What does Christmas smell like? Is there anything better than the smell of Christmas? The right scent can trigger memories of Christmas past, affect our moods and emotions, and make us feel nostalgic. The smell of a real Christmas...
The increase in information available online has reduced the amount of time that car-buyers need to spend in car showrooms. The impact on dealerships and automotive brands has been a gear shift in terms of attracting new consumers and...
It’s one of the most quoted (and arguably, least read) passages in literature. But that doesn’t stop Marcel Proust’s the “À La Recherche Du Temps Perdu” from providing a lesson for us all. Proust’s seven long volumes were published...
It’s commonly understood that smell is the most rapid-acting of all the senses, accessing brain receptors before the other senses kick in. This gives it a real advantage in sensory marketing, as scent will normally be the first sense...
The use of scent has a significant contribution to the hotel brand experience and is becoming an increasingly important factor in the hotel experience as a whole. The power of scent, and scent memory, in particular, is a key...
When Burberry’s Regent Street flagship opened in 2012, the fashion giant’s CEO Angela Ahrendts (now with Apple’s Retail division) said: “Customers can experience every facet of the brand through immersive multimedia content exactly as they do online.” Burberry was...
Why is scent so useful to hotels? “We know how powerful scent can be in memory and memory formation. So, in a hotel, it makes sense to use some kind of signature scent as a unique sensory experience, which...
Since Amazon began 23 years ago, physical retailers have been on the back foot. But now the store is returning with a revived confidence, and the nest retail revolution is underway. It’s about providing multisensory experiences, focused personal communication...
In this latest video, master perfumer, Christophe Laudamiel, takes us on a journey on how to compose a brand fragrance. Step by step, we get a unique insight into how Laudamiel approaches the composition of a brand fragrance by...
In this latest video Christophe Laudamiel, Master Perfumer, discusses the powerful relationship between scent, our sense of smell, and our emotions. The emotional recall produced by a particular smell, your scent memory, is far more powerful than the recall...