Daniel Gost

Coty Inc.

Finding the perfect
scent for you

UX/UI Design · 2024

DiscoveryE-commerceBeauty

Finding the Best
Fragrance for You

A digital fragrance discovery tool for Coty — guiding customers from "I don't know what I want" to confident purchase.

Role

Senior UX Designer

Timeline

2020–2021

Team

Coty Digital, Brand, Marketing

Status

Shipped

Discovery
The Problem

Fragrance is impossible
to buy online.

You can't smell a JPEG. Customers abandoning fragrance pages was the highest of any Coty category. The challenge: create a discovery experience as rich as talking to a counter expert.

The Problem
Discovery

Understanding how people
actually talk about scent

Ran interviews with fragrance enthusiasts and novices. Found that people describe fragrance through feeling and memory — not notes. Designed the quiz around emotional language, not product attributes.

Discovery
Design

A guided quiz that felt like
a conversation, not a form

Designed a multi-step discovery quiz with adaptive branching. Each answer revealed more about the user's preferences, building a scent profile that surfaced 3 personalised recommendations.

Design
↑41% Discovery-to-purchase rate
−62% Drop-off vs category avg
8 Fragrance brands supported