Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
écriture olfactive
English translation:
olfactory signature
Added to glossary by
Fiona McBrearty
Sep 27, 2006 17:31
17 yrs ago
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French term
écriture olfactive
French to English
Other
Cosmetics, Beauty
Perfume
For launch of new, "revolutionary" perfume for men
***L'écriture olfactive*** est nouvelle et différente de ce qui existe actuellement
According to the client, "c'est une expression typique dans le domaine du parfum. En effet, un parfum se compose, s'écrit comme une partition de musique avec donc plusieurs notes et des ponctuations différentes."
***L'écriture olfactive*** est nouvelle et différente de ce qui existe actuellement
According to the client, "c'est une expression typique dans le domaine du parfum. En effet, un parfum se compose, s'écrit comme une partition de musique avec donc plusieurs notes et des ponctuations différentes."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 1 +7 | olfactory signature |
Jeffrey Lewis
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| 3 +1 | olfactory/olfactive formula |
a05
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| 2 | senses awakening signature |
Valérie Lapotre (X)
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Proposed translations
+7
13 mins
Jeffrey Lewis
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
academic and scientific translations
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English
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olfactory signature
I don't think 'formula' is wrong, but in looking at the rest of the blurb provided, it doesn't seem that what they're looking for is really keyed on chemical composition, but rather on the different effect this product will have on the (male) consumer. I'm reading it as a marketing text.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-09-27 18:40:23 GMT)
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Try "signature scent" - using signature to mean the new type of scent, but also referring to its distinction, as in "signature game", signature speech - today the word means something that distinctively marks not just excellence but individuality and personality.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-09-27 19:21:18 GMT)
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Maybe "the distinctive signature of this scent"? I guess trying to make 'signature' a twofer is a stretch, but this keeps the 'chemical' aspect within hailing distance.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-09-27 18:40:23 GMT)
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Try "signature scent" - using signature to mean the new type of scent, but also referring to its distinction, as in "signature game", signature speech - today the word means something that distinctively marks not just excellence but individuality and personality.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-09-27 19:21:18 GMT)
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Maybe "the distinctive signature of this scent"? I guess trying to make 'signature' a twofer is a stretch, but this keeps the 'chemical' aspect within hailing distance.
Peer comment(s):
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Karen Tkaczyk
2 mins
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Thank you Karen
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Patrice
20 mins
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Thanks, Patricia
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Cervin
35 mins
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Cervin, what instrument? (when you were a musician)
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Assimina Vavoula
: Hi, jeffrey. How are you? It's nice to be missed!
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Hi, long time no see
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Gayle Wallimann
1 hr
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Thank you, ma'am
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Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
2 hrs
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Hi Ghyslaine thank you
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Carol Gullidge
: this seems to be standard: [chemical fingerprint or ]olfactory signature
17 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "OK! Thank you"
+1
5 mins
olfactory/olfactive formula
This startling rejuvenating olfactory formula ...
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-09-27 17:50:12 GMT)
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OK, see my link, isn't that a kind of language you are looking for?
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Note added at 21 mins (2006-09-27 17:52:33 GMT)
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please mind that men as your target audience are a little bit more straightforward than women.
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-09-27 17:50:12 GMT)
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OK, see my link, isn't that a kind of language you are looking for?
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Note added at 21 mins (2006-09-27 17:52:33 GMT)
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please mind that men as your target audience are a little bit more straightforward than women.
Note from asker:
| This is a marketing text and this particular point is one of several strong points to be highlighted in the press presentation |
2 hrs
senses awakening signature
just a guess!!
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