The value of Scent Marketing
Thursday, October 14th, 2010Scent Marketing is a new approach to engaging consumers based of the fact that everyone prefers a rose to garbage. Clients utilizing this new technique hope that by filling areas with fragrance that it will evoke positive association between the particular business and the scent- such as a chocolatier filling his store with the smells of chocolate and mint. This appeals to everyone, just as an elegantly designed store appeals to our sense of sight, soft music playing appeals to our ears and how something silky feels to the fingers.
Scent Marketing attempts to bring the last remaining sense into the marketplace to utilize its effects on sales. Additionally, certain scents are reported to have a boost on productivity. A faint scent of lemon is said to decrease stress, while peppermint is said to make employees more alert. Many executive spas use these scents to evoke physiological responses from their clientele, and Japanese businesses have practiced these techniques for some time in corporate offices.
Scent systems , or scent machines , are unobtrusive appliances that are fitted with a scent cartridge. These cartridges are much like a printer cartridge that they are simply fitted into the machine and the machine uses it to produce a result. The result is an easily detectable, but not overpowering, scent that will noticeable within the area you specify. With such ease of use it can be expected this new brand of marketing will soon be in high demand.
