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English translation: Feel / Sensation

10:37 Feb 2, 2023
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Cosmetics, Beauty / make-up
Italian term or phrase: sensorialità
Hi everyone,

I frequently find the word sensoriale/sensorialità used in Italian cosmetics.
Here's an example:

Fondotinta in polvere compatta dalla sensorialità cremosa e vellutata si fonde con la pelle...

I am not a fan of the word sensorial to be honest, but clients, especially Italian ones, seem to love it for some reason.
Do you think this sounds right:

"Compact powdered fountain with a creamy and velvety sensorially melts onto skin..."

I think a similar meaning can be conveyed in English with the word Feel instead:
"Compact powdered foundation with a creamy and velvety feel melts onto skin..."

Looking forward to your comments.

Thanks!
jajetta
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:56
English translation:Feel / Sensation
Explanation:
You should go for one of these, but I would choose "feel" above "sensation", which is often used for foods and taste.
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Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:56
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4 +3Feel / Sensation
Lara Barnett
3sensuality
Cillie Swart


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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Feel / Sensation


Explanation:
You should go for one of these, but I would choose "feel" above "sensation", which is often used for foods and taste.

Example sentence(s):
  • "Thanks to the revolutionary Second Skin Technology innovation, its unique formula leaves a VELVETY FEEL on the skin and offers matte appearance for 6 hours which softens the appearance of wrinkles. "
  • "The moisturizer itself has a calming, firming sensation on my face, while the facial cleanser has a very creamy SENSATION."

    https://www.allchinpharmacy.co.uk/shop/velvet-face-sun-cream-spf-50/
    https://www.burtsbees.co.uk/sensitive-daily-moisturising-cream/10591829.reviews?pageNumber=3
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:56
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Notes to answerer
Asker: I prefer FEEL too! thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fiona Grace Peterson: Feel
2 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  philgoddard
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Domenica Pesce
7 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sensuality


Explanation:
I think this can work.


    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sensuality
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 07:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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