Psychology of fragrance use : Perception of individual odor and perfume blends reveals a mechanism for idiosyncratic fragrance choice

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11240%2F12%3A10123709" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11240/12:10123709 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033810" target="_blank" >http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033810</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033810" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0033810</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Psychology of fragrance use : Perception of individual odor and perfume blends reveals a mechanism for idiosyncratic fragrance choice

Original language description

Cross-culturally, fragrances are used to modulate body odor, but the psychology of fragrance choice has been largely overlooked. The prevalent view is that fragrances mask an individual's body odor and improve its pleasantness. In two experiments, we found positive effects of perfume on body odor perception. Importantly, however, this was modulated by significant interactions with individual odor donors. Fragrances thus appear to interact with body odor, creating an individually-specific odor mixture. In a third experiment, the odor mixture of an individual's body odor and their preferred perfume was perceived as more pleasant than a blend of the same body odor with a randomly-allocated perfume, even when there was no difference in pleasantness betweenthe perfumes. This indicates that fragrance use extends beyond simple masking effects and that people choose perfumes that interact well with their own odor. Our results provide an explanation for the highly individual nature of perfume

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP407%2F10%2F1303" target="_blank" >GAP407/10/1303: The development of Olfactory Abilities and Preferences during Childhood and Puberty</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PLoS ONE

ISSN

1932-6203

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000304489000036

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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