Monthly Archives: August 2008
Scent marketing and education for kids
Check out P.U., The Guessing Game of Smells, where kids can sniff their way around a game board Village by correctly identifying scents from scratch-n-sniff cards. Is it skunk? Or is it manure, peppermint, BBQ sauce, cut grass, popcorn, apple … Continue reading
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Kids associate alcohol odors with drinking mom’s emotions
Scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center have done a study showing that kids’ response to the smell of alcohol is related to the reasons their mothers drink it. The study presented kids with pairs of odors, and the kids … Continue reading
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Chicago study looks at malodors post smoking ban
The Chicago Tribune reported on a study of the odors permeating a Chicago bar since the indoor smoking ban went into effect in January. Using a “Nasal Ranger” field olfactometer, Dr. Alan Hirsch of the Smell and Taste Treatment and … Continue reading
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Scented LCD signs appear in Tokyo mall
Tokyo Station’s underground mall now sports a scent-emitting LCD advertising kiosk. The scent-marketing device is a product of Japan’s NTT Communications. NTT has been experimenting with scent-marketing applications for a while now (see our January story about an earlier implementation … Continue reading
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