Touching smells, sniffing colours, tasting odours: a synaesthetic approach to fragrance in market research

This paper looks at two aspects of fragrances which roughly correspond to sociological and psychological perspectives.

Touching smells, sniffing colours, tasting odours: a synaesthetic approach to fragrance in market research

Luigi ToiatiFocus, Italy

Alan BranthwaiteIgnition, United Kingdom

INTRODUCTION

This paper looks at two aspects of fragrances which roughly correspond to sociological and psychological perspectives.

The first section examines the sense of smell and the human experience (sensory and social) of fragrances. The second section is concerned with the marketing of fragrance brands and the elusive role of stylishness in creating brand equity. Both sections identify appropriate tools for the investigation and development of fragrance products.

A PROVOCATION

“Sweat, mould, urine, blood, carcass, rot, shit,...

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