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Olvara learns your fragrance taste from what you prefer, own and wear. Skin Scan separately observes optical characteristics of your skin to help understand how fragrance may behave on it; it does not determine your taste.
Why Olvara exists
Fragrance is deeply personal, yet finding the right one is still largely left to chance.
People are often expected to rely on trends, marketing or a few minutes at a perfume counter to choose something they may wear for years.
Olvara was created to offer a more personal, evidence-led way to discover fragrance.
It learns from the fragrances you know, own, wear and rate, building a living picture of your taste over time.
Alongside taste, Olvara separately studies how fragrance may behave when worn, including visible skin characteristics and real wear feedback.
The aim is not to declare a perfume objectively good or bad, but to help you understand what may suit you, what may be worth trying next, and why.
Built and operated by
René Gilvert
René has spent more than twenty-five years leading global businesses across pharmaceuticals, healthcare and technology. Throughout his career, he has focused on translating complex science, data and innovation into products people can use.
René currently develops and operates Olvara in Switzerland, combining product strategy, consumer insight and intelligent technology to make fragrance discovery more personal and useful.
Our approach
Olvara treats fragrance taste and wear behaviour as related but distinct questions.
It learns taste from what you tell it, own, wear and rate, while separately researching optical signals and wear evidence that may help explain how fragrance behaves on skin.
Olvara does not rank perfume according to popularity or trends.
It helps each person discover what feels unmistakably their own.
The ambition is to develop a living fragrance signature grounded in genuine preference and refined by real experience over time.
Founding Contributor
Ahmad F.
Ahmad F. has made a meaningful contribution to Olvara’s early development by offering thoughtful insights, asking challenging questions and providing generous support as the product took shape.
His perspective and encouragement have helped inform Olvara’s early direction, and we appreciate the impact he has had on this journey.