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Sensory segmentation, optimization and reverse engineering

This paper shows how consumer research links the fragrance developer with the consumer in a manner which produces both databases for understanding consumers, and consumer-driven direction for fragrance development. The approach follows procedures...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Capturing The Elusive Appeal Of Fragrance

Authors: Howard R. Moskowitz, James Barash

Company: Moskowitz Jacobs Inc.

December 1, 1996

Colour-odour synesthesia

Synesthesia, the phenomenon of cross-modal perception, is well known in the visual and auditory realms. Recent studies show that contrary to conventional wisdom there are regular and systematic correlations between smell and vision. Smells have...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Capturing The Elusive Appeal Of Fragrance

Author: Avery N. Gilbert

December 1, 1996

Perceptual maps of sensory analysis and consumer reactions

A Perceptual Map of quantitative fragrance profiles can provide the perfumer with a “snapshot” of the current olfactive market. To provide the perfumer with a stable platform to work with, the core to this approach is Quantitative Fragrance...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Capturing The Elusive Appeal Of Fragrance

Author: David W. Ingersoll

Company: Givaudan

December 1, 1996

Preference and past brands used

This paper analyses the effect of the fine fragrance current brand used, on the perception of test fragrances and consequently the acceptance or rejection of product evaluated. This paper also analyses whether it is preferable to use word or pictures...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Capturing The Elusive Appeal Of Fragrance

Author: Francisco Batalla

December 1, 1996

Capturing the complexity of advertising perceptions

This paper is concerned with finding appropriate ways in which qualitative research can examine how advertising is perceived so that we can extrapolate accurately from the research situation to reactions while watching ads on-air. An American...

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Looking Through The Kaleidoscope

Authors: Alan Swindells, Alan Branthwaite

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

December 1, 1995

Aroma psychology

The rather intricate process of odour perceptation and evaluation defies any exact measurements of consumer responses to fragranced products. This paper will discuss a psychological approach towards fragrance evaluation leading to a theory of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Consumer Research In Fragrance Business

Author: Hans-Otto Schmidt

June 15, 1993

What can consumer research tell us about why people wear perfume?

Despite our inadequate understanding of the physiologial and psychological mechanisms involved in odor perception, the efforts of many researchers interested in these issues is beginning to throw more light on the variety of reasons why people wear...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Consumer Research In Fragrance Business

Author: Hugh Bain

June 15, 1993

How research is used to bridge the gap between consumers and product developers in order to optimise products

The increasing opportunities for development of cross-border business and the growing requirement for the major international client companies to rationalise their brands across the world has put renewed demands on international market research...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Marketing And International Research

Author: Vivien S. Wilton-Middlemass

June 15, 1993

On the scent of a mystery

A partial exploration of some of the biological and psychological dimensions of odour is undertaken herein. Metaphor often reveals cultural viewpoints in regard to the senses, and smell - both positive and negative - is frequently characterised...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Consumer Research In Fragrance Business

Author: Joseph A. Precker

June 15, 1993