A perfume scene, built around the bottle.
Perfume imagery is staged: a bottle on wet stone, among citrus peel or dried flowers, with light passing through the glass. Canvas builds the scene a written brief describes around a photo of the bottle, briefed to keep the glass, the liquid colour, the cap and the label.
What the bottle has to keep in a scene.
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Label lettering, read first
The name on the bottle is the first thing to read in every variant, before the scene is judged at all. Lettering printed on glass or on a small paper label is fine and often in script. Go through it word by word against the real bottle, and state in the brief that the label faces the camera with no leaf, petal or droplet across it.
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Light through glass and liquid
A scene sends its own light through the bottle. Backlight makes the liquid glow and can shift its colour; a coloured surface shows through clear glass. The liquid colour is briefed to stay as photographed. Compare it with the bottle, and write the light into the brief, soft from the side or low from behind, instead of leaving it open.
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Surfaces and botanicals in the brief
Canvas draws what the brief names, so name it: a slab of travertine, dark water, a sprig of rosemary, halved figs, a strip of raw silk. Keep the list short and say where each thing lies, beside or behind the bottle. Props chosen for their look should not be read as a statement of ingredients; the listing text carries the notes.
The bottle photo and the brief for a fragrance scene.
- Photograph the bottle upright with the cap on, against a plain neutral ground, from label height, so no colour from the room sits inside the glass.
- Polish the glass, keep the flash off and turn the bottle until the label is free of glare; a highlight across the name in the source is carried into every variant.
- In the brief, name the surface, the botanicals or objects, where the light comes from and the mood, and add up to two reference images for the setting or the style if they help.
AI product scenes for perfume, answered.
Can the scene suggest what the perfume smells like?
A scene can show objects, and the brief decides which: citrus, wood, flowers, smoke-grey stone. Whether they match the fragrance is the seller's judgement; Herofab makes no statement about scent and the image is not a list of notes. Describe the objects and the mood in plain words, and keep the composition and any claims in the listing text.
Can water drops, mist or a splash be added round the bottle?
They can be described in the brief like any other element of the scene. Water on glass sits where lettering is, so ask for droplets on the surface around the bottle and not on the label, and inspect each variant for a drop or a ripple that distorts the name. One to four variants can be ordered from one brief to choose from.
Should the cap be on or off in the bottle photo?
The bottle is briefed to appear as photographed, so the choice is made at the source. With the cap on, the bottle keeps its full silhouette. With the cap off, the spray head and the collar come into view, and the cap should lie beside the bottle in the same photo if it is to appear, since a part outside the frame cannot be added back faithfully.
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