Associate Fragrance Evaluator

Who we are at Osmo:

Osmo is a digital olfaction company, on a mission to give computers a sense of smell to improve the health and wellbeing of human life. Why? Our sense of smell both enriches and saves lives, and has a deep and direct connection to our emotions and memory. This foundational understanding of smell's impact has directly informed the development of our latest innovation: Generation.

Generation is a new kind of fragrance house powered by Olfactory Intelligence (OI) to blend AI with world-class perfumery. It will help brands create emotionally resonant scents faster, more accessibly, and with greater creative clarity. Our technology allows us to explore vast scent possibilities, discover novel ingredients, and design fragrances informed by both data and artistry.

Beyond fragrance, Olfactory Intelligence has applications across industries including manufacturing, security, medicine, and more. We believe in the power of automation and thoughtfully applied AI/ML to solve problems beyond the reach of human intuition alone. Osmo is headquartered in New York, NY, with a new facility in New Jersey, and offices in Somerville, MA.

Osmo is seeking an Associate Fragrance Evaluator with strong insights into fragrance trends and evaluation to join our Perfumery Team. For this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting Generation and Olfactory Intelligence, ingredient discovery and fragrance development. You'll support fragrance testing, help build our internal olfactive library, contribute to trend analysis, and ensure our fragrances align with brand and market needs. You are a quick learner with strong communication skills and a keen attention to detail, supported by experience in fragrance evaluation.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Fragrance Product Manager in following new ingredients discovery and in testing for demo kits creation to present to clients.

• Help to organize, maintain and enrich our olfactive library and fragrance evaluation tools.

• Contribute to fragrance benchmarking and fragrance market trend reporting.

• Collaborate with brand manager and sales team to ensure fragrance creations aligns with market and client expectations.

Required Qualifications

• 1-2 years experience in fragrance evaluation.

• Bachelor or MS background in fragrance, sensory evaluation, cosmetic science, chemistry, or a related field.

• A trained or highly sensitive nose, with strong familiarity of olfactive families and fragrance structures.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to articulate olfactive impressions with nuance.

• Strong organizational and analytical abilities, thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Ways to stand out

• Formal training in perfumery (ISIPCA, GIP, Grasse Institute, ESP, or other Perfumery Training)

• Deep curiosity about technology and innovation in perfumery, think out of the box.

• Experience in a fragrance house, brand, or evaluation lab.

• Deep curiosity about fragrance consumer trends and preferences.

• Demonstrated passion for fragrance storytelling or creative writing.

If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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