Segmented Blotter for Precise Perfume Scent Quantification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current perfume blotters lack reproducibility in quantifying scent proportions, making it difficult to create personalized perfumes with consistent scents.
Innovation Solution
A blotter with a surface featuring multiple delimited units allows for precise deposition and quantification of scents, enabling the creation of personalized perfumes with known scent proportions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional blotter strips are used for perfume testing, then perfume testing can be performed, but reproducibility and quantification of scent proportions are not guaranteed
Solution Approach 1:
The blotter surface is divided into multiple discrete units or zones, each capable of holding a specific amount of perfume. This segmentation allows for precise control and quantification of scent proportions, as each unit represents a known quantity of perfume that can be consistently reproduced across multiple tests.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions or units on the blotter surface are designed with specific properties to hold different scents in specific proportions. This local differentiation enables precise control over scent composition in different areas of the same blotter, allowing for reproducible personalized perfume formulations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple scents are deposited on blotter strips without delimited units, then scent combinations can be tested, but the actual proportion of each scent cannot be determined
Solution Approach 1:
The blotter is segmented into distinct units that can accommodate different scents. Each unit's size and capacity are standardized, allowing users to select specific numbers of units for different scents to achieve desired proportions. This maintains versatility in scent combination testing while preserving quantitative information about each scent's proportion.
Solution Approach 2:
The blotter units may be differentiated by color coding or visual indicators that correspond to specific scent types or proportions. This visual system helps users track and communicate the composition of scent mixtures without losing information about the relative amounts of each scent used.
3Adaptability or versatility
If perfumers use multiple droppers and containers for scent deposition, then various scents can be applied, but cross-contamination and dosing challenges occur
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the dosing function from separate droppers and containers and integrates it directly into the blotter structure itself. The blotter units are designed to receive and hold specific amounts of perfume directly, eliminating the need for multiple external dosing tools and thereby preventing cross-contamination and spillages while maintaining the ability to apply various scents.
Solution Approach 2:
The blotter units serve as an intermediary between the perfume bottles and the user's nose. They provide a standardized, controlled interface for scent deposition that prevents direct contact between multiple perfume containers and the user, thereby eliminating cross-contamination risks while maintaining versatility in scent selection.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables reproducible creation of personalized perfumes by allowing customers and perfumers to accurately determine and communicate scent proportions, ensuring consistent results.
Implementation Method 1
a blotter for creating a personalized perfume 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
Data Source
AI summary
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.