Fragrance Forager
Learn to love winter as a Fragrance Forager
- Your Winternship host: Undersong Perfumery
- Location: Bicheno, Tasmania
Your Winternship
In Tasmania, the coastal winter air carries a saltiness that feels fresher, as if the sea breeze has been intensified by the chill. Your job as the Fragrance Forager Wintern is to help bottle up that silent scent of the season. Candidates with a keen sense of smell will be favoured.​
You'll arrive ready to begin a morning of foraging in the nearby bush. Amongst the trees, tap into your senses and make the most of one in particular: what can you smell? Learn to identify the differences between Tasmanian Sassafras and Tasmanian Mountain Pepper as you make your way through the forest, carefully gathering stems for delicate distillation.
With your tote bag filled, swap your beanie for a lab coat, as you'll be getting into the nitty gritty of perfume making. You'll be shown how to distil your foraged botanicals into a scent, leaving a wonderful waft of winter in your wake. With steady hands, transfer your potent potion into a bottle and dream about who you’ll be gifting your fresh Eau de Tasmania.
Once you've bottled your chosen blend, relax in an armchair in front of a roaring fire with ocean views. It's time to give your nose a rest and indulge in a foraged sassafras leaf tea with kunzea shortbread. Enjoy a spritz of your freshly made fragrance, but make sure to ration it till the end of the season!
With a bottle of Tassie top notes and an appreciation for the smells of the forest floor, you'll understand why embracing Tasmania’s winter perfume makes perfect sense.
Become a winter person with a Winternship.​
Entries open 6:00pm AEST, Monday 26th May 2025 and close 11:59pm AEST, Tuesday 17 June 2025. By applying for this Winternship you agree to the T&Cs.
The finer details
- Forage the best-smelling native botanicals from the nearby coastal forest.
- Take charge of ingredient prep and ensure each leaf, bark or bud makes it to the distillery table intact.
- Assist in the distillation process, helping transform raw forest finds into a wearable winter scent.
- Manage bottling and labelling duties to add the final touches to your creation.
- Tea sipping and shortbread nibbling.
- Solid sense of smell.
- A lover of the great outdoors and a slight tendency for tree hugging.
- Partial to smelling delicious at all times.
- Reliable enough to follow a process, relaxed enough to enjoy it.
- A truly offbeat opportunity to capture Tasmania’s wild winter air as a signature scent at Undersong Perfumery, and a bottle to take home.
- Return flights to Tasmania.
- Car hire.
- Two nights’ accommodation.
- A selection of Tasmanian treats.
You will leave with an appreciation for the forest ingredients that have gone into your new favourite signature scent.
Winter Itineraries
Bundle the best Off Season experiences into a DIY road trip with these Winternship-inspired itineraries.
Alone-inspired adventures
4 days in Tasmania's wild west
Whisky, wine and wellness
3 days in Hobart and Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula
Truffles, cultural tours and animals
4 day loop of Tasmania's north west
Caves, creatures and Cataract Gorge
4 days in Launceston and surrounds
Wine glasses, wombats and wild coastlines
3 days in Binalong Bay and Freycinet
Culture, cuisine and cold dips
3 days in Hobart and the Huon Valley
Wheels, wine and whisky
3 days in Derby and Launceston
Saunas, soups and starry skies
3 days in Buckland and Bicheno
Snow, wilderness and history
4 days in the west and Cradle Mountain
become a winter person
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