BLOTTER, KIT AND METHOD FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED PERFUME

Abstract

A blotter, a kit and a method for creating a personalized perfume. The blotter may include delimited two-dimensional regions on its surface such that a quantity of each scent deposited on the units may be determined.

Claims

1. A method for creating a personalized perfume comprising: providing a blotter having a surface including a plurality of units indicated on the surface, each of the plurality of units being a delimited two dimensional region of the surface; depositing a first scent on one or more first units of the plurality of units; depositing a second scent on one or more second units of the plurality of units different from the one or more first units, the second scent being different from the first scent; smelling the blotter; and determining a quantity of the first and second scents deposited on the respective one or more first units and one or more second units.

2. The method for creating a personalized perfume according to claim 1, wherein the first scent is deposited on the one or more first units by a first dispenser and/or the second scent is deposited on the one or more second units by a second dispenser.

3. The method for creating a personalized perfume according to claim 2, wherein the first dispenser is a first marker and the second dispenser containing the first scent is a second marker containing the second scent.

4. The method for creating a personalized perfume according to claim 1, wherein determining the quantity of the first and second scents includes counting the one or more first units and counting the one or more second units.

5. The method for creating a personalized perfume according to claim 1, wherein the first scent has a first color additive that gives the first scent a first color, and the second scent has a second color additive that gives the second scent a second color different than the first color.

6. The method for creating a personalized perfume according to claim 5, wherein determining the quantity of the first and second scents comprises using spectrophotometry to identify the first and second colors.

7. The method for creating a personalized perfume according to claim 1, further comprising moving air over the one or more first units and the one or more second units to facilitate the smelling.

8. The method for creating a personalized perfume according to claim 1, wherein the moving of air is performed by a fan.

9. The method for creating a personalized perfume according to claim 2, wherein each of the first and second dispensers is configured to dispense in a linear way.

10. A blotter for creating a personalized perfume comprising: a surface including a plurality of units indicated on the surface, each of the plurality of units being a delimited two dimensional region of the surface for deposition of a scent such that a quantity of each scent deposited on the units may be determined by counting the units to create a personalized perfume, all the plurality of units having a substantially same area.

11. The blotter according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of units is printed on the surface of the blotter.

12. The blotter according to claim 10, wherein all of the plurality of units have a substantially same shape.

13. The blotter according to claim 10, wherein the surface of the blotter further includes one or more fold lines and the blotter is configured to be folded to create a three-dimensional structure having two or more faces.

14. A kit for creating a personalized perfume, the kit comprising: a blotter having a surface including a plurality of units indicated on the surface, each of the plurality of units being a delimited two dimensional region of the surface for deposition of a first scent on one or more first units of the plurality of units and for deposition of a second scent on one or more second units of the plurality of units, the plurality of units being sized and shaped so that a quantity of each of the first and second scents may be determined by counting the units to create the personalized perfume; and a perfume trial station including a blotter support for holding the blotter, and a mixing chamber, the blotter support being configured to move between a first position inside the mixing chamber and a second position outside the mixing chamber.

15. The kit according to claim 14, wherein the perfume trial station further includes a fan for providing an air flow across the mixing chamber.

16. The kit according to claim 14, wherein the perfume trial station includes a slot for receiving the blotter support for placement of the blotter inside the mixing chamber.

17. The kit according to claim 14, wherein the perfume trial station includes a drive for rotating a shaft, and the blotter is in the form of a fan having an end portion positioned on the shaft.

18. The kit according to claim 14, further comprising first and second markers, the first marker containing the first scent and configured for depositing the first scent on the one or more first units, the second marker containing the second scent and configured for depositing the second scent on the one or more second units.

19. The kit according to claim 14, wherein all the plurality units have a substantially same size and shape.

20. The kit according to claim 14, further comprising a plurality of scented stickers.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0044] Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure will be described in the following, with reference to the appended figures, in which:

[0045] FIG. 1 schematically represents a blotter according to a first example.

[0046] FIG. 2 schematically represent a blotter according to a second example.

[0047] FIG. 3A schematically illustrates an example of blotter which may be folded.

[0048] FIG. 3B schematically shows a result of a folded blotter of FIG. 3A.

[0049] FIG. 4A schematically illustrates an example of blotter which may be folded.

[0050] FIG. 4B schematically shows a result of a folded blotter of FIG. 4A.

[0051] FIG. 5 illustrates a flow chart of a method for creating a personalized perfume.

[0052] FIG. 6 schematically illustrates a marker which may be used to store and deposit scent on a blotter according to an example.

[0053] FIG. 7A schematically illustrates a perfume trial station according to an example.

[0054] FIG. 7B schematically illustrates a section of the perfume trial station of FIG. 7B.

[0055] FIG. 8 schematically shows a perfume trial station according to another example.

[0056] The figures refer to example implementations and are only be used as an aid for understanding the claimed subject matter, not for limiting it in any sense.

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

[0057] FIG. 1 schematically represents a blotter 100. Blotter 100 includes a surface 110 which comprises a plurality of units 120 indicated on the surface 110. Having a 2D delimited region indicated on the surface 110 makes possible to quantify scents deposited on the units 120, e.g. the proportions of scents applied to the units 120. This quantification enables the creation of a perfume with a substantially same smell than the one obtained by depositing scents on the blotter 100. A personalized perfume may therefore be reliably created. Blotter 100 may be odorless for enabling an appropriate and reliable smelling of the scents deposited thereon.

[0058] In some other examples, a blotter 100 may have a predefined smell or scent. Such a predefined scent may be known as a base scent. A base scent may impregnate a blotter entirely. I.e., the smell of the base scent perceived by a person smelling the blotter may not depend on which portion of the blotter is smelled. A predefined scent may mean that a base scent comprised in a blotter 100, e.g. the composition and the amount of the base scent, is known in advance, e.g. at least by a blotter provider. If a blotter incorporates a base scent, the scents subsequently deposited on the units of the blotter may be smelled in combination with the base scent. As the base scent is a predefined scent in a predefined quantity or concentration, by determining the quantity of subsequent scents deposited on the units of the blotter, the quantities of the base scent and the subsequent scents to be used for creating a personalized perfume may be easily obtained. The scents deposited on the units of a blotter already including a base scent may be referred to as topping scents.

[0059] FIG. 1 includes six units 120. A unit 120 may be delimited by an edge 115. An edge 115 provides a visual guide to know until where a unit 120 is to be filled with a scent. Such an edge 115 may be printed on a blotter 100, e.g. with a continuous line such in FIG. 1. An edge 115 may comprise other line styles, e.g. an edge may be dashed. Also, an edge 115 may be marked on the blotter 100 in other ways. For instance, an edge 115 may include micro perforations through its surface 110. A unit 120 may also be indicated by providing a region of the surface 110 with features visually distinct from the remaining surface 110, e.g. by coloring a region of the surface 110. In an example, a unit 120 is a region of the surface 110 with a different color or pattern from the rest of the surface 110, e.g. the surface 110 may be white and a unit 120 may be grey. Or e.g. the surface may be white and a unit 120 may be white and may include black crisscrossed lines or other hatchings. Other options are of course possible. Also, not all the units 120 need to be indicated in a same manner.

[0060] In an example, units 120 may include recesses. I.e., one or more units 120 may not necessarily be in the plane of the blotter surface 110, but they may be e.g. in a lower plane. This may ease the filing of units 120 with solid scents. In this example, FIG. 1 may be seen as a top view of a blotter 100, instead as of a substantially flat blotter 100, and the blotter 100 may be imagined as an ice tray or as holder with a number of recesses or holes. The depth of the units 120, i.e. a distance between surface 110 and a unit 120, may be varied, e.g. according to a size of solid scents. Different distances between surface 110 and different units 120 in a same blotter 100 are possible.

[0061] All the units 120 of FIG. 1 have a substantially same area and a substantially same shape (circle). Having all the units 120 with a substantially same area and shape may facilitate the determination of deposited scents. In other examples, units 120 may have different areas and/or shapes.

[0062] For example, a blotter 100 may include units 120 with substantially a same area but distinct shapes. This may provide for an even easier quantification as a shape may be linked to a particular used scent, e.g. scent A may be linked to the shape “circle”, scent B may be linked to the shape “square” and so on. A person may then count “squares”, “circles”, etc. to quickly determine the proportions of the scents applied to the blotter 100.

[0063] In another example, a blotter 100 may comprise units 120 with different areas. In such an example, units 120 with smaller areas may be used to quantify small quantities of scents, e.g. intense scents, and units 120 with bigger areas may be used to quantify substantially larger quantities of scents, e.g. less intense or preferred scents. In an example, a substantially small area may correspond to (liquid) scent volumes of 0.05 ml or less, and in particular less than 0.02 ml. In this example, a substantially bigger area may correspond to (liquid) scent volumes of more than 0.05 ml, and in particular more than 0.2 ml. As in the example of the previous paragraph, different areas may be linked to different unit 120 shapes. For instance, each of the “circular” units 120 may represent substantially a 0.5% of the area of all the units 120 included in the blotter 110 and each of the “squared” units 120 may represent substantially a 5% of the area of all the units 120 included in the blotter 100. The percentages, volumes or surface areas may be indicated on the blotters for ease of use.

[0064] In general, the area and shape of the units 120 may be varied and adapted as desired.

[0065] Although six units 120 are shown in FIG. 1, a different number of units 120 may be comprised in a blotter 100. In an example, a blotter has twenty units 120. Including more units 120 in a blotter 100 increases the number of scents that may be applied to its surface 110 and the number of scent combinations and proportions that may be obtained. For instance, a perfumer may wish to have a blotter 100 with more than one hundred units 120.

[0066] If the units 120 are separated, such as in FIG. 1, the number of available surfaces to cover with scent is more limited than where units 120 are close to one another or when they are touching or adjoining. Herein touching may refer to having one or more edges 115 in contact, but without unit 120 overlap.

[0067] In an alternative example, the blotter paper 100 may be blank and may be introduced in a template. The template may have open areas coinciding with units 120 so that these units may be used for creating a scent mixture.

[0068] FIG. 2 shows an example wherein all the units 120 of a blotter 100 touch among them and form a lattice 130. In another example, some units 120, and not all the units 120, form a lattice 130.

[0069] In FIG. 2, lattice 130 is in particular a grid 130. The grid 130 is formed by units 120 being delimited by substantially parallel and perpendicular lines, i.e. columns and rows but a lattice 130 may in general include any ensemble of units 120, the units 120 adjoining to each other, with at least one edge of each unit being in contact with (i.e. touching) at least one edge of a different unit 120 of the ensemble. The greater the contact between units 120 is, the more compact the lattice 130 will be. This may help to increase the surface available for depositing scent on a blotter 100.

[0070] Like in the example of FIG. 1, the shape and/or the area of units 120 may be equal or different when units 120 form a lattice 130. In FIG. 2 all the units are squares of a substantially same area, but any other shape that delimits a region of a surface 110 is possible. Also, any pattern, i.e. disposition of the units 120 on the surface 110 or overall shape of a lattice 130, is possible. This overall shape is a rectangle in FIG. 2, but in some other examples a shape of a lattice 130 including units 120 may e.g. be a spiral, a snake, or an asterisk. A blotter 100 may include more than one lattice 130.

[0071] A surface 110 of a blotter 100 may also be folded, and optionally cut. In the example of FIG. 3A, the blotter 100 may be folded along lines, or folds, 320. In addition, the blotter may be cut along lines 310. The marks for folding and/or cutting may be indicated by any type of line, e.g. continuous, dash or dotted, and the marks may be printed or indicated in a different way. For instance, micro perforations on a blotter 100 may facilitate to fold the blotter surface 110, or to cut it without the need of scissors. Folding, and optionally cutting, a blotter 100 may enable the assembly of a 3D structure (3D blotter). Varying where to fold and/or cut a blotter controls the shape and features of the 3D blotter once assembled. Units 120 may be indicated on a face 300.

[0072] After cutting and folding the blotter 100 of FIG. 3A, the blotter 100 of FIG. 3B may be obtained. A blotter 100 may have two or more faces 300. In the example of FIG. 3B, blotter 100 includes a base 325 and five blades 315, each blade 315 including two faces 300. The blotter 100 of FIG. 3B helps to combine and spread the smell of the scent deposited on units 120. Such a blotter may be placed on a rotatory shaft thanks to its substantially truncated conical base 325. In this example, the blotter 100 may at the same time for a fan for creating a scented air flow. The blotter may be placed on a shaft and an (electric) motor may be put in motion.

[0073] In an example, the surface of blade 315 may form a unit. In another example, the surface of the blade 315 may include several units, such as indicated in FIG. 3A.

[0074] FIG. 4A illustrates an example of another blotter 100, having folds 320. After folding, the 3D structure of FIG. 4B may be obtained.

[0075] Many different shapes for 3D blotters are possible. For example, a 3D blotter may be or comprise a polyhedron, e.g. a cube. In this example, each of the six faces of the cube may contain a plurality of units 120, e.g. in the form of a grid 130. The cube may have a projection, e.g. on one of its corners, which may be grabbed by a person and which may enable the rotation of the cube around an axis passing through the protrusion. In another example, a projection may be on one of the outer faces 300 of the cube. This surface may not have units 120 on it. Still in some other examples, the projection may be a truncated cone. In this last case, rotation may be performed with the help of a machine, e.g. comprising a motor connected to a rotatable shaft. The use of 3D blotters facilitates to smell a large number of scents deposited on the blotter, e.g. by a perfumer.

[0076] A shape and a size of a blotter 100, be it foldable or not, may be adapted, e.g. according to a number of scents that may be deposited on its surface 110.

[0077] In examples of foldable blotters, the folds are such that the areas which may be filled with a scent are well defined, in that their surface area is known and reliable. When a user prepares his/her perfume by filling out the surface areas resulting after folding, the proportions of the different scents may then still be easily determined.

[0078] FIG. 5 illustrates a flowchart of a method 500 for creating a personalized perfume. Method 500 includes, at block 505, providing a blotter 100 according to any of the examples disclosed herein and two or more different scents. The blotter 100 may comprise a blotter 100 such as the ones disclosed in FIGS. 1-4B.

[0079] Method 500 further comprises, at block 510, depositing a first scent on one or more first units 120. A scent may be deposited on one or more units 120 by a dispenser. A dispenser, or dispensing means, may include e.g. one of a dropper, a capillary tube, and a (thin) paint brush. These or other dispensing means may ease depositing a scent on one or more units in a controllable way.

[0080] If the blotter 100 includes a base scent, the first (and subsequent) scents deposited on the units of the blotter may be referred to as topping scents.

[0081] In some examples, a dispenser may deposit a scent in a substantially linear way. This may mean that the dispenser deposits a substantially constant amount of scent per unit of time or per unit of area when used to fill a unit 120. A substantially linear scent application may improve the reliability of the quantification of scents.

[0082] In an example, a dispenser, and in particular a dispenser configured to deposit a scent in a substantially linear way, may be a marker. A marker may include any kind of pen.

[0083] In an example illustrated in FIG. 6, a marker 600 comprises a body 610 which may contain scent, e.g. a hollow tube opened in an end, a tip 620 through which the scent may be deposited in a substantially linear way, a head 630 and a valve 640. A valve 640 may serve to dose the content of the body 610. A valve 640 may include a spring. A scent may be placed directly inside the body 610 or it may be included in a cartridge or wadding (not shown) which may be inserted into the body 610. In the first case, one or more balls 650, e.g. made of steel, may be added to help to keep or recover homogeneity in the scent. This may be useful when a scent includes several components which may separate from one another over time. These components may be mixed and integrated again when shaking the marker 600. In another example, e.g. when the scent is incorporated into a wadding, a valve 640 may not be used.

[0084] Using a marker 600 may provide a comfortable, clean and easy way for storing, transferring and depositing scent or filling with it one or more units 120. If the scents were provided on bottles or similar receptacles, one would need to open them to extract the scents and then pass the scents to a blotter 100. In the meantime, one or more bottles would remain open and their content may evaporate. In such a case, some scents may be mixed in the air, which may lead to a misleading perception of the smell of the scents in the bottles. This may complicate the selection of new scents to put on the blotter 100. Also, the nose may become saturated with the smells and a smell of the scents deposited on the blotter 100 may not be correctly perceived. In addition, one may unintentionally lose scent when transferring it to a blotter 100. Using markers 600 may avoid, or at least reduce, such problems, thereby facilitating the process of selecting, transferring and depositing scents on a blotter 100.

[0085] In a test setting e.g. in a store, a plurality of markers with different known scents may be provided to a potential client. The markers may have different scents, and the compositions or tones may be indicated on the side. A potential client may draw or fill out different units of the blotter. In some cases, the markers may have and/or deposit different colors.

