Should Mary smell like biscuit? Investigating scents in product design

International Journal of Design

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Ludden, Geke D S ^a   Schifferstein, Hendrik N J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Novay   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Degree of inappropriateness; Odor incongruity; Product design; Product experience; Product expression; Product scent

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950767571     PISSN: 19913761     EISSN: 1994036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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