Smell before perfume
Fragrance matters, but it is only one part of the sensory world. SmellBook is designed to include ordinary, natural, cultural and environmental smells too.
HOW WE WANT TO BUILD IT
Useful, beautiful and credible.
SmellBook can be playful without pretending every idea is science. These principles are intended to keep the project ambitious while protecting clarity and trust.
Human perception is not one number
Smell is personal. Community patterns can be useful, but they should not erase individual experience or be presented as clinical truth.
Evidence should be visible
Scientific evidence, community perception, editorial interpretation and prediction are different things. The product should make those differences clear.
Safety before novelty
When SmellBook eventually connects ideas to physical fragrance products or professional scenting, recommendations should respect product use, sensitivity and applicable safety standards.
Recommendations should earn trust
Future product recommendations should remain independent of affiliate commission. Sponsored placements, if introduced, should be clearly distinguished.
The technology stays behind the experience
The public product should feel human, visual and intuitive. Complex models and proprietary methods are infrastructure, not the brand story.