SOURCES, RESPONSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY
Our editorial policy.
Understand what Olfatlas publishes, how sources are used and where our conclusions stop.
An identified publication
Olfatlas is the publication responsible for the text on this hub. We publish explanations and discovery paths, with explicit limits when available information does not support a conclusion. This byline identifies an editorial organisation; it does not represent a perfumer, laboratory or medical expert.
Research, structuring and writing may use AI assistance. This assistance is neither a sensory evaluation nor scientific validation. We do not attribute skin testing or personal experience to someone who has not performed that work.
Follow the source
For a specific composition, we prioritise the brand page corresponding to the fragrance and concentration. Professional references inform material and process explanations. Open data, including Wikidata, provides vocabulary and community statements whose provenance is retained separately from brand verification.
Citing a page does not grant a licence to reuse its text or photographs. Our explanations are written for Olfatlas. Conflicting information must be flagged or left unresolved; missing data does not become an inference.
Describe notes precisely
A note is an advertised olfactory description, not proof that an ingredient appears in the formula. Top, heart and base positions are published when documented. Three documented stages do not mean that the formula or complete pyramid is known.
Families and material worlds may serve as editorial groupings. Shared notes explain a discovery path without establishing scent equivalence. We do not infer longevity, projection, safety or performance on skin from these links.
Dates, changes and corrections
Articles show their publication date and, when a revision is recorded, their update date. Profiles distinguish source observation dates and the elements actually checked. A recent date does not guarantee an unchanged formula or exhaustive information.
A correction should identify the fact, variant, source and reason for the change. Enrichment preserves the provenance of earlier data. Historical profiles may point to a better documented profile instead of silently disappearing.
Separate funding from discovery
A sponsored article or paid feature must be visibly identified with the funder’s name. Funding does not buy a better position in organic Finder results, changed notes or a favourable conclusion presented as independent.
External links associated with a commercial arrangement are qualified with the sponsored attribute. Documentary references remain distinct from commercial links. Published information limits continue to apply to funded content.