EFFUSION
UX DESIGN, UI DESIGN, STORYTELLING
"A NEW WAY OF DISCOVERING THE RIGHT PERFUME AND ENJOYING TO DO SO".
The goal for this project was to redesign the Airparfum experience by the Barcelona-based fragrance company Puig. By introducing a new technology allowing users to try as many scents as possible, the goal was to expand their footprint in the fragrance market. However, the company noticed that people are not attracted to the existing machine installation.
Redesigning the experience through a UX centered perspective was the task proposing and validate the ultimate user experience for fragrance discovery, including furniture housing the device, and the interface.
HOW IT ALL STARTED
This project started with an alliance between tradition and innovation...
PUIG, a multinational with over a century of experience on the fragrance market, acquired the AirParfum technology. This technology allows for purified air to be infused with aromas, unlocking all of the accents and nuances of the fragrance without any further distortions.
This led to the creation of the AirParfum experience, aimed at revolutionizing the way people test perfume helping them discovering and choosing the right one.
THE
AIRPARFUM
This technology allows for purified air to be infused with aromas, unlocking all of the accents and nuances of the fragrance without any further distortions.
Try as many fragrances as you want without overwhelming the nose.
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Can host a big variety of different
perfumes.
Transportable so it can be used
anywhere.
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Interact with the screen to browse
through the options available and choose one to try.
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Get close to the smell exit to experience the fragrance.
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Try any fragrance as many times as you want as the AirParfum technology doesn't saturate the nose as traditional testing methods do.
THE
RESEARCH
The approach the team took for the research was divided into 3 different sections:
1. Why and how were people using the AirParfum.
2. Understand what perfumes mean to people.
3. The fragrance ecosystem.
The process was lengthy and a lot of research was gathered. For the sake of making the flow through this case study easier, here are the 3 different research sections independent from the others, so what is of most personal interest can be easily accessed.
DEFINING
FOR WHOM
The research helped the team understanding who would be the target users and what they expected to be delivered in a perfume discovery experience so the next step was to define them as personas.
CORE HUMAN
DRIVES
The Core Human Drives theory by Josh Kaufman says that there are 5 major drives that all humans share and have a profound influence on our decisions and actions, on what we think and do.
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From the 5 drives, we selected 2 that fitted the best to the kind of users that would use our experience to be the ones under we would define the personas.
These 2 core human drives were Collect and Feel.
PERSONA 1
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PERSONA 2
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DEFINING
THE WHAT
After understanding the current AirParfum experience, the fragrance market and our users and their relation with perfume, it was time for the team to start defining what the new AirParfum experience could be.
USER
STORIES
To help us visualize a solution that was user-centric, the team identified the core parts that made up the installation to see with what and why would our users interact with.
PHYSICAL
DEVICE
PERFUME RECOMMENDATION
BUYING
PERFUME
As a perfume shopper,
I want to
As a perfume shopper,
I want to
As a perfume shopper,
I want to
As a perfume shopper,
I want to
Be able to identify the installation so that I can try it if I want to
Interact with an engaging experience so that I feel interested in it until the end
Feel listened so that I can fully trust the suggestions
Be able to buy right there so that I don't need to stand in line
Feel attracted to the installation so that I want to use it
Understand it easily so that I don't feel frustrated
Have enough options so that I can try and see for myself
Receive a free sample so that I can try it and be completely sure about it
Feel not overwhelmed sensory-wise so that I can enjoy the experience
Be able to ask for help when
I feel stuck so that I can achieve my goals
Receive accurate and relevant information so that I can make the right choice
Be able to ask for help when
I feel stuck so that I can achieve my goals
DIGITAL
INTERACTION
USER
FLOWS
Before starting to give the prototype a "face" with how it would look, it was important to know the flows users would follow when achieving different tasks.
USERTASK 1
COMPLETE THE OLFACTORY PROFILE QUIZ
USERTASK 2
SELECT "LIKED" PERFUMES FROM THE SUGGESTIONS
USERTASK 3
SELECT "LIKED" PERFUMES FROM THE SUGGESTIONS
WIREFRAME
MID-FI
PROTOTYPE
HI-FI
PROTOTYPE
THE EFFUSION EXPERIENCE
Users get to experience the 6 fragrance families one by one and choose which one they like or not. According to the user's selections, the device suggests perfumes that suit them the best.
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THE OLFACTORY PROFILE
The Effusion experience creates a unique olfactory profile for each user according to their fragrance preferences to suggest the most adequate perfumes.
PERSONALIZED SUGGESTIONS
4 perfumes get suggested according to the olfactory profile. Users can try the perfumes, find out more information about them and preselect which ones they like the most before being able to purchase them, or receiving a free sample.
PHYSICAL SPACE
