Perceptual interactions between different sensory modalities affect overall perception of food. This phenomenon has been extensively investigated between olfactory and tastant stimuli in aqueous solutions. But few studies assessed olfactory and taste interactions in existing products (commercially available). Similarly multi-sensory perceptual interactions involving olfaction, taste and in mouth tactile perceptions and complex perceptions (i.e. a perception which is driven by more than one sensory dimension) have been poorly investigated. The first objective of my thesis was to investigate mechanisms underlying perceptual interactions between bimodal olfactory and taste perceptions in existing products and then in solutions with olfactory s...