SYSTEM FOR CREATING CUSTOM FRAGRANCES

摘要

A system for creating custom fragrances is described that allows a customer to interact with an employee and a Perfumer's Organ to interactively select several scents for base, middle and top notes. They can then iteratively adjust the scents chosen. In one embodiment, the scents selected by a customer are provided to a computing device having a prestored table which separates the scents into variable potency scents having variable perceived strengths and normal potency scents having standard, equal perceived strengths. The table indicates the amount of each variable potency scent to use to normalize the strengths. The remaining normal potency scents are then added with an equal amount. In an alternative embodiment, predetermined mixtures are provided to the computing device and used as ‘training data’ to adjust the coefficients of a generalized formula to create a prediction equation fit to the training data. The computing device receives the selected scents, the type of product to be made and the container size and uses the prediction equation to identify the amounts of each of the selected scents. In another optional embodiment, a filling device can automatically meter the scent liquids, a filling material, and provide them into the selected container. The filling device is driven by the computing device and determines the amounts of the selected scents and creates the custom fragrance according to one of the methods above.

主权项

1. A method of creating a personalized custom fragrance for a customer comprising the steps of:
a) providing a ‘Perfumer's Organ’ of variable strength scent liquids and normal strength scent liquids, grouped by family and by volatility category; b) allowing the customer to select and place scent liquid on a blotter to smell the scents for a plurality of scent liquids; c) having the customer select at least two scents from at least two different volatility categories that the customer would like to be in the custom fragrance; d) providing the selected scents simultaneously to allow the customer to smell the mixture of all of the selected scents; e) allowing the customer to delete scents that they would no longer like to be part of custom fragrance; f) allowing the customer to add scents to be part of the custom fragrance; g) providing the currently selected scents simultaneously to the customer to allow the customer to smell the mixture of all of the selected scents; h) determining an amount of each selected variable potency scent liquid to use based upon a prestored scent table; i) determining the total number of drops N to be used for the selected container; j) determining the number of drops of all of the variable potency scent liquids to be added to the selected container; k) subtracting the number of drops of the variable potency scent liquids intended to be used from the total number of drops for the selected container N to result in the remaining drops (Nremain); l) determining the number of normal potency scents selected (n) and dividing the remaining drops (Nremain) by the number of normal potency scents selected (n) to result in the number of drops for each of the n normal potency scent liquids to add to the container; m) mixing the determined amounts of each selected scent liquids with a filler material to result in the custom fragrance.