Trend cluster
Category

Hyper-Sensorial
Scent

Fragrances are marketed through unexpected and unconventional means.

Precious Perfume Pop-UpsShoppable Fragrance VideosAR Fragrance CampaignsScent-Sharing StickersScented Fashion Dolls

Trend

What is the Hyper-Sensorial Scent trend?

Hyper-Sensorial Scent: Fragrances have long been a difficult product for marketers to accurately portray in advertising. Closing this gap between product experience and marketing, however, are highly experimental approaches to marketing fragrance, which focus on the senses by using any means necessary. These approaches range from high-tech in-person experiences to scented stickers.

Insight

The consumer insight behind the Hyper-Sensorial Scent trend

For young consumers in particular, interactive and experiential forms of marketing are much more engaging than standard advertisements. Millennial and Gen Z consumers are more likely to be drawn to campaigns that allow them to sample and experience products in unique ways, in part because of the way social media has changed the way people engage with brands.

Trend themes

Themes within the Hyper-Sensorial Scent trend

Three behaviours holding the trend together
01

Hyper-Sensorial Fragrance

Fragrance marketing is focusing on interactive & sensorial experiences, driven by the preferences of millennial and Gen Z consumers and their affinity for experiential marketing.

02

Augmented Reality Campaigns

Brands are using augmented reality in their campaigns to engage with customers interactively through unique and engaging content, moving beyond traditional ad formats.

03

Interactive & Shoppable Video Advertising

Interactive shoppable fragrance videos offer a dual purpose, introducing customers to the brand and providing easy-to-use instant purchase platforms, which are beneficial to the retailer by providing data of the interactions.

Industry implications

What the Hyper-Sensorial Scent trend means for industry

Where the trend changes the playbook
For

Fragrance and Perfume Industry

Fragrance and perfume industry players such as Jo Malone and Cartier Parfums are adopting interactive and experiential forms of marketing, including pop-ups, scented stickers, and multi-sensory light installations.

For

Beauty Industry

Beauty brands such as Givenchy and Jason Wu are creating innovative marketing campaigns for their fragrances that are driving engagement and sales. They are adopting scented dolls and exclusive filters in their ads.

For

Advertising Industry

Advertising agencies are creating new disruptive marketing campaigns by using emerging technologies such as augmented reality, interactive and shoppable videos.

Workshop question

What would a hyper-sensorial approach look like when it comes to the marketing around your offering?

Trend signals

Trend signals for Hyper-Sensorial Scent

Trend score 4.0 out of 10, from popularity 61%, activity 51%, freshness 8%.

Popularity61%
Activity51%
Freshness8%
Audience
10%Men
90%Women
  • Gen Alpha
  • Gen Z
  • Millennial
  • Gen X
  • Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific