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Does The Smell Of Your Office Affect Performance?

According to recent reports the new way to get your clients more loyal and coming back for more is to have your office scented by perfumes. Whilst most communication between advertisers and consumers is either very visual or audible, some retailers are looking to scent marketing to reel in their customers. On the high street we are confronted by so many stores it is overwhelming. But now a perfume store could have the answer to get more customers flowing to your store over everyone else’s!

The goal is to induce customers to browse longer and build up vital client relationships. For example, Westin Hotels and Resorts adopted a signature scent called White Tea which so impressed their guests that it is now sold for home use in candles, potpourri and diffuser oil. The idea must have worked as their customers were extremely impressed and custom at the local hotel has never been so frequent.

To help guide retailers in their search for womens perfume, parfum and perfume the Scent Marketing Institute based in Scarsdale, N.Y offers a list of top scents and the effects associated with them. This is surely one of the most bizarre methods of attracting customers but it appears to be working. One fine example in the UK is the soap shop, ‘Lush’. You can smell that shop from at least 100 yards down the street and you cannot help but go in there. It smells so good that you feel compelled to go in there. It really is a unique way to get people into your shop and people are surprised with how well it really works. Some scent and emotions reactions could be anything from peppermint and citrus which signifies being more alert or talcum powder scent which signifies feeling safe, secure and nostalgic. There is a number of scents and perfumes desgined for shops and offices and different effects are produced by each. It is just a case of finding the correct one to suit you and your business.