Tickets for the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents
Our hours are 10 am-6 pm every Saturday -- we recommend getting advance tickets here online, as we often don't have room to take walk-ins. If you have a gift pass or complimentary ticket please call or write us to schedule your visit. The Aftel Archive of Curious Scents is a small museum devoted to natural aromatics and artifacts. Here you can choose from more than 200 essences to take 4 samples home. See the raw botanical materials that become perfume essences, pore over turn-of-the-century perfume books, be knocked out by a 16th century symbolorum, and explore the wonders in our cabinet of curiosities. Outside in our Garden Annex, smell more than 45 different essences including the historical animal scents, some 100-year old essences, and the legendary oud oil. Every item in the Archive is authentic and original, some dating back hundreds of years. Learn and experience the history of fragrance. More information and photos at aftelarchive.com
Safety Measures:
1. Scent exhibits are outside, to be smelled without masks
2. Masks are worn inside the museum for COVID safety (spare masks available)
3. Limited number of visitors per hour
4. Commercial HEPA air-filter
5. Full refunds for cancellations due to illness
Aftel Archive Details:
Location: 1518-1/2 Walnut St. Berkeley, CA 94709 (cottage at end of brick driveway)
Open every Saturday 10 am - 6 pm
Adult admission price is $25 for a 1-hour visit
Child admission is $15
Your visit includes 4 scent strips to be dipped in essences and take home
Phone (landline): (510) 841-2111 Email: info@aftelier.com
Purchase Agreement:
-- By purchasing tickets you are certifying that everyone in your party will wear a mask while inside the Aftel Archive.
-- By purchasing tickets you agree to assume all of the risk of exposure to COVID-19 and accept sole responsibility for any expense, liability, illness, injury, disability, or death related to contracting the virus as a result of visiting the Aftel Archive. You hereby release, covenant not to sue, discharge, and hold harmless the Aftel Archive and its employees, of all liabilities, claims, actions, damages, costs or expenses of any kind.
How to Buy Tickets:
-- Please click on the Select Date button down below on the right, choose a date from the calendar, and click on the "10:00 AM" button to see the available times and numbers of tickets.
-- You do not actually need to download or print or show anything at all to get in. You can choose either E-tickets or will-call, and just tell us your name when you arrive.
-- Please check the date and time in your confirmation email.
