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Bergere de France Aromalaine ~ scented wool yarn

Posted by Robin on 8 December 2009 35 Comments

Bergere de France Aromalaine

From Bergère de France, wool scented with Niaouli oil:

Aromalaine is a pure wool yarn embedded with microcapsules containing essential oil of Niaouli. Attached to the surface of the fibers, some microcapsules are crushed whenever you knit or wear the yarn…

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Scented calendar from Yankee Candle

Posted by Robin on 17 November 2009 42 Comments

2010 scented calendar from Yankee Candle

Yankee Candle’s scented calendar for 2010:

Perfect for the Yankee Candle® lover! Our 2010 Calendar (13″W X 10″L) printed on premium high gloss paper with scented pages each month…

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Tires that smell like roses

Posted by Robin on 16 November 2009 26 Comments

Only recently have companies begun assigning smells to everyday products: frangipani-scented sewing threads, tires that smell like roses. A paper soon to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research confirms the wisdom of this tactic, finding that scented products linger in the memory.

— From It’s the Scent That Tickles the Memory at the New York Times.

The aromatherapy mattress

Posted by Robin on 10 November 2009 32 Comments

The miracle of nanotechnology brings us the aromatherapy mattress, such as Magniflex's Lavender Comfort ($1,899 queen). But there are several makers and several available scents to be woven into the fabric of where you sleep: vanilla, rose, green tea and chamomile, for starters. The more you lie on the bed, the more the scent capsules break, which guarantees years of odorous sleep.

— From Mattress makers try to lure us into bed with fragrance, soy and more at the Seattle Times.

Scented jigsaw puzzles

Posted by Robin on 1 July 2009 26 Comments

Yankee Candle Jigsaw Puzzles

Yankee Candle and Hasbro have teamed up to create a series of scented jigsaw puzzles:

New YANKEE CANDLE SCENTED PUZZLES combine America’s Best Loved Candle scents with America’s favorite name in family games and puzzles. Puzzlers of all abilities will be “wowed” by the subtle pleasant scents of classic Yankee Candle fragrances…

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