Emotion and Odor Scales

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EOS family, a set of scales used to measure specific feelings elicited via olfactory stimulation in different cultures.

Beijing

Campinas

Davis

Fayetteville

Geneva

Liverpool

Singapore

 
Thanks for your interest.
 
When citing the EOS, the appropriate citations are (depending on the country):

Ferdenzi, C., Delplanque, S., Barbosa, P., Court, K., Guinard, J. -X., Guo, T., Craig Roberts, S., Schirmer, A., Porcherot, C., Cayeux, I., Sander, D., & Grandjean, D. M. (2013). Affective semantic space of scents. Towards a universal scale to measure self-reported odor-related feelings. Food Quality And Preference, 30(2), 128-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.04.010
 
Ferdenzi, C., Schirmer, A., Roberts, S. C., Delplanque, S., Porcherot, C., Cayeux, I., Velazco, M. -I., Sander, D., Scherer, K. R., & Grandjean, D. M. (2011). Affective dimensions of odor perception: A comparison between Swiss, British, and Singaporean populations. Emotion, 11(5), 1168-1181. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022853
 
Chrea, C., Grandjean, D. M., Delplanque, S., Cayeux, I., Le Calvé, B., Aymard, L., Velazco, M. I., Sander, D., & Scherer, K. R. (2009). Mapping the semantic space for the subjective experience of emotional responses to odors. Chemical Senses, 34(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjn052
 
Comparison with other scales:
 
Delplanque, S., Chrea, C., Grandjean, D. M., Ferdenzi, C., Cayeux, I., Porcherot, C., Le Calvé, B., Sander, D., & Scherer, K. R. (2012). How to map the affective semantic space of scents. Cognition And Emotion, 26(5), 885-898. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2011.628301

Supplementary information available in:

Ferdenzi, C., Roberts, S. C., Schirmer, A., Delplanque, S., Cekic, S., Porcherot, C., Cayeux, I., Sander, D., & Grandjean, D. M. (2013). Variability of Affective Responses to Odors: Culture, Gender, and Olfactory Knowledge. Chemical Senses, 38(2), 175-186. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjs083
 
Porcherot, C., Delplanque, S., Raviot-Derrien, S., Le Calvé, B., Chrea, C., Gaudreau, N., & Cayeux, I. (2010). How do you feel when you smell this ? Optimization of a verbal measurement of odor-elicited emotions. Food Quality And Preference, 21(8), 938-947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2010.03.012
 
The scales are being developed and distributed by the NCCR Affective Sciences at the University of Geneva. The scales are available in French (Geneva), English (Liverpool and Singapore, USA [Davis and Fayetteville]), Chinese (Beijing) and in Portuguese (Campinas).
 

Considering our scholarly interests, we do not sell this material. We provide it freely and exclusively for use in academic, not-for-profit research.

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