[0086] A perfume testing kit may comprise a plurality of differently scented markers and a plurality of blotters. The perfume testing kit may optionally comprise a perfume testing station according to any of the examples herein described as well.

[0087] Method 500 further comprises, at block 515, depositing a second scent on one or more second units 120 different from the first units 120, the second scent being different from the first scent. By depositing a different scent on one or more different units 120, the area of the units 120 may be used to quantify at least the two scents.

[0088] The depositing of (at least) a second scent may be performed with any dispenser or dispensing means, e.g. anyone of the ones mentioned above.

[0089] Method 500 further comprises, at block 520, smelling the blotter 100. Testing the smell of the scents deposited on the blotter 100 may help to decide whether the chosen scents and the chosen proportions fulfil the expectations. Smelling may be done in several ways.

[0090] In an example, smelling may be done by manually moving, e.g. fanning, the blotter close to a person's nose. For instance, a costumer or a perfumer may take the filled blotter 100 and fan it close to his or her nose to smell it.

[0091] In another example, smelling may be done by using a fan. I.e., a blotter 100 and a fan may be placed close to each other such that when the fan is on, an air current created by the fan disperses and mixes the scents deposited on the blotter 100.

[0092] In such an example, a fan may be incorporated in a perfume tester or perfume trial station. An example of perfume trial station 700 is illustrated in FIG. 7A. The perfume trial station 700 comprises a blotter support 710, a mixing chamber 720 and a smelling diffusor 730. As indicated in FIG. 7A, a blotter 100 may be placed in a blotter support 710 and the blotter support 710 may be introduced into the mixing chamber 720.

[0093] A blotter support 710 may include a base 711 and two guides 712 substantially perpendicular to the base 711. The guide 712, and optionally the base 711, may have grooves along through which a blotter 100, in particular a substantially flat blotter paper 100, may be inserted.

[0094] The guides 712 may be such that the blotter support can be easily inserted and guided in a slot in a perfume trial station. The base 711 of the blotter support may serve as a stop when the blotter support is inserted in the slot and may rest against a housing of the perfume trial station.

[0095] Such a blotter support 710 may avoid the contact between the deposited scents and the perfume trial station 700. Accordingly, scent contamination of the individual parts of the trial station 700, and the trial station 700 as a whole, may be avoided or at least reduced. Preventing scent contamination can be beneficial so that each user may smell the scents of its blotter 100 only, instead of smelling scents left by other scents put into the trial station 700 by other users before.

[0096] The units 120 may be relatively far removed from the edges of the blotter, such that when the blotter is placed in the blotter support 710, a sufficient distance is maintained, so that also the blotter support does not get contaminated. E.g. the outer border of 1-5 cm, specifically 2 to 5 cm may be free along the perimeter.

[0097] In some examples, a blotter support 710 may comprise more than one structure, e.g. two or more piled up structures including guides and support for the blotter. These structures may be joined along a vertical direction, e.g. bases 711 from different support structures may be joined. Thus, more than one blotter 100 may be supported by the blotter support 710. By placing one blotter 100 per hat-shaped structure, one may modify an initial scent combination already made. Thus, if a person does not like, or at least completely like, a scent combination performed, he/she may not throw away the blotter 100 used, but he may include additional scents on a second blotter 100 and test if the new perfume smells as desired. Such an action may be performed more than once, e.g. by using additional blotters 100 and additional hat-shaped structures.

[0098] FIG. 7B shows a transversal cut along the length of the perfume trial station 700 of FIG. 7A with the blotter 100 inserted into the mixing chamber 720. When a fan 740 is activated, the smell of the scents deposited on the blotter 100 may be dispersed and mixed, and e.g. a customer may smell the blotter 100 by approaching his or her nose to the smelling diffusor 730. The perfume trial station may include one or more air inlets 760 into the housing.

[0099] As commented above, the deposited scents do not touch an interior of the mixing chamber 720. Also, the fan 740 may keep working for a certain period of time, e.g. 5 minutes, after smelling the blotter 100 and taking it out of the mixing chamber 720. This may avoid, or at least reduce, scent contamination of the trial station 700. In addition, trial station 700 may additionally deliver a signal, e.g. acoustic, which warns that a blotter 100 has been left in the mixing chamber 720 for a certain period of time after which some of the components of the trial station 700 may not remain odorless. This may also contribute to decrease scent contamination.

