英文摘要 |
Researchers found scent is an important factor that can create and affect human emotions. However, only few studies focus on the effect of applying scent to products in Industrial Design or KANSEI Engineering. Hence, this study uses Pleasure-Arousal-Dominance (PAD) Emotion Scales to investigate the correlation between product image (visual sense) and scent (olfactory sense). There are two stages of experiment in this research. The first stage focuses on how visual and olfactory sense are correlated with emotion separately. In the second stage, we apply the distinct scent samples to those distinct products found in the previous stage to discuss the multi-sense KANSEI values of the products. The results show (1) Visual sense: there are highly positive correlations between product character and users’ emotion. (2) Olfactory sense: the scents’ characteristics correlate deeply with users’ emotion state. (3) Multi-senses: the ratings of products with vivid characters are influenced by congruent odors, while adding appropriate scents to products without vivid characters would mostly cause positive emotional responses. |