The Scent Articulator | Build Perfume Vocabulary for Scent Descriptions (NPA)
The Scent Articulator
Build real descriptive vocabulary for natural perfumery.
Draw four “cards”, describe your material using all four, translate it into an image/object, then refine it into perfumery language (structure, role, diffusion, edges, tenacity).
How to play (3 steps):
- Describe: use the 4 cards in one short paragraph. Avoid generic family words where possible.
- Translate: “It feels like ___.” (object/place/weather/scene)
- Refine: what is it doing in a formula? (lift/bridge/anchor/blur/texture; fast/slow; sharp/round; dry/moist)
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Texture
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Temperature
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Movement
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Emotional tone
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Sentence starter:
“It’s —, —, —, and — — it feels like _____.”
| Step 1 — Describe (use all 4 cards) | Step 2 — Translate (“It feels like…”) | Step 3 — Refine (perfumery language) |
|---|---|---|
Optional: “No Aroma Family Words” mode
Try Step 1 without: floral, woody, citrus, spicy, green, sweet.
Describe via texture/movement/temperature instead.
Tip: The goal is not “pretty writing”. The goal is building a reliable language bridge from sensation → translation → structure.