Olfasense presents a poster (n 80) at Sepawa Congress based on an article to be released on HPC Today journal on November 20th (issue 6, 2023), written by Rita Ribau Domingues, Senior Consultant, Olfasense and titled “Odour control efficacy of a carpet cleaning home care product”.   

The odour-reduction efficacy of a homecare product, linked to a portable carpet-cleaning device, was tested with and without the addition of a supramolecular odour-capture technology comprising a range of cucurbit[n]urils. Pet odour (cat urine) was simulated by applying a synthetic substance to carpet samples. Samples were either (a) untreated (control), (b) cleaned with a device incorporating a commercial cleaning formulation (benchmark), or (c) cleaned with a device containing the commercial formulation and the odour control technology (test product). A combination of sensory methodologies was applied to evaluate the odour of each sample and determine the differential benefit of adding the odour control technology to the commercial formulation. The results showed that there was a significantly greater reduction in the odour of cat urine by the test product containing the odour control technology than by the control and the commercial-benchmark samples.