Artificial Intelligence Can Now Create Perfumes, Even Without A Sense Of Smell

While it's not unimportant, a lot of the groundwork when developing a new fragrance is done by evaluating data, and that's something artificial intelligence is highly qualified to do. In a partnership between IBM Research and Symrise, a global producer of fragrances and flavors based in Germany with clients such as Estee Lauder, Donna Karan, Avon, Coty and more, the first AI-developed scent is now available for purchase in Brazil. Philyra became the artificial intelligence (AI) apprentice IBM created that perfumer David Apel worked alongside to create two new fragrances for Brazilian cosmetics company O Boticário in time for the country's Valentine's Day holiday this year. They were specifically looking for a fragrance to sell to Generation Z and millennials who they knew would be intrigued by a fragrance created by AI. This collaboration officially launched AI into the fragrance industry.