I've had an idea for a scratch'n'sniff watch - instead of hands and numbers, you have a rotating ring which is divided into coloured sections, each section impregnated with a scratch'n'sniff scent that is appropriate to a particular time of day. The ring makes a single complete revolution every 24 hours, and passes underneath a second, incomplete ring which allows you to scratch the right smell at the right time. Different ring sets can be inserted and customised with smells that mean something to the individual user.
Obviously, there's a huge market for this in the homesick astronaut and experimental cave dweller market, and it will make me fabulously wealthy. My one problem is in creating a convincing sample - what smells to use for which times of day?
Obvious examples:
bacon-and-eggs = 8:00am ish
Gin and tonic = 4:00pm
creosote = 3:30pm (school home time)
Brasso = Mondays, 9:30am
Rubber = Wednesday evenings, 6:00pm - 3:30am, The Vicarage
What smells would you have, dear reader? |
