Monthly Archives: June 2007
English smoking ban makes room for more pleasant aromas
A new smoking ban takes effect in England next week, creating a new frontier in the UK for ambient scenting companies. Club owners, concerned that customers will now be faced with the smell of stale beer and the perhaps less-than-hygenic … Continue reading
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Origami phone identifies callers with scent
Forget about ring tones, Nokia’s got a concept phone in the works that will let users identify callers via user-customizable scents. And not only that, it’s flat and folded, like an origami paper airplane. The Nokia Scentsory cellphone idea also … Continue reading
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Catnip magic explained
Catnip contains a volatile oil that is essentially an artificial cat pheromone, says Ramona Turner in Scientific American. According to Turner, the volatile oil nepetalactone provokes an olfactory event that gives messages to the amygdala and the hypothalamus, areas of … Continue reading
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Concept phone has an ENose
How about a phone that monitors your diet and exercise? Designer Kristina Lee has masterminded a phone that will do just that. The phone, still in the concept stage, uses NASA-developed Electronic Nose (“ENose”) technology to identify what you eat … Continue reading
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Hotel scent branding on the rise
Scent branding in hotels is on the rise. Numerous hotel chains across the US, including Westin, Omni, Marriott, Hyatt and others are scenting their public spaces in an effort to create sensory-based brand identities. According to a report in Hotel … Continue reading
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Science of Fragrance Award goes to Jay Gottfried
Dr. Jay Gottfried of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine was awarded the 2007 Science of Fragrance Award. The award, sponsored jointly by the Sense of Smell Institute and the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, was bestowed on Gottfried in honor … Continue reading
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