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The Science of Scent

Can Describing an Odor Make It Harder to Recognize?

Does writing down an odor help you recognize it later? A study of Chinese university students tested when verbal descriptions hinder recognition and when the difference disappears.
The Science of Scent

Can Photographs of Wood Change How an Odour Feels?

Wood photographs influenced odour pleasantness ratings, while exploratory EEG results suggested possible effects of meaning and sensory congruence.
The Science of Scent

Do “For Men” and “For Women” Labels Change a Perfume’s Color Associations?

Four experiments with commercial perfumes examined how perceived gender and descriptions relate to the colors people associate with a fragrance.
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Do Perfume Descriptions Affect Scent Memory?

French and German ingredient descriptions reveal possible links between grammatical gender, gender associations, and fragrance memory, with mixed results.
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Can a Perfume Change Evaluations in a Mock Job Interview?

Two simulated hiring studies examined gender-associated perfumes, with mixed comparisons against no perfume and important statistical caveats.
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Can You Smell a Perfume’s Commercial Gender Category?

Eighteen students classified 12 unnamed perfumes, revealing a gap between commercial categories and perceived femininity, masculinity, and unisex character.
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Can an Unpleasant Odor Change Your Impression of the Same Face?

An EEG study examined odor-face timing. Unpleasant odor lowered face pleasantness, while timing effects differed between ratings and brain signals.
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Can Flower Images Help Us Notice a Fragrance as We Get Used to It?

Two experiments examined flower images, odor detection reports, and image-evoked brain responses during prolonged fragrance exposure and habituation.
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Can Perfumers’ Words for Body Odor Reveal Genetic Similarities?

Among five evaluators describing shirts worn by 45 men, one perfumer’s detailed descriptions were associated with HLA similarity. The exploratory findings were not shared by all evaluators.
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Can Fragrance Change the Impression of the Same Room Photograph?

A study paired photographs of natural and luxurious living rooms with three floral fragrances. We distinguish the impression ratings from preliminary physiological measurements in four people.