THE CHALLENGE
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Long development cycles
3-9 months average time to develop and validate a new fragrance formula from initial brief to approved formulation.
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High number of trial iterations
15-40 trial formulations required per recipe before achieving the desired scent profile and stability specifications.
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Existing formula database not being utilised
Years of successful formulations sat in a digital database with no intelligent layer to surface relevant combinations or patterns for new briefs.
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Heavy reliance on senior perfumer expertise
New formulation decisions depended entirely on individual experience, creating knowledge bottlenecks and inconsistency when senior perfumers were unavailable.
THE SOLUTION
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Recommendation engine trained on existing digital formula database - no digitization or data capture required.
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Perfumer inputs selected fragrance notes and accord direction to receive ingredient combination suggestions ranked by compatibility.
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Ratio range recommendations surfaced from patterns in historical formulations with similar scent profiles.
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Dashboard displays ranked suggestions with ingredient compatibility scores, allowing perfumers to compare and select starting points.
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System learns continuously as new approved formulations are added to the database over time.





