Name: Into the Sun: An ARMY Creative Gathering
Start: 2026-09-04T16:00:00.000-07:00
End: 2026-09-04T19:30:00.000-07:00
Location: 1859 W Adams Blvd

a small-batch apothecary with offerings for your self, space, and senses

Workshops by Serein Botanicals

​​We get it—life happens! Here’s how we handle cancellations:

 You’re welcome to transfer your spot to a friend—just send us their name ahead of time!

Two BTS-inspired creative workshops for ARMY during ARIRANG concert week

In LA for the ARIRANG tour? Come spend part of your concert weekend getting creative with fellow ARMY 💜

On Friday, September 4, we're hosting two intimate, BTS-inspired creative sessions at Say When studio in West Adams — designed especially for local and out-of-town ARMY looking for something a little different to do together during concert week.

We love a good cup-sleeve event, but if you're looking for a more hands-on way to celebrate this era, come make something inspired by the music, meet other fans, trade freebies, and leave with handmade souvenirs from your ARIRANG week in LA.

☀️ 4:00–5:30 PM — ARIRANG Scent Lab

🌊 6:00–7:30 PM — SWIM + MIKROKOSMOS Candle Workshop

The 30-minute break between sessions gives us time to reset the studio and gives ARMY attending both a chance to mingle, take photos, trade freebies, or grab a quick snack before round two.

What would your favorite BTS era — or ARIRANG song — smell like?

In this guided scent-making workshop, you'll explore a curated fragrance library and learn the basics of building and balancing a fragrance from top to base.

Choose your inspiration from BTS's discography or create a scent around the mood, imagery, and feeling of your favorite track from ARIRANG. You'll experiment with individual fragrance notes before developing a custom blend that's completely your own.

Once you've found your formula, you'll turn it into 

Name your creation, bottle it, and take home a scent memory from your ARIRANG weekend.

 This is an especially travel-friendly workshop. Both finished fragrances are compact and easy to pack, so you can bring home something handmade without sacrificing precious suitcase space (or room for concert merch!).

All fragrance ingredients used in the workshop are clean, non-toxic, and thoughtfully selected in keeping with Serein Botanicals’ ingredient philosophy

No prior fragrance-making experience is necessary.

🌊 SESSION TWO: SWIM + MIKROKOSMOS CANDLE WORKSHOP

For our evening session, we'll dive into two different candle projects inspired by BTS's ocean and universe imagery.

Create an ocean-inspired candle drawing from the dreamy summer feeling of 

You'll build your own miniature seascape using elements like:

Choose from a selection of summer-inspired fragrances and arrange your elements to create a candle that's completely unique to you.

For your second project, you'll create a glowing gel-wax universe inspired by 

You'll learn how to color, marble, layer, and decorate gel wax to create depth and movement inside your own miniature galaxy.

Your finished holder will include battery-operated tealights so you can light up your little universe as soon as you get back to your hotel or home.

 (regularly $110) and spend the evening creating, connecting, and celebrating with other ARMY.

 created by you to remember your ARIRANG tour weekend long after the final 'ment.

✨ Beginner-friendly, guided instruction

✨ BTS soundtrack throughout the sessions

✨ Time to meet and connect with fellow ARMY

✨ Four take-home creations when you book both sessions

One of the best parts of ARMY is how quickly strangers can find something to talk about when BTS is the common thread. Whether you're coming from across LA or flying in from across the country, this is a welcoming space to meet other fans before a very special weekend together.

Come for one session, stay for both, bring your freebies, and make something you'll actually want to take home from your ARIRANG weekend 💜

We get it—life happens! Here’s how we handle cancellations:

By attending, you acknowledge that photos or short videos may be taken during the event for promotional purposes. We keep photography minimal and respectful, but your hands, artwork, or presence may appear in Serein Botanicals’ social media or marketing materials.

, a Los Angeles–based studio where she handcrafts plant-based products in small batches and curates immersive workshops. Her work blends nature, artistry, and ritual, inviting people to slow down, connect, and discover the beauty of creating with their own hands.

Into the Sun: An ARMY Creative Gathering

Cindy Martinez

Laureen LaFave

Christine Lim

Susan Zeitounlian

Gabriel Yee

Karin Sato

Esther Kim

Stephanie Guineau

Alex Ng

VanAnh Bui

Serein Botanicals / Joanna

✨ One 15 ml custom perfume spray
✨ One 10 ml custom perfume oil roller

4-5:30pm: Perfumery Session

✨ One Swim ocean candle
✨ One Mikrokosmos galaxy candle holder

6-7:30pm: Candle Session

Can't choose?

Join us for both workshops for $100 (regularly $110) and spend the evening creating, connecting, and celebrating with other ARMY.

You'll leave with four handmade keepsakes:

☀️ 15 ml custom perfume spray
💜 10 ml custom perfume roller
🌊 SWIM ocean candle
🌌 Mikrokosmos galaxy candle holder

That's four pieces created by you to remember your ARIRANG tour experience in LA!