Scent is not read as one isolated note. It is built through relationships. Olfactory science shows that odor signals can depend on patterns: molecules, receptors and receptor partnerships that shape one experience. In fruit flies, odorant receptors have been shown to form heterodimers, meaning receptor proteins can work in paired combinations1. This supports a careful broader idea: odor signalling can depend on partnerships and patterns, not one molecule acting alone. That is why fragrance can be understood as a composition, not a single ingredient. At AMATRIUS, scent becomes composition: a consciousness tool for space, body and atmosphere. Do you experience scent as one note, or as a whole composition? In memory of Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Hanns Hatt's research on olfactory neuroscience, and of our deep friendship - a friendship that lasts longer than life. Reference 1. Neuhaus, E. M., Gisselmann, G., Zhang, W., Dooley, R., Stortkuhl, K. & Hatt, H. Odorant receptor heterodimerization in the olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster. Nature Neuroscience 8, 15-17 (2005). doi:10.1038/nn1371.
Olfactory science shows that odor signals can depend on patterns: molecules, receptors and receptor partnerships that shape one experience.
In fruit flies, odorant receptors have been shown to form heterodimers, meaning receptor proteins can work in paired combinations1.
This supports a careful broader idea: odor signalling can depend on partnerships and patterns, not one molecule acting alone.
That is why fragrance can be understood as a composition, not a single ingredient.
At AMATRIUS, scent becomes composition: a consciousness tool for space, body and atmosphere.
Do you experience scent as one note, or as a whole composition?
In memory of Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Hanns Hatt's research on olfactory neuroscience, and of our deep friendship - a friendship that lasts longer than life.
Reference
1. Neuhaus, E. M., Gisselmann, G., Zhang, W., Dooley, R., Stortkuhl, K. & Hatt, H. Odorant receptor heterodimerization in the olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster. Nature Neuroscience 8, 15-17 (2005). doi:10.1038/nn1371.