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Luxury and the Senses : Past, Present, and Future.

Bloomsbury Collections: Fashion 2025 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Dhillon, Yasmin K. Sekhon, editor.
Norman, Jo, editor.
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Luxury.
Leisure class.
Fashion.
Consumption (Economics).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (218 pages)
Edition:
1st edition.
Place of Publication:
London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025.
Summary:
This book explores the history of the interrelationship between the bodily senses and the world of luxury, through the lens of fashion, consumption, and new technology.
Contents:
Cover
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION Luxury and the Senses: Past, Present and Future
Bibliography
1 MULTISENSORY LUXURY CONSUMPTION
Introduction
Background of Luxury
History of Consumption
Luxury and Consumption
Motivations of Luxury Consumers
Hedonic Consumption and Luxury
Marketing and Its Relationships with the Senses
Visual
Sound
Olfactory
Touch
Taste
Sensory Marketing
The Digital Multisensory Luxury Experience
The Sensory Future of the Luxury Consumer
Future Sensory Engagement
2 SENSORY DECEPTION AND MANIPULATION IN ANCIENT ARISTOCRATIC BANQUETS
Dining as a Marker of Moral Behaviour amongst Elites
Comparative Practices in Modern Dining: Molecular Gastronomy
The Futurist Cookbook
Dining with the Emperors
The 'Black Banquet' of Domitian
Dining with Elagabalus: Dining as Theatrical Performance
The Saturnalia
3 THE LUXURY OF COLOURS
From Sensation to Perception and Beyond
Individual Differences
Colours as They Appear
Individual Differences Again: #TheDress
Colour Symbolism
The Luxury of Colours
The Cost of Colours
Sumptuary Laws
The Colours of Luxury
Colour Marketing and Colour Branding
Conclusion
Notes
4 SENSES AND TRIGGERS A Journey through the Senses
So What Really Happens?
Sight
Auditory Experiences and Triggers
Taste and Luxury
Smells and Olfaction
How Can All This Information Be Used by Marketers?
The Sense of Touch
Touch and Humans
Summary
5 FUTURE OF THE SENSES
Sensorial Marketing: The Senses
A New Consumer
Emotions and Experience.
Place as Experience
Luxury Spaces
The Opportunity
The Senses
Sight and Visual Design
Sound: Aural
Smell
A New Dimension: The Positive Experience
6 PERFUMERY AND LUXURY
Religious and Ritual Use
Sexual Allure
Health and Hygiene
Philosophy
Maskants, Gloves and the Rise of France as the Centre of Perfumery
The Scented Signature
The Search for 'Synthetics'
Fashion Takes Fragrance
Fragrances for All
The Sensory Experience
The Rise of Niche
7 THE FUTURE OF SENSES The Future of Multisensory Marketing and Advertising for Luxury Brands and Markets in the Information Age
Reality Bites
The Medium is the Message
You Can't Touch This
Joining the Dots
The Rise of the Machines
Tap into the Power
Better Than Life
Automatic for the People
8 SCENT BUBBLE® Bridging the Gap Between Luxury Fashion, Wellness and Fragrances with Wearable Personalized Sensory Experiences
Scentscapes
'eScent' Digital Invention
Heritage: Fashion and Fragrance Divisions
Fragrance Industry
Digital Senses
Rethinking Business Models
Connected Sensory Experiences
Context is Key: A New Business Reality Solution
Scent Bubble®
Introducing eScent (Case Study)
Data-Driven Transformative Technology
'Internet of Me': Enhancing Lifestyle with Bio-synchronized Scents
Consumer Needs
Relevance to Brands
Engineering Perfume Moments®
Acknowledgements
INDEX.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-350-06424-6
1-350-06422-X
9781350064225
OCLC:
1543220870

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