I've been exploring an extension to the Osmo Scent Taxonomy that keeps olfactory identity separate from environmental context.
The current taxonomy does an excellent job answering “What does it smell like?” through Grand Families, Subfamilies, Descriptors, Textures and Sensations.
I’m interested in whether a complementary layer could answer a different question:
“Under what environmental conditions is this odor perceived, evaluated or used?”
Rather than treating “Summer”, “Winter”, “Hot” or “Humid” as olfactory descriptors, the idea would be to model them as an independent environmental ontology that can be associated with an odor, material or fragrance.
I've been exploring an extension to the Osmo Scent Taxonomy that keeps olfactory identity separate from environmental context.
The current taxonomy does an excellent job answering “What does it smell like?” through Grand Families, Subfamilies, Descriptors, Textures and Sensations.
I’m interested in whether a complementary layer could answer a different question:
“Under what environmental conditions is this odor perceived, evaluated or used?”
Rather than treating “Summer”, “Winter”, “Hot” or “Humid” as olfactory descriptors, the idea would be to model them as an independent environmental ontology that can be associated with an odor, material or fragrance.