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What Max’s World Smells Like

Published September 23, 2009 by Molly

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Now that we’ve covered the question of what the wild things smell like, we turn our attention to another crucial point of odorific reference: Max.

We’ve already bemoaned the fact that theaters can’t provide accompanying “smell soundtracks” to films. There’s nothing that would make the movie-viewing experience more vivid than waves of powerful corresponding scents. Just imagine smelling the warm supper to which Max returns after his odyssey! It would be totally transformative.

Anyhow, if this were possible, Max would probably be best summoned by the scents of books (to signify the doldrums that he’s destined to escape), the smell of crayons (a whiff of creative boldness with the appealing potential for vandalism) and a slight trail of Golden Delicious apple perfume, as a reminder that good things await the adventurer at home.

Technology: make it happen!