Scentmatic's KAORIUM Installed At New Jewelry Store In Yokohama
The installation is a commercial deployment of scent-verbalizing AI outside fragrance retail, in a store built around the idea of choosing by senses rather than defined answers.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
SCENTMATIC Inc. has installed KAORIUM, an AI that converts scents into words, at the NEWoMan Yokohama store of the jewelry brand +Aiii festaria. The store opened September 10, 2026, on the fifth floor of NEWoMan Yokohama. KAORIUM pairs scent with descriptive words meant to guide customers choosing color stones and items. The service is free and available at any time, though waiting may be required.
SCENTMATIC installed KAORIUM at +Aiii festaria's NEWoMan Yokohama store, on the fifth floor, the same day the jewelry brand opened its doors on September 10, 2026. The system mutually converts scents and words, so shoppers get descriptive language attached to a smell rather than relying on sight and touch alone.
The store's concept is that it does not define answers, and that each customer draws the contours of their own uniqueness, which the brand calls Shinkaku. KAORIUM is free to use, available at any time, and may involve a wait depending on congestion. Time required varies by person.
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