Director Fragrance Evaluation: Osmo in Elizabeth

parfumsworldwide; Elizabeth (NJ); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan with company‑mа

Flexible paid time off

Company holidays

Equity or incentive compensation

Job summary

Osmo, a digital olfaction company based in Elizabeth, NJ, is seeking a Director of Fragrance Evaluation. The role leads the fragrance evaluation function for fine fragrance, home fragrance, and candles, with responsibility for scent selection and consumer insights.

The director will guide development from brief to final submission, mentor junior evaluators, and collaborate with perfumers, marketing, and trend teams, including AI-driven tooling in fragrance work. This is a full-time position.

Qualifications

• Strong fine-fragrance expertise with knowledge of candles and home fragrance.
• Experience mentoring junior evaluators and guiding perfumers.
• Ability to communicate scent decisions to creative and commercial teams.
• Proven leadership in fragrance evaluation across product categories.
• Willingness to work in Elizabeth, NJ in a full-time role.

Responsibilities

• Lead fragrance evaluation standards and team practices.
• Partner with perfumers during smelling, feedback, and refinement.
• Guide fragrance direction from brief to final submission.
• Develop olfactive narratives with marketing and trend teams.
• Identify emerging scent directions and category opportunities.

Skills

Fragrance evaluation

Leadership

Team mentoring

Consumer insights

Cross-functional

Tools

AI tools

ML tooling

Job description

Director Fragrance Evaluation: Osmo in Elizabeth

Osmo Elizabeth, NJ Start Date09/05/2026

Full-Time

Osmo is hiring a full-time Director of Fragrance Evaluation in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The role leads the fragrance evaluation function for fine fragrance, home fragrance, and candles. The work includes team leadership, scent selection, consumer perspective, and structured feedback to perfumers and commercial teams.

Osmo is a digital olfaction company with a headquarters in Elizabeth and an additional office in Somerville, Massachusetts. The evaluation director works across fragrance development, commercial projects, marketing, and trend intelligence. The position requires 7 to 10 or more years of fragrance evaluation experience, strong fine-fragrance knowledge, and experience guiding junior evaluators. Fine fragrance, home fragrance, and candle work all fall within the role's scope.

• Role: Director of Fragrance Evaluation
• Employer: Osmo
• Employment type: Full-Time
• Experience: 7 to 10 or more years in fragrance evaluation
• Work areas: Fine fragrance, home fragrance, candles, consumer insight, and fragrance development

The application identifies the role as a leadership position within Osmo's fragrance evaluation function. Applicants should have direct evaluation experience, strong olfactive acuity, and a record of communicating scent decisions across creative and commercial teams.

Fragrance Evaluation Across Three Product Categories

The director leads evaluation for fine fragrance, home fragrance, and candles. The work covers fragrance selection from the initial brief through final submission, with responsibility for maintaining olfactive standards and consistency across projects. The role also supports oil and turnkey fragrance programs.

Consumer Decisions And Olfactive Standards

The evaluation director acts as a final decision-maker for scent choices and serves as an internal voice for the consumer. The role partners with perfumers through smelling, feedback, and refinement, then translates sensory judgments into decisions that guide product development.

Structured language is central to the work. The director develops olfactive narratives with marketing and trend teams, defines how scent is communicated inside and outside the company, and identifies emerging directions and open spaces in the fragrance category. The work also requires attention to consumer preferences, category movement, and competitive products.

• Lead fragrance evaluation standards and team practices
• Partner with perfumers during smelling, feedback, and refinement
• Guide fragrance direction from brief to final submission
• Develop olfactive narratives with marketing and trend teams
• Identify emerging scent directions and category opportunities

Osmo's digital olfaction company uses AI and machine learning in work that extends beyond conventional fragrance development. The director supports AI-driven development tools, model training, and refinement.

The role defines human and machine evaluation processes and supplies structured feedback on AI interpretations of olfactive direction, trend signals, and formulation outputs. A strong candidate therefore needs to move between sensory judgment, clear written communication, and practical collaboration with technical teams. The position also works with commercial groups on oil and turnkey projects.

Experience For The Evaluation Lead

The role calls for strong fine-fragrance expertise, experience with candle and home-fragrance categories, and the ability to guide development for different clients and product types. A director also needs experience managing or mentoring junior evaluators and working with perfumers, commercial teams, and marketing.

Osmo lists health, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, flexible paid time off, company holidays, and equity or incentive compensation among the benefits that may accompany the role. Employment also requires verification of identity and authorization to work in the United States.

The company does not accept unsolicited agency resumes for this position. Employment decisions are based on current ability and growth potential without regard to protected characteristics, while compensation considers experience, skills, location, internal equity, and other business factors.