Scented Selling

Brands make a splash by adopting fragrance experiences into advertising efforts

Implications - As the bar for experiential brand interactions is heightened by the shift toward immersive campaigns, brands are including unexpected elements into their advertising efforts, like scent experiences. Being adopted both as a part of in-person experiences and beyond, the integration of fragrance helps bring a branded experience to life, and becomes more memorable to the consumer.
Workshop Question - What's a way that you could you enhance the sensory experiences your customer has with your brand?

Trend Themes

  1. Sensory Marketing — Brands are adopting sensory elements into their advertising efforts, like scent experiences, to provide immersive experiences to their customers.
  2. Innovative Messaging — Scent-Connected Text Messages and KFC's Scratch N Sniff Valentines introduce practical systems to integrate scent into messaging as a communication tool.
  3. Personalized Pop-ups — Personal Fragrance Pop-Ups like Diptyque personalize scent experiences and educate customers on fragrance history through interactive retail stores.

Industry Implications

  1. Marketing — Sensory marketing has become an important aspect of advertising and creating an immersive customer experience.
  2. Messaging and Communication — Innovative messaging techniques, such as scent-embedded messaging and scratch n' sniff cards, have opportunities for disruption in the messaging and communication industry.
  3. Retail — Personalized retail experiences, like pop-up stores focused on fragrance, present opportunities for luxury and niche markets to educate customers on the history and create personalized fragrance experiences.
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4 Featured, 35 Examples:
79,749 Total Clicks
Date Range:
Jan 18 — Apr 18
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Warm
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