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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alice Fisher

How AI and brain science are helping perfumiers create fragrances

girl sprays herself perfume on her wristgirl in a white dress sprays herself perfume on her wrist
Perfumes can now be designed to trigger emotional responses using ingredients known as neuroscents. Photograph: Angelika-Angelika/Getty Images

Making perfume is an art that can be traced back to ancient Greece but now modern-day perfumiers are beginning to look beyond their noses to develop the scents most likely to appeal to us. They are, instead, turning to AI.

Perfumes can now be designed to trigger emotional responses using ingredients known as neuroscents – odours shown by biometric measures to arouse different positive feelings such as calm, euphoria or sleepiness.

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