Sensory branding for cold F&B

Make your shop
impossible to walk past.

You've walked past a bakery and joined the queue before you even decided. That pull is scent, and Scentura gives your cold drinks and desserts a signature scent of their own.

Free for two weeks · No machine · No lock-in

Why it works

Smell hits the brain
before thought does.

You weren't even hungry. The smell of warm butter hit the air, and you were in the queue before you decided. That is scent: the one sense wired straight to memory and emotion, with no filter and no off switch. At your counter, it makes the decision half-made before a word is read. Three things happen at once.

Freshly baked sourdough loaf with steam rising
01

Crave

A scent sparks the craving before they've even seen the menu.

The spark
A rich espresso being pulled with golden crema and rising steam
02

Linger

A space that smells good is a space people stay in, and spend in.

The pull
A dark chocolate tart finished with sea salt
03

Remember

The scent they can't quite name is the one that brings them back.

The mark

Not just a fragrance. A sensory experience.

How it works

Scent at the moment of decision.

A sensory journey, from the scent we match to the lift you can measure. We handle every step. You start with a free pilot.

01

We match your scent

Tuned to your hero product and sampled for you to approve first. Real, never synthetic.

02

We deliver it, your way

An invisible diffuser, a beautiful object, or your packaging, placed where people decide.

03

It does its quiet work

Noticeable but never overwhelming, it triggers craving and brands the moment.

04

We measure together

We compare your takings on scented days against normal days. Real numbers, then you decide.

Industry studies report in-store scent lifting sales by roughly 10% and increasing dwell time.

The scent library

What could yours
smell like?

Every scent we make lives in one of three families: fruity and fresh, tea and floral, or warm and sweet. The six below are the ones shops reach for most. We tune one to your brand, or blend something new.

Brown sugar syrup swirling into milk tea
Brown Sugar Milk Tea
Caramelised sugar curling into warm milk.
Espresso pouring with golden crema
Roasted Coffee
Dark and roasted, the smell of the morning queue.
Vanilla bean ice cream
Vanilla Ice Cream
Soft vanilla, cold and nostalgic.
Matcha whisked in a bowl
Matcha
Earthy, green, freshly whisked calm.
A ripe peach sliced with honey
Honey Peach
Ripe peach with a drizzle of honey.
Dark chocolate tart
Chocolate
Deep cocoa with a whisper of salt.
The full library, by family
Fruity & Fresh

Honey Peach · Lychee · Green Apple · Watermelon

Tea & Floral

Matcha · Hojicha · Green Tea · Osmanthus · Jasmine · White Tea

Warm & Sweet

Brown Sugar Milk Tea · Roasted Coffee · Vanilla · Chocolate · Honey · Coconut Milk · Caramel

Custom

Don't see what you need? Tell us your hero product and we'll create a scent for it.

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What we make

One scent.
Everywhere your brand is felt.

Most scent companies stop at the air. We build your signature scent, then carry it across your whole brand: in the air, on your products, and on what your customers take home. One smell, everywhere they meet you.

A Scentura-branded ceramic diffuser releasing mist on a warm cafe counter
In the air

Your space

Cold-air diffusers, reed diffusers and scented candles fill your space with your scent — kept out of sight, or dressed in a vase so it reads as décor, not a device.

Scentura-branded hand soap and lotion dispensers on a marble shelf
On your products

Hands & surfaces

Hand soap, dishwashing liquid and cleaning supplies, scented to your brand — so even the restroom and the just-cleaned counter smell like you.

Scentura-branded kraft cup, bag and sticker seal surrounded by botanicals
In their hands

Menus & packaging

The menu card they hold while deciding, the cup they carry out, the labels and stickers on every order, each one carrying your scent.

One signature scent, made for your brand, expressed wherever your customer meets you.

Why scent

The brands winning on scent
are already in your category.

This isn't a gimmick — it's a measured effect, and the move the fastest-growing F&B brands in the world are making right now.

+20%
more spent by shoppers in a scented store — meta-analysis in the Journal of Retailing
84%
preferred the product in a scented room — Spangenberg, Washington State University
3–23%
rise in spending across studies — 2020 meta-analysis of ambient scent

These are retail studies — a guide to the effect, not a promise. We measure the real number for your shop during the pilot.

A warm, bustling Asian cafe interior at golden hour with a diffuser on the counter

HEYTEA

Its store scent is so loved it went viral — and HEYTEA now sells it as candles, room sprays, perfume and diffusers.

Chagee

A signature tea fragrance turned into a perfume line, aroma boxes and fragrance cards — scent as a brand asset.

Molly Tea

Its jasmine signature extended into sachets, candles and diffusers — "smells like walking into the store."

McDonald's

Its 2024 "Smells Like McDonald's" campaign ran billboards that advertised with scent alone — no logo needed.

