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Company Makes Fake Cigarette Smells for Smokeless Bars

Posted by samzenpus on

If you're like me, your favorite part of the bar is the layer of cigarette stench that coats the walls, seats, air and eventually your clothing. It seems the Dutch agree. Rain Showtechniek, a Dutch company that specializes in stage effects, has created a machine that reproduces that wonderful bar smell we all love. "There is a need for a scent to mask the sweat and other unpleasant smells like stale beer. People find that smells such as Mocha coffee, Havana cigars or cigarettes can be about good moods and different ideas of living well" said Erwin van den Bergh, a spokesman for the company. The machines come in various sizes and prices, ranging from the giant £3500 model for exhibition halls to the smaller cafés machines, priced at £440.

5 comments

  1. Eew by EkriirkE · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I avoid smokers because of the smell, not the carcinogens! Honestly I don't care about the 'side effects', its just that godawful smell.

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  2. Thats Smoking! by reeeh2000 · · Score: 1

    I wonder how long it will take till we see legislation against this. I'd like to see if they could get it through since the fake smell is not bad for your health. If it goes through, it would show that people are more interested in the bad smell than the bad health effects.

  3. although by Haxx · · Score: 1

    I agree that without the smell of burning carcinogens, a bar would smell much different. I do not believe that people want that smell back. Anything else would be much better. This company will be dead in 24 months. This review would have you believe that there is a need for such a device. I doubt that there is.

    1. Re:although by MRe_nl · · Score: 1

      It's not that most people want that smell back, it's the odours that become apparent once that smell is gone. Old beer, old B.O. & Old Spice would be much better?

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  4. Potpourri by Random+Q.+Hacker · · Score: 1

    Why would you pay a bunch of money for a burnt tobacco smell, when you can just use pipe tobacco like potpourri?

    Anyone who has ever been in a smoke shop knows tobacco smells much better before it is burnt! (If only it gave a buzz that way!)