| CPC A61B 5/165 (2013.01) [C11B 9/00 (2013.01); C11B 9/0007 (2013.01); C11B 9/0061 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0016 (2013.01)] | 2 Claims |
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1. A method of preparing or optimizing a perfume composition which enhances the well-being of a human subject, the method comprising:
a) having one or more human subject(s) assess their well-being in the absence of a test perfume composition by scoring a plurality of well-being attributes;
i. wherein the well-being attributes include “not anxious”, “not sad”, “not restless”, “not frustrated”, “not stressed”, “happy”, “optimistic”, “excited”, “satisfied”, “motivated”, “invigorated”, “interested”, “not bored”, “not fatigued”, “mentally alert”, “calm”, “relaxed”, and “patient”; and
ii. wherein each well-being attribute has a weight;
b) calculating a base well-being score in the absence of the test perfume composition by multiplying the score of each well-being attribute by the corresponding weight to form a product and summing these products over all well-being attributes;
c) repeating a) and b) in the presence of the test perfume composition in order to determine a test well-being score with the test perfume composition;
d) determining the impact of the test perfume composition on the well-being by subtracting the base well-being score from the test well-being score with the test perfume composition;
e) selecting perfume compositions with a positive impact on the well-being based on the determined impact of the test perfume composition;
f) comparing perfume ingredients present in the selected perfume compositions having a positive impact on the well-being;
g) identifying odour attributes common to the selected perfume compositions based on the compared perfume ingredients; and
h) creating a new perfume composition with an increased proportion of perfume ingredients with the odour attributes identified in g),
wherein the weights of the well-being attributes are as follows:
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