Hot food has always sold itself by smell. Cold drinks and desserts never could. Scentura changes that. We give cold F&B a scent of its own, then carry it across the whole brand. The lever five-star hotels have used for decades, built for your shop.

Pricing

Simple to start.
Grows with you.

Founding partners begin with a free pilot. From there, a plan that fits your space, designed low-touch so it's effortless to run.

Start here Founding Pilot
Free

Watch your shop start pulling people in. We handle everything for two weeks. You risk nothing.

  • People drift in before they know why
  • Proof in your own takings, not our promises
  • Costs nothing, risks nothing
Claim a pilot
Signature Scent
from S$9/ day · per outlet

One extra sale a day covers it — for a scent people remember you by.

  • The scent they follow back to your door
  • Regulars who return for a feeling they can't name
  • A signature that grows with your brand
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Bespoke & Multi-Outlet
By quote

Become the brand people recognise with their eyes closed.

  • A scent that could only be yours
  • Your brand, carried home in every bag
  • Recognised the moment they walk in, anywhere
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Start free. Keep it only when your customers can't stay away.

Starting prices. Final pricing depends on space, scent and scale; multi-outlet and bespoke work is quoted as a package.

Common questions

The things you're
probably wondering.

Will a signature scent smell fake in my café?

No. We start from high-quality, true-to-food fragrances and match the one that smells like your product — then you smell and approve it before it ever goes live. We tune it noticeable but never overwhelming. A cheap, synthetic smell is the one thing we won't do.

Can't I just buy a scent diffuser and do this myself?

You could — but the diffuser is the easy part. The hard part is choosing a scent that reads real (not cheap), at the right strength, in the right spot — and knowing whether it's actually lifting sales. A wrong scent drives people away, which is worse than none. We handle all of it, prove it works on your own numbers before you pay a cent, and keep it running — so you never have to think about it.

Is scent diffusion safe near food in an F&B shop?

Yes to both. The scent is food-safe (IFRA-compliant) and never touches your product — it sits at the point of decision, not over the food. It's discreet and low-maintenance: we set it up and keep it fresh, so there's no work for your staff.

What if scent branding doesn't work for my shop?

That's exactly what the free pilot is for. We measure it together on your own numbers, and if it doesn't earn its place, we remove it — at no cost. The risk is ours, not yours.

Is there a contract or lock-in?

No. The pilot is free with no contract, and the plan afterwards is cancel-anytime. You only continue if it earns its place.

How soon can a scent pilot go live in Singapore?

Once we've matched your scent, a pilot can be live in your space within days. Founding-partner spots are limited, so earlier is better.

Is scent marketing expensive?

A managed service in Singapore starts around S$9 a day per outlet, and with us it begins with a free two-week pilot, no contract. A DIY diffuser is cheaper on paper, but the real cost is months of guessing and the sales you miss if the scent is wrong. It's worth it when the scent is matched and the result is measured, which is exactly how the pilot works. Is it worth it, or should you DIY? →

How do you know the extra sales are from the scent?

You can't isolate it perfectly, and we don't pretend to. A two-week pilot is a signal, not a lab experiment. We alternate scented and unscented days, compare matched weekdays, set aside promo days and holidays, and look for whether scented days consistently come out ahead across several cycles, not on one lucky day. The bar is low on purpose: if scented days reliably beat the daily cost, it's worth keeping; if not, you stop. Honest, directional evidence on your own numbers.

About

Bringing the scent playbook
of great brands to everyone else.

The most memorable brands have always understood that a space should be felt, not just seen. Scentura makes that within reach for F&B and retail, giving each brand its own scent, delivered the way that fits, and proven before you pay.

We lead with scent because it's the fastest thing to feel. But what we really build is your brand's sensory identity: the smell people carry home, recognise on the street, and come back for.

Scentura was born out of NUS Enterprise, where it was named 1st Runner-Up. The idea was simple. Hot food has always sold itself by smell, but no one was doing it for cold drinks and desserts. So we built it, for the shops the big scent houses overlook. Every brand deserves to be remembered, not just seen.

The scent was never really the point. What we build is an experience, a space that wraps around you the moment you step in and makes you feel something. When a place is made for you like that, you feel cared for, like someone thought about your arrival.

We turn everyday spaces into experiences worth remembering.

— Jocelyn Lim, Co-Founder of Scentura

In brief
  • Born out of NUS EnterpriseBuilt on research, not guesswork.
  • 1st Runner-UpNUS Enterprise, with an NUS feature on the way.
  • Based in SingaporeServing local and regional F&B.
StartA free two-week pilot, fully managed.
Limited founding partners

Give your brand a scent
people remember.

Free for two weeks, fully managed, no lock-in. If it doesn't lift your counter, we take it away — at no cost.

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