I'd filled in an online questionnaire, and then submitted it to the Netherlands-based art and technology company EveryHuman, which makes both the tech and the perfumes. I then watched as three little bottles traveled along an automated production line, stopping regularly under different canisters of liquid, where the different elements of each scent were drip fed into the bottles. Once they reached the end of the line, they were packaged into a cardboard container for me to take home.

— Read more in A Robot Designed Perfume for Me. Now I Smell Weird at CNET.

The scent that I wanted to bring in was just a reminder that there was also this repellent. There was this rancid presence, which everyone had to pretend wasn't really there because it was the king. It seemed like such an interesting addition to all these sensory elements that [director] Karim [Aïnouz] was already using to create the right mood to perform in.

— Actor Jude Law on the custom fragrance he wore while filming his latest movie (remember?). Read more in Jude Law talks viral response to “Firebrand” fecal matter perfume: 'It was a very sensory set' at Y!Entertainment.