PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1642760
PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1642760
The global digital scent market size reached USD 1.3 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach USD 2.6 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0% during 2025-2033. The significant growth in the healthcare industry, rising expenditure capacities of consumers, and extensive research and development (R&D) activities represent some of the key factors driving the market.
Digital scent refers to the technology that helps to sense, receive and transmit odors through digital means using hardware components such as an e-nose and a scent synthesizer. The technology uses hardware devices and electronic components, such as gas sensors which help in sensing, simulating, replicating, and generating different types of smells. Digital scent uses chemical sensors to analyze the chemical composition of an odor and convert it into a digital signal that can be transmitted through the internet or other digital media. It is widely used to enhance the immersive experience, diagnose diseases, improve the flavor and aroma of products, and perform environmental monitoring, such as detecting gas leaks. As a result, digital scent finds extensive applications across the military and defense, healthcare, food and beverage (F&B), and waste management (environmental monitoring) industries.
Significant growth in the healthcare industry across the globe is one of the key factors creating a positive outlook for the market. Digital scent technology is widely used to help doctors diagnose certain diseases based on the scent of a patient's breath or bodily fluids. Additionally, the widespread adoption of e-noses to monitor air quality and detect harmful gases and pollutants in the environment is favoring the market growth. In line with this, rising environmental consciousness among the masses due to the increasing emission of organic and inorganic pollutants into the air, land, and water, posing serious health risks to people, plants, and animals, is favoring the market growth. Apart from this, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in digital scent to detect more precise and accurate detection of specific odors and create custom scent profiles based on individual preferences or specific use cases is providing an impetus to the market growth. Moreover, the launch of an artificial scent system that reliably assesses the freshness of meat by mimicking the mammalian nose that consists of a 'barcode' that changes color over time in response to the gasses released by meat, is positively influencing the market growth. Furthermore, the increasing application of digital scents in the F&B industry to enhance the flavor and aroma of products and monitor and maintain the quality of food products is providing a considerable boost to the market growth. Other factors, inducing rising expenditure capacities of consumers, extensive research and development (R&D) activities, the widespread adoption to detect explosive materials and chemicals, miniaturization of e-noses, and rapid technological advancements, are supporting the market growth.
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