Customer story · Cinquième Sens

From consumer signals to a fragrance you can smell.

Cinquième Sens asked what Generation Alpha will want to smell like. The answer became a real fragrance.

35,000+ reviews and conversations · 27 sources

The territory

SugarBloom: cherry and pear, gourmand yet fresh.

The result

A real fragrance, created by a perfumer for Intelligence Week.

From signal to scent

A name, a brief, then a fragrance.

  1. 1

    The evidence

    35,000+ conversations point to a cherry and pear tension between fruit freshness and gourmand comfort.

  2. 2

    The territory

    Sensia creates SugarBloom: a name and a story balancing sweetness, vitality, nostalgia and optimism.

  3. 3

    The brief

    Top: juicy pear, vibrant citrus. Heart: florals, gourmand depth. Base: vanilla, sandalwood, soft musk.

  4. 4

    The fragrance

    A perfumer creates a natural cherry and pear scent with a crumble accord, presented at Intelligence Week.

The story

How consumer signals became a fragrance.

01

A hypothesis to challenge.

Would Generation Alpha simply extend Gen Z's taste for fruity and gourmand scents?

On the pack
Gen Z, only sweeter?
What will the next generation want to smell like?
02

Reading the culture around them.

Fragrance reviews and social conversations, alongside the beauty, fashion, K-pop and dessert culture younger consumers live in.

What Sensia read

35,000+ reviews and conversations

E-commerceTikTokBeautyFashionK-popDessert culture
03

Not pure sweetness. A balance.

Cherry brings bold indulgence, pear a fresh, natural counterpoint. Together they feel playful and new.

The words that changed
The brand said Pure sweetness
Consumers say cherrypeara crumble accord
04

Beyond the scent.

The research also looked at how younger consumers wear fragrance. Cinquième Sens pushed further.

Decisions
  1. Unexpected pulse points and layering
  2. Different scents for different moments
  3. Solid perfume and scented objects

How it worked

From fruit preference to creative opportunity.

  1. Fruit preference
  2. Sensory interpretation
  3. Emotional meaning
  4. Cultural relevance
  5. Creative opportunity

AI upstream, perfumery where it counts.

How it landed

“The synthesis was exactly what we needed. We briefed our perfumer on a natural and gourmand cherry–pear fragrance, with a “crumble” twist to make it innovative and unforgettable.”
Cinquième Sens Fragrance creation house
1 real fragrance

presented at Intelligence Week, first as scented millet grains, then in its classic form.

Covered by the Fragrance Foundation →
The market behind it

Gen Alpha Fragrance, Fruity & Gourmand: always-on intelligence on scent profiles and usage.

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