As a Sensory Scientist, you will need to master following:

• advise on fragrances
• allergology
• food flavourings
• microbiology-bacteriology
• olfaction
• quantitative sensory testing
• research fragrances

More generally, a sensory scientist is also versed in:

• analytical chemistry
• chemistry
• combination of flavours
• market research
• molecular biology
• perform sensory evaluation of food products
• prepare raw materials
• statistical analysis system software
• statistics
• toxicology

It also helps to know the following:

• advise food industry
• analyse samples of food and beverages
• assess food samples
• create fragrances formulae
• develop new food products
• food allergies
• food legislation
• food science
• participate in the development of new food products
• perfume raw materials
• test fragrances against customer satisfaction
• allergies
• analyse consumer buying trends
• check quality of raw materials
• document analysis results
• report analysis results
• troubleshoot cosmetics formula issues