[0100] The perfume trial scent station 700 and its components are just one example, and other stations 700, blotter support 710, mixing chamber 720 and/or smelling diffusor 730 are possible. For instance, the smelling diffusor 730 may change in shape or the blotter support 710 may be adapted to incorporate blotters 100 with different sizes and even 3D blotters.

[0101] In some other examples, smelling a blotter 100 may include placing the blotter 100 on a movable support and moving the support. A movable support may comprise for instance a rotatable shaft. Moving the support may be performed manually or may be performed with the aid of a machine.

[0102] FIG. 8 shows another example of perfume trial station including a movable support which is a shaft 810. The perfume trial station 700 of FIG. 8 may be used for smelling some 3D blotters, e.g. a blotter comprising a base 325 such as the blotter 100 of FIG. 3B. The perfume trial station 700 of FIG. 8 includes a base 820, a shaft 810 on which a blotter 100 may be placed and which may be rotatable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the base 820 and a smelling diffusor 730. Base 820 may include a motor in order to rotate the shaft 810.

[0103] In the example of FIG. 8, the blotter 100 acts as a fan and an additional fan, as e.g. in the example of FIG. 7, is not needed. Also, placing a blotter 100 on such a shaft 810 may avoid scent contamination of the trial station 700 due to the absence of contact between the deposited scent and the components of the station 700. A clearance between the tips of the blades 315 of the blotter and a side wall of the perfume trial station may be sufficient for avoiding perfume on the blades 315 entering into contact with a side wall. In an example this may be at least 1 cm, and specifically at least a few cm. The motorized or driven shaft may act as a blotter support in this example.

[0104] In some examples, the shaft may comprise an elongated conical portion with increasingly smaller diameter towards the tip of the shaft. If blotters with conical bases 325 with different diameters are used, multiple blotters may be positioned on the same shaft, while maintaining a vertical distance between them.

[0105] In yet a further example, a shaft 810 may comprise more than one protuberance along its length such that more than one blotter 100 may be placed on the trial station 700. The size of the protuberances may increase with distance from the base 820 in one example for facilitating the placement of various blotters 100 along the shaft 810. The shape and size of the protuberances may vary along the shaft 810 for the same reason. Similarly to the example of multiple hat-shaped structures included in the blotter support 710 of FIGS. 7A and 7B, having more than one protuberance along a shaft 810 may facilitate retouching an initial scent combination instead of having to start from scratch.

[0106] If a 3D blotter 100 is to be assembled, folding the blotter 100 and assembling a three-dimensional, 3D, structure may be done after depositing the different scents on the units 120 and before smelling the scent combination.

[0107] It is noted that the perfume trial stations of FIGS. 7A, 7B and 8 could be used with blotters that do not include units 120, i.e., the advantages of such stations may be applied to any kind of blotter, no matter if it comprises delimited regions for depositing scents or not. Any known blotter may benefit from such trial stations, and specifically from the fact of avoiding contamination between blotter, blotter support and perfume trial station.

[0108] Method 500 further comprises, at block 525, determining a quantity of each scent deposited on at least the first and second units 120. By quantifying the scents deposited on the blotter 100, a person may recreate a perfume with a substantially same smell in a reproducible way.

[0109] In some examples, determining a quantity of each scent deposited on at least the first and second units 120 comprises counting a number of first units and a number of second units 120. In such an example, a costumer who wishes to buy a personalized perfume may fill different units of a blotter 100 with different scents. For example, he or she may use two different markers 700 to fill four units 120 with scent A and two units 120 with scent B. He may write down the number of units 120 filled with each scent and he or she may smell the blotter 100 to test the combination made. If the smell is pleasant, he or she may indicate the number of units 120 filled with each scent to a staff member so that a personalized perfume may be manufactured and delivered to him or her. In this case, by simply counting filled units, both the client and the staff member would quickly see that the desired scent combination includes two thirds of scent A and one third of scent B.

[0110] Such a counting may be applied with any number of scent used, but the counting and determining may get more complicated with an increasing number of scents used and/or units 120 filled.

[0111] In some examples, the first scent has a wavelength different from the wavelength of the second scent. In some of these examples, the wavelengths of the first and second scents belong to the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. In other words, the first and second scents may have different colors.

