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Let’s see, a system that allows you to e-mail a fragrance to a loved one or friend? It’s not as high tech as it sounds (you have a “fragrance device” at home) which makes the idea too impractical for most people. Now, I may not be a marketing wiz but, if you make one of the possible fragrances “fart” you could sell thousands of these things to people like you and I to pull tricks on our friends.

A trial of the service will take place later this month during which users will be able to select and send certain fragrance recipes to an in-home unit that is responsible for concocting and releasing the various fragrances. Each holds 16 cartridges of base fragrances or essences that are mixed to produce the various scents in a similar way that a printer mixes inks to produce other colors.
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This is an old idea. DigiScents was out in the end of 99 or begining of 2000 or sometime around there. However it didn't take off.

I'm pretty sure this one will be the same.
 
Sorry, Digiscents was the company name. iSmell was the product. Wonder if that is why it didn't go over very well.
clerk "Can I help you find something"
customer "yes, iSmell"
clerk "maybe you should bathe more often then"
customer "no, its a computer device. you know what, never mind"
customer leaves never to return again.
 
maybe if they incorporated this device into games or websites that sell perfumes and flowers
 
Replacing all the scents in the fragrance device with stink bombs, then sending them a "scent email" that is supposed to smell like fresh baked cookies.
 
Azhar said:
maybe if they incorporated this device into games or websites that sell perfumes and flowers
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That was the idea of the orginal one. You would buy smell flowers, prefumes, air freshers and stuff like that before you buy them. You could have it used in games or movies to bring a little more realism to the experence.

Problem is there is just some stuff you don't want to smell in a game or movie. Also unless this one is different than the last one, the cost of the chemicals wasn't too cheap.
 
So now when Windows Blue screens it will smell like lilies in the office.... :D
or would it be Arsenic and Gallium with burnt silicon? (i.e magic smoke)
 
"I fart in your general direction. You mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"

You could gain a whole new appreciation for that line with emails that you could smell.
 
Some of the built in smells include 'Sweaty Nerd', 'Chinese Factory', and 'hot egg rolls and wantons'.

More useless crap to come from asia.
 
They should have this on all systems... so I can forward everyone some fresh fraigrances... most geeks needs them... BAD.
 
Ockie said:
They should have this on all systems... so I can forward everyone some fresh fragrances... most geeks needs them... BAD.
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Lilac scented crap still smells like crap.

it is fragrance, not deodorant, neither is a substitute for a shower. Although working for 4 days straight getting a server restored and operational seems more important than personal hygiene sometimes.
 
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