Authors : Clarinda Nogueira, Maria Elisabete Cabeco-Silva, Laurence Schacher and Dominique Adolphe
Abstract: The most important characteristics that affect the apparel products quality and influences the consumer’s decision-marking process is the tactile property. Sensory analysis is a new tool for touch evaluation of a fabric and it is based on the determination of the tactile properties (attributes) identified by the consumers. In this research, a panel of 50 judges was used to define the sensory attributes by tactile perception of several textile materials. The final attributes were compared with the ones obtained previously in a similar study in France. This comparison allowed the development of a methodology of sensory evaluation of textile materials and the definition of a standardized sensory profile for European consumer. The majority of the attributes were similarly described by the consumers of both countries (Portugal and France), but others, like shape recovery, were differently identified.
Clarinda Nogueira, Maria Elisabete Cabeco-Silva, Laurence Schacher and Dominique Adolphe, 2009. Textile Materials: Tactile Describers. Journal of Food Technology, 7: 66-70.