. Blend, smell and refine
Plan your formula, make a trial blend and smell the result. With guidance from the instructor, adjust the balance until the fragrance better expresses what you had in mind. A small change can make a floral perfume greener, a woodier blend softer, or a fresh scent more rounded.
4. Take your perfume home
Complete your chosen perfume option, choose a ribbon colour and personalise your label. Leave with your own bottle: a personal keepsake from your time in Seoul.
Plan your visit
- Location: PROUST, 38-3 Changgyeonggung-ro 26-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul.
- Nearby station: Hyehwa Station, Seoul Subway Line 4.
- Language: English guidance is available. Please select or request an English session when booking.
- Timing: Allow around 90 minutes in your itinerary; check the stated duration for your selected booking option.
- Bottle options and price: See the booking page for the current choices, inclusions and total price.
- Reservations: Book in advance for your preferred date and party size.
Questions before you book
Can I join if I have never made perfume?
Yes. The workshop is guided, and you can describe your preferences in ordinary words. We help you work out which materials and proportions suit your idea.
Can I request an unusual scent?
Please send us your wish list before booking if specific notes are important to you. We can introduce materials we have, but availability varies and not every requested note is in the collection.
Can our family, team or private group join?
Contact us with your date, number of guests and any needs before making a group booking. We will confirm the suitable format and availability. See Private & Group Workshop.
Can PROUST make a fragrance for my brand or creative project?
Yes. We also discuss fragrance commissions for books, exhibitions, performances, hotels and brands. Explore Custom Perfume Seoul and our Stories & Collaborations.
Keep a little of Seoul with you
A photograph records what a place looked like. Your perfume can become another way to remember the day.
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Your own perfume, finished with a ribbon and PROUST packaging.