When it comes to first impressions, the way the establishment looks, how clean it is, and what scent does it circulate around the office matters. These things are the first thing people notice once they enter the building, so making sure they are always monitored is a must. In this article, instead of talking about all three, we would be focusing more on your sense of smell and how does it affect you and other employees.
When we talk about unpleasant smells it doesn’t solely revolve around smelly food, body odor, smelly socks, and trash. An unpleasant smell can also come in the form of scented perfumes, air fresheners, and other fragrant products that can cause discomfort to others. Ultimately, it depends on how sensitive a person’s sense of smell is.
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As we’ve mentioned earlier, the scent circulating around your office matters. It serves as a marketing strategy, specifically scent marketing, to communicate clear and likable brand identity to your probable customers. We bet you label a hotel as a clean hotel after taking into consideration not only the cleanliness your eyes can see but also how the smell makes you feel more relaxed.
Furthermore, scent has the power to boost people’s mood up to 40%. A study also shows that people stay 18% longer in places that have a pleasant smell to them. We are all guilty of this, right? There is no doubt that one is more inclined to stay longer in a café because the scent of freshly roasted coffee beans is comforting for them. This is what we call aromatherapy. The art and science of utilizing naturally extracted aromatic essences from plants to balance, harmonize and promote the health of body, mind, and spirit.
Some people have a sensitive sense of smell which can be symptoms for certain conditions, so taking them into account before finalizing the overall scent you want your establishment to give off is important. However, migraines, pregnancy, autoimmune diseases such as Addison’s disease, neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, Lyme disease, allergies, diabetes, and genetics can cause some people to have a more heightened sense of smell. To make things easier for them, we have listed a few things you should avoid using in the workplace.
Scented products are harmful to those who are sensitive to smell (hyperosmia) or have allergies since most of them are heavily scented and may cause discomfort to some. Examples of scented products are perfume, Cologne, Hairspray, body spray, aftershave lotion, and air fresheners. You might be surprised to see air fresheners on this list since they are used to make the scent inside an office more pleasant. What most of us don’t know is that many pollute the air with chemicals that may increase indoor air pollution.
One of the biggest scent offenders, second to bathrooms, are areas where employees are allowed to eat such as office canteens. With a variety of employees from different households with different cultures, we’re sure that a variety of lunches are also present. Some food scents are so strong they waft inside the establishment for hours. In order to avoid this from happening, your company must set up policies regarding what food should be avoided.
A lot of unpleasant smells stick on clothes for hours or worse the whole day such as body odor and scents brought by extreme weather. We all know that body odor is a sensitive topic to bring up and will definitely make things uncomfortable, so making sure you have policies regarding this matter is important. During extreme weather such as winter, try to designate an area for your employees’ coats and boots to ensure unpleasant smell doesn’t travel to workspaces.
As mentioned earlier, a pleasant smell has the power to improve someone’s mood by 40%. We all know that stress is an unhealthy thing to have, and it also affects someone’s productivity negatively. Pleasant scents can serve as aromatherapy in helping workers to relax and focus as they are in the midst of stress.
When stress is reduced, you are sure to notice a boost in your employees’ productivity. It is said that sent can fight fatigue and promote mental clarity, which helps employees focus on their tasks more. When your employees are focused on their tasks, you will see an increase in their speed and accuracy for typing tasks.
Your sense of smell is an essential tool for creativity and one that’s often overlooked. Scent can aid memory, stimulate emotions, and activate your brain in various ways. The more times you experience a particular scent, the more you’ll connect it with a specific memory.
If you aren’t aware scent is known to have a disinfecting property that keeps the office air clean. Having disinfected and healthier office air means healthier employees. Healthier employees mean lesser sick leaves and increased productivity.
What employee would stay in a company that always has an unpleasant smell? If you are an employee and keep smelling things every day inside the workplace, we’re sure you’d quit as well. To avoid losing all your investments in them such as training courses, you better start improving your office’s overall scent.
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