MacBook Pro Fragrance Created

First time accepted submitter GreenPages writes "There's a new signature scent for Apple fans — 'the scent of an Apple product being opened for the very first time.' Created for an art exhibition, the special fragrance is not for sale. From the article: 'The scent created with Air Aroma for Greatest Hits encompasses the smell of the plastic wrap covering the box, the printed ink on the cardboard, the smell of paper and plastic components within the box and, of course, the aluminum laptop which has come straight from the factory in China.'"

Comments

Olfactory Distortion Field

[TaoPhoenix]

This article is going to spawn about 40 attempts at +1 Funny and another 40 Troll results.

Re:Olfactory Distortion Field

[radiumsoup]

I got a few...
"The new fragrance is called 'Smug'"
"There's a $249 charge for Apple Aroma Care to keep your smell refreshed as new versions come out"
"The first version of the atomizer will have a lot of features you never knew you needed, but later versions will drop those in favor of still other features you don't actually need at all, but will learn to rely on."
"The bottle and spritzer are not upgradable, but why would you want to change perfection?"
"Well, at least now I'll be able to smell a douchebag in advance so I can know when to take the next elevator."

It'd sell

[loftwyr]

Well, people buy "new car" smell fragrances so I can see people buying this.

another idea

[Spiked_Three]

I'm sure if there was a way to capture the fragrance of throwing money out of the window, the mac crowd would buy that too.

Re:Sexy?

[PrescriptionWarning]

Of course it would, the fresh chinese factory worker smell really does a number on the olfactory!

Re: Sexy?

[janimal]

My thought on reading the headline was that this was a scent that Apple would drop into their new laptops. Not a bad idea, I thought.
This reminds me of my first visit to the Abercrombie & Fitch store in London. They spritzed the clothing in there with their perfume. And the hot girls that helped me pick the clothes also had the scent on. The experience ingrained the smell into my brain as the smell of "sexy".
Smell association is a powerful device. If you got Apple fans to associate Apple gear with a specific scent, they would crave the product if they just smelled the store around the corner.

But the smell of plastic and aluminum? Boring.

Re:eau de solvent

[Reverand Dave]

No, it smells more like a pretentious hipster douche-bag. Like B.O., a tall half-cap-mocha-chino with fair trade organically grown beans, and Patchouli oil, with a hint of too tight jeans and horn rim glasses.