[0112] If the scents have different colors, counting filled units 120 may become easier. Also, if the number of scents used is high and the colors may not be effortlessly distinguished, e.g. by a perfumer who may use tens of different scents, determining may comprise using spectrophotometry. The use of spectrophotometry may enable the distinction of the scents used and the quantities in which they were used. In an example, an ultraviolet (UV)-visible spectrophotometer is used. In another example, an infrared (IR spectrophotometer is used. In some other examples, other technology which makes possible to scan the blotter 100 and differentiate areas with different colors, or in general different wavelengths, may be used to facilitate the scent quantification.

[0113] Method 500 may be performed by any person wishing to create a personalized perfume, e.g. a costumer or a perfumer. More than two scents, e.g. tens of scents, may be deposited on a blotter and smelled. If the resulting scent combination is not satisfactory, other attempts may be made until obtaining the desired result. Such a process may be performed in an easy and clean way.

[0114] It is also envisaged that a person, e.g. a customer, may not need to go a perfume store to do the mixing and testing of scents. In this regard, a set of blotters 100 and a set of dispensers, e.g. markers 600 including different scents, may be sent to the user so that he can easily create and test his own scent combinations. When he/she finds one or more perfumes that he/she likes, he may place an order to the store, or even to the factory, e.g. online. One or more blotters according to the examples herein described may be included in the same kit.

[0115] Some or all the blotters of the kit may be odorless in some examples. In other examples, some or all the blotters may comprise a base scent. A person may add one or more topping scents to the units of the already perfumed blotters. For example, a plurality of blotters comprising the same base scent may be included in the kit. The composition and amount of the base scent of each already perfumed blotter may be the same, such that a person may always start with a same base smell. This may also facilitate the creation of a personalized perfume by a perfume manufacturer, as the variations in composition of the personalized perfume would only depend on the topping scents added to the blotter.

[0116] A kit may comprise blotters with more than one base scent, e.g. two, three or more different base scents. For example, a first plurality of blotters with a first base scent may be included, and a second plurality of blotters (different from the first plurality of blotters) with a second base scent (different from the first base scent) may be included in the kit. In this way, a person may have different base smells onto which build to create a personalized perfume. A base smell may of course be odorless, is the kit includes odorless blotters and these ones are used.

[0117] In addition, a perfume trial station, e.g. such as the one 700 in FIG. 8, may be part of the kit too.

[0118] In some examples, a perfume testing kit may include a plurality of stickers. The stickers may comprise different scents. For example, scents may be encapsulated or carried by the stickers such that when acted on the stickers, their smell may be perceived by a person. Such kits may for example be used in a perfume store or may be used at a person's home.

[0119] Several stickers may comprise a same scent. In this way, a scent may be tried in more than one perfume test. For example, if ten stickers include a same scent, that scent could be tried in ten different attempts to create a perfume. It is also possible to use more than one sticker having a same scent in a same attempt. For example, if there is a scent that a person likes a lot, two or more stickers of that scent may be attached to a card.

[0120] In some examples, the stickers may include a front peelable layer. When a portion or the entire layer is peeled off, a smell of the scent of a strip may be noticed by a person. In some other examples, the stickers may be configured to release a scent when they are rubbed or scraped.

[0121] When a customer receives a kit with stickers, he or she may arrange one or more of the stickers on a surface, e.g. on a paper or card. Once the desired stickers are adhered to a surface, they may be smelled. For example, a card where the stickers have been attached to, may be approached to the nose and smelled. One or more cards may be included in the kit.

[0122] Stickers may have identifiers such that a scent can be linked to the sticker. For example, stickers may have labels, e.g. names of scents. A person may therefore know which scents are included in a perfume that he or she has previously smelled. These scents can be indicated when placing an order for creating a personalized perfume. Other identifiers are possible. For example, each scent can be indicated by a color, shape or drawing of a sticker. More than one type of identifier can be used simultaneously. For example, stickers of a certain color may represent a specific accord, and different patterns or drawings in stickers of the same color may represent different notes of that specific accord.

[0123] The stickers may be adhesive strips, e.g. rectangular adhesive strips. In some examples, the stickers may include a back peelable layer. Removing the back peelable layer exposes an adhesive layer of the sticker by which the sticker may be adhered to a surface. In some other examples, an adhesive may be provided separately and the stickers may be glued to a surface by applying the adhesive to a sticker and then the sticker to the surface.

