Mandy Aftel is reopening her Aftel Archive of Curious Scents at the end of this month (it's been closed since last March), and she has a fun new product for serious sampling: the AromaCone. "Our ScentCatcher AromaCone is a scent amplifier that acts like a magnifying glass for your nose. This elegant device focuses the aromas under it and creates a denser stream of odor molecules for you to smell. The AromaCone also maintains "nasal distancing" as part of a contact-free smelling experience. It provides a safe separation between you and what you are smelling, and from the other noses that smelled it before you. Inspired by an original suggestion from Becky Saletan." A set of 20 AromaCones goes for $40 at Aftelier.
A new use for all those left over paper cone cups now that COVID has made our office water cooler off limits!
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Ha! Money saved.
The pricing is insane for what is essentially rolled up blotter strips…
But it’s an “Aromacone”! ?
I don’t think it’s insane — they look really nice to me, and much nicer and more functional than rolled up blotter strips. But whether you personally need or want to spend $40 on them, of course, is another matter!
Back in the day when I was seriously ordering and smelling tons of raw materials, these would have been lovely to have. Now, it would not be a necessity.
Lesson learnt! I guess there is much that I don’t know or appreciate. I shouldn’t have dismissed them so quickly…