Japanese cell phone users will have yet another option for scented cell phones next month, when the SO703i Beauty Renaissance model from Sony Ericsson launches:
Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has launched handsets promising scents and a double screen.
The DoCoMo mobile 'smelly phone' is the SO703i from Sony Ericsson, which uses scented sheets that produce an aroma when the device is opened…
Fast on the heels of yesterday's news about scented tires, today we have yet another accessory for the perfume freak, scented cell phone covers:
foneGEAR® LLC (Rochester Hills, MI) – a leader in mobile communications accessories – is extremely pleased to announce the introduction and immediate availability of foneScentz™, the world’s first scented phone faceplates.
foneScentz are form-fitted protective faceplates designed for Motorola RAZR phones. Available in five fantastic uniquely scented colors…
Kumho Tires has developed an "Aroma Tire" which promises "to deliver an alluring aroma tire that replaces the normal “black rubber” smell with heat-resistant oils in the scent of lavender, and in later versions, neroli (orange) or jasmine". (Kumho Tires via I4U News)
Procter & Gamble is trying to liven up the image of its Old Spice fragrance to appeal to young men:
For example, a print ad for Old Spice fragrance, featuring a 1968 photograph of the actress Faye Dunaway sprawled out before a roaring fire, declares, “If your grandfather hadn’t worn it, you wouldn’t exist.”
Check out the Experience Old Spice website, or read the rest of the article in The New York Times.
San Francisco will soon have bus shelters…
…infused with the scent of fresh-baked, chocolate-chip cookies.
It’s the brainchild of marketers for the California Milk Processor Board, who are hoping the captive crowds waiting for a bus will be enticed to go home and grab a glass of milk after they take a whiff of the artificial scent and are cued visually with “Got Milk?” advertisements to be posted in the shelters…
A weird new gadget that plugs into a computer's USB port will...
...concoct a new smell based on the current song that is being played on the radio. It uses 6 perfume compounds which are then mixed together to generate the appropriate smell...The colored lights will change at random intervals for a more soothing experience, while the solenoid valve within sprays just the right amount of perfume in the air for you to catch a whiff.
The Aroma Joule will be sold in Japan (source of all sorts of weird fragrance items) for about $430. (via ubergizmo, link found on gizmodo via davebarry)