Northbrook · Cook County North · Offices, Clients and Celebrations
A Fragrance Experience Built for Northbrook Workplaces
Good team building activities in Northbrook give coworkers a reason to talk beyond the next deadline. A guided perfume bar does exactly that, because each person designs a scent from scratch.
Then we add lip color, skincare or bath stations to suit your goals. Before anyone heads home, we pack out every bottle and linen.
Three Team Building Activities Northbrook Groups Enjoy
These team building activities for Northbrook fit the way local companies already gather. Of course, we scale every one.
New Hire Scent Lab
Fold a fragrance bar into new hire orientation. While blending, new colleagues meet their teammates naturally.
Botanic Garden Afternoon
Draw on the nearby Chicago Botanic Garden with green, floral and herbal blends for a spring wellness break.
Customer Appreciation Bottles
Invite top accounts to a private room, then send each guest home with a custom-labeled perfume. It's customer appreciation they keep using.
Team Building Activities Northbrook Offices Remember
Northbrook mixes leafy neighborhoods with a real business base. Corporate offices line Lake Cook Road and Skokie Boulevard, and many teams commute in on the Edens. As a result, planners need events that work inside a busy workday.
A fragrance experience fits neatly inside a workday, so it ranks high among team building activities in Northbrook. First, our host explains how a perfume is built, from bright top notes to deep base notes. Next, colleagues blend an eau de parfum, which is a concentrated perfume, and swap opinions. Before long, quiet engineers and chatty sales reps are trading tips.
Of course, everything is real perfumery. We use absolutes, meaning concentrated aromas extracted from flowers, along with CO2 extracts and essential oils. So people feel the craft, not a craft-store kit.
Stations That Work for Northbrook Teams
Pick one hands-on bar and one quick station. That way, the whole office moves through smoothly.
Classes and Consultations
For a staff retreat, a private perfume making class gives your group a true workshop. For a key client, a one-to-one fragrance consultation starts at $650 and records their formula.
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Custom Perfume Bar
Larger teams love the Signature bar, with up to 12 house scents you choose and 85 to 100 guests an hour. Smaller groups dig into the Full bar's 120+ fragrances.
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Luxury Lip Lab
In the Lip Lab, colleagues mix a gloss or a soft-matte lip cream, a liquid lipstick that dries to a velvety matte. It handles about 100 guests over 3 hours.
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Skincare Bar
Licensed estheticians, which means licensed skincare professionals, lead small groups of 20 or so. Everyone stirs a scrub or moisturizer and scents it.
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Mini-Facials
Short mini-facials bring calm to a hectic quarter. They're especially welcome during open enrollment or audit season.
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Bath and Body Bar
Employees craft bath salts and a bath bomb at the conference table. Because there's no water, cleanup is simple.
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Luxury Candy Bar
Our candy cart and glass jars can wear your brand colors, so the lobby feels festive fast.
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Glitter and Glow Station
Glitter and glitter body spray add sparkle to a year-end party or anniversary celebration.
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Digital Photo Booth
A digital photo booth catches teams holding their new perfumes. Later, those shots brighten internal newsletters.
Learn morePlaces We Come To Around Northbrook
We come to offices, hotels and restaurant rooms across the village. Plus, we share certificates of insurance with any venue that asks.
Office conference rooms
A footprint near 12 by 6 feet works, along with two 6-foot tables.
Hotel meeting spaces
Hotels near the expressways host many training days, so we fit into the agenda.
Restaurant private rooms
A private room suits a small leadership dinner, and it also works for a client thank-you.
Corporate cafeterias
Big open cafes handle Signature bars and candy carts for all-hands events.
Northbrook's Workplace Calendar
January brings sales kickoffs and new hire orientation, so fresh icebreakers help.
Wellness weeks and customer events then fill March through May.
Interns arrive, and outdoor picnics pop up at parks and pavilions.
December fills fast, so book your year-end party 3 to 6 months out.
Two studios
Where Our Studios Fit for Northbrook Companies
Our first studio opens in Mokena in January 2027. A department of up to 40 can rent the private party room, bring food for its kitchen and enjoy BYOB for adults. Individuals can also make perfume or lip color there, with appointments first and walk-ins when staff can help.
Mokena is far south of Northbrook, though. That's why a second studio is planned for Chicago, opening in late 2028. Until then, most Northbrook teams book us on site, and groups of 40 or more always get the bars at their own venue. The studio page has updates.
Pricing Team Building Activities in Northbrook
Adult perfume bars start at $500, priced per event instead of per person. Branded labels and added stations appear on an itemized proposal within 2 business days. After that, a 50% deposit holds your date.
See every number on our pricing page.
How We Plan Team Building Activities in Northbrook
Tell us the goal
Is it bonding, wellness or client thanks? Then we match stations to it.
Lock it in
Approve the proposal and pay the 50% deposit. Also, order labels right away.
Setup an hour ahead
Our hosts arrive early with linens, signage and decor, before your first guest.
Run it, then leave it spotless
We guide every guest, then pack out completely.
Questions About Team Building Activities in Northbrook
Do you come to offices along Lake Cook Road?
Yes. We come to offices, hotels and venues across Northbrook and nearby suburbs, too.
Could our team visit the Mokena studio?
Yes, for up to 40 guests once it opens in January 2027. Still, most Northbrook groups prefer we travel to them.
When does the Chicago studio open?
It's planned for late 2028. Until then, we bring everything to your venue.
How long does a session run?
It's flexible. A Signature bar moves 85 to 100 guests an hour, while a seated workshop takes longer.
Can employees with sensitivities join?
Yes. We send full ingredient and allergen information before every event.
Can we print our logo on bottles?
Yes. Custom labels are a paid add-on, so order them at booking.
Do you cover our Milwaukee and Indianapolis offices?
Yes. Local teams serve both of those markets as well.
Do your perfumes use fragrance materials or real botanicals?
We use absolutes, CO2 extracts and essential oils, all blended into an eau de parfum.
More in Northbrook
Founded by Cheryl Gleason, a trained perfumer and cosmetic and skincare formulator, and the creative force behind every Glitters & Grace bar.
Plan Your Northbrook Team Experience
Share your date, headcount and goal. Then we'll send a plan for team building activities in Northbrook within 2 business days, or call 815.418.6740.