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. 2008 Jan 15;2:2. doi: 10.1186/1751-0759-2-2

Table 1.

Six-point rating scale of odor intensity and nine-point rating scale of pleasantness/unpleasantness.

(1) Six-point rating scale of odor intensity (2) Nine-point rating scale of pleasantness/unpleasantness.
0: Odorless -4: Extremely unpleasant
1: Barely perceptible odor -3: Highly unpleasant
2: Faint but source-discriminative odor -2: Unpleasant
3: Easily perceptible odor -1: Slightly unpleasant
4: Strong odor O: Equivocally pleasant
5: Extremely strong odor +1: Slightly pleasant
+2: Pleasant
+3: Highly pleasant
+4: Extremely pleasant