[0124] In general, the stickers may have any suitable shape. The shape and size of the stickers may vary between them, but if all stickers have a same size and shape, it may be easier to stick them in a same paper or card and to determine the composition of prepared perfume or mixture of scents.

[0125] The stickers may comprise a certain amount of scent which is known, e.g. to the providers of the kit, for example certain milliliters. Thus, when a customer indicates the stickers or scents for ordering a personalized perfume, proportions of the desired scents may be known.

[0126] The stickers may be included in the kit instead of one or more blotter with delimited units. As the amounts of scent included in the stickers is known, providing delimiting regions for depositing scents is not required. Avoiding depositing scents on a blotter may enable a cleaner and easier process for a costumer.

[0127] A perfume trial station comprising at least a mixing chamber can be provided to a costumer in addition to the stickers.

[0128] Although only a number of examples have been disclosed herein, other alternatives, modifications, uses and/or equivalents thereof are possible. Furthermore, all possible combinations of the described examples are also covered. Thus, the scope of the present disclosure should not be limited by particular examples, but should be determined only by a fair reading of the claims that follow.

[0129] For reasons of completeness, various aspects of the present disclosure are set out in the following numbered clauses:

[0130] Clause 1. A method for creating a personalized perfume comprising:

[0131] providing a blotter for creating a personalized perfume, the blotter having a surface including a plurality of units indicated on the surface, a unit being a delimited two dimensional region of the surface for deposition of a scent such that a quantity of each scent deposited on the units may be determined to create a personalized perfume;

[0132] providing two or more different scents;

[0133] depositing a first scent on one or more first units;

[0134] depositing a second scent on one or more second units different from the first units, the second scent being different from the first scent;

[0135] smelling the blotter; and

[0136] determining a quantity of the first and second scents deposited on at least the first and second units.

[0137] Clause 2. The method of clause 1, wherein a scent is deposited on one or more units by a dispenser and particularly wherein the dispenser dispenses a scent in a substantially linear way.

[0138] Clause 3. The method of clause 2, wherein the dispenser is a marker.

[0139] Clause 4. The method of any of clauses 1-3, wherein determining a quantity of each scent deposited on at least the first and second units comprises counting a number of first units and a number of second units.

[0140] Clause 5. The method of any of clauses 1-4, wherein the first scent has a first color additive, and the second scent has a second color additive.

[0141] Clause 6. The method of any of clauses 1-5, wherein the determining comprises using spectrophotometry.

[0142] Clause 7. The method of any of clauses 1-6, wherein smelling includes at least one of: moving the blotter close to a person's nose, using a fan and placing the blotter on a movable support and moving the support.

[0143] Clause 8. An odorless blotter for creating a personalized perfume comprising:

[0144] a surface including a plurality of units indicated on the surface, a unit being a delimited two dimensional region of the surface for deposition of a scent such that a quantity of each scent deposited on the units may be determined to create a personalized perfume;

[0145] wherein all the units have a substantially same area.

[0146] Clause 9. The blotter of clause 8, wherein the plurality of units is printed on the surface of the blotter.

[0147] Clause 10. The blotter of any of clauses 8 or 9, wherein all the units of a blotter have a substantially same shape.

[0148] Clause 11. The blotter of any of clauses 8-10, wherein the surface of the blotter further includes one or more fold lines and the blotter is configured to be folded such that a three-dimensional, 3D, structure including two or more faces results, and optionally wherein the faces form the units.

[0149] Clause 12. A kit for creating a personalized perfume comprising a blotter, wherein

[0150] the blotter comprises a surface including a plurality of units indicated on the surface, a unit being a delimited two dimensional region of the surface for deposition of a scent such that a quantity of each scent deposited on the units may be determined to create a personalized perfume; and

[0151] a perfume trial station includes a blotter support for holding the blotter, and a mixing chamber in which the blotter support can be introduced.

[0152] Clause 13. The kit of clause 12, wherein the perfume trial station further includes a fan for providing an air flow.

[0153] Clause 14. The kit of clause 12 or 13, wherein the perfume trial station includes a slot for receiving the blotter support, such that the blotter is arranged inside the mixing chamber.

[0154] Clause 15. The kit of clause 12, wherein the perfume trial station includes a drive for rotating a shaft, and the blotter forms a fan configured to be positioned on the shaft.