Olfactory
Pertaining to the sense of smell
The United States standard for the “determination of odor and taste threshold by a forced-choice ascending concentration series method of limits”, provides guidance on both olfactometry and sampling.
The terms assessor and panel member are used in the EN13725 standard. An assessor is a person who participates in odour measurements. A panel member is an assessor who is qualified to judge odour samples in dynamic olfactometry. An assessor is selected to be a panel member once a specific sensitivity range with respect to