But this year, as couples sit down to romantic dinners, a small but growing cohort of American women will emit scents that are more corporal and less Chanel.
Now, if someone could go ahead and make a Google Nose extension that actually makes my laptop emit scents, that'd be great.
Imagine a suit that can change colors, emit scents of your own curation, grow its own food, and can charge your cell phone.
In one darkened room, a light guides visitors to art works emitting scent, with screens showing scenes that evoke them (example: "Weekend Splendor," by Harry Frémont, is illustrated by a lawnmower cutting grass).
In February of last year, an "olfactory artist" from Antwerp named Peter de Cupere — the inventor of the Blind Smell Glove, which can smell anything you touch, and the Olfactiano, a piano that emits scents — came to New York for a long weekend, but, owing to the cold, he couldn't get a good read on how the city smelled.
Japanese Tech powerhouses NTT Communications and Recruit developed a digital signage system capable of simultaneously emitting scents and showing compatible commercials.
A scent installation called Social Sculpture: The Scent of Joseph Beuys emits scents based on the work of the titual performance artist.
Since our nose is actually more adept at taste than our tongue is (our tastebuds can detect five flavors, while our nose can distinguish trillions), the gadget emits scents to influence taste as you eat.
Could all those trees, amid autumnal rot, somehow emit the scent of Aunt Jemima?
A handful of companies, including Trisenx and DigiScents of Oakland, Calif., are working on peripherals that will emit synthesized scent.
