Lexicon development for Brazilian textile sensory analysis

Abstract

This paper aims to present the development process of descriptors that will form the Brazilian textile lexicon for evaluation of textile tactile comfort. Therefore, we used the descriptive and qualitative method and ISO 11035 standards. In the first phase a panel of selected sensory assessors evaluated 20 tissue samples with different textures and compositions, generating 299 terms. In the second phase, these descriptors were analyzed by the panel of evaluators who eliminated the hedonic terms and with same meanings. In the third phase, through similarity analysis the evaluators gathered the 49 final terms in 21 groups. These grouped terms were selected for the lexicon for the sensory analysis of tactile comfort in Brazil. The attributes will be used primarily for the training of assessors experts and later for descriptive evaluation of textile sensory comfort.