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The theoretical research of olfaction began about a hundred years ago and the electrophysiological expermental techniques have been used for the olfaction research from 1950's. However, olfaction has not been studied so much as other senses. Recently interest in the offaction mereases for its industrial applications. We descenbe the companson of vertibrate and insect olfactory organs, smell perception mechanism, olfactory signaing transduction, and industnal applications f olfactory system, it is expected that the vanous ongeing researches on the olfactory system will contribute to sensor and scent industnes.