Abstract: A method and a system for generating a fragrance (also referred to herein as perfume) are disclosed. A method may comprise providing a perfume blender machine (100) and cartridges (102) for storing liquid olfactory ingredients (112), the machine comprising dispensing means to dispense olfactory ingredients (112) from the cartridges (102) for generating a fragrance (114); controlling the dispensing means to generate a fragrance (114) based on instructions given by a user on the liquid olfactory ingredients (112) to be blended and the quantity of each; and generating a recipe with the information of the ingredients (112) and their respective quantities which have been used to generate the fragrance.

Abstract: A method and a system for generating a fragrance (also referred to herein as perfume) are disclosed. A method may comprise providing a perfume blender machine (100) and cartridges (102) for storing liquid olfactory ingredients (112), the machine comprising dispensing means to dispense olfactory ingredients (112) from the cartridges (102) for generating a fragrance (114); controlling the dispensing means to generate a fragrance (114) based on instructions given by a user on the liquid olfactory ingredients (112) to be blended and the quantity of each; and generating a recipe with the information of the ingredients (112) and their respective quantities which have been used to generate the fragrance.

Abstract: A method is used for dispensing a fragrance blend (FB) comprising at least one fragrance (F1, F2), wherein the method comprises, by a fragrance dispensing apparatus (1), offering at least one desired agent function for user selection and blending at least one fragrance (F1, F2) with at least one functional agent (F3) based on at least one selected agent function to obtain the fragrance blend (FB) and dispensing the fragrance blend (FB). A fragrance dispensing apparatus (1) is adapted to perform the method. The invention is particularly useful for selecting and producing a fragrance blend directly by a user.

Abstract: A method according to the invention for providing a user-selected fragrance blend (FB) by a fragrance dispensing apparatus (1) comprises querying to select, via a user interface (14), a fragrance reservoir (CS1-CS3) containing several aroma-compounds (F1-F5) belonging to a common scent family, and querying to select, via the user interface (14), at least one other fragrance reservoir (CS1-CS3) containing at least one aroma-compound (F1-F5) belonging to another scent family, until aroma-compounds (F1-F5) belonging to all levels of a scent pyramid have been selected, extracting the aroma-compounds (F1-F5) from the selected fragrance reservoirs (CS1-CS3), and dispensing the extracted aroma-compounds (F1-F5) as a fragrance blend (FB). A fragrance dispensing apparatus (1) according to the invention is adapted to perform the method according to the invention. The invention is particularly advantageous for operation by an end user of the fragrance blend.