Timeless Smell Archive

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  • BBC_ChildrenInNeed_CoverFront.jpg

    Scratch-and-sniff book for the special broadcasts around the BBC Children in Need Appeal charity event (November 24-27, 1995). The booklet features illustrations with 40 screen printed odors, including: Noel's House Party (6), Sherlock Holmes (6), Children in Need (8), Jim Davidson's Generation Game (6), Blue Peter (4), and A Nose Through Nature (10).
  • Image_front.jpg

    Photograph of Kathy Sherman smelling the odors that accompanied the scented film at Chicago's Borg-Warner Science Hall (1965).
  • FleischmannsAd.jpg

    Advertisement for Fleischmann's Distilled Dry Gin in the Child's Play (1970) playbill. The ad included one stickered odor.
  • BtGW_Poster.jpg

    Lithograph poster for Behind the Great Wall (1959). This document seems to be for the non-odorized version.
  • LivingSingle_01_Front.jpg

    Aroma-Vision (scratch-and-sniff) cards for the television premiere of Living Single "She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother" (1994). There are 4 cards part of the Fox-O-Rama promotional partnership with 7-Eleven convenience stores; each card features a screen-printed odor.
  • 3M_Licorice_Sample.jpg

    Scratch-and-sniff sample for 3M's licorice microfragrance. Number reads "ED050382-023".
  • SOPHIEcard.jpg

    Fan-made scratch-and-sniff card in tribute to SOPHIE presented as part of the SOPHIEfest raffle (2021). The card could be used in conjunction with a playlist or a performance video.
  • AromaRama Booklet-1.jpg

    Booklet on the AromaRama process in Behind the Great Wall (1959). The document includes photos from the film, the list of odors and their descriptions, and some additional texts on the use of smell in the film.

    This is the first version I found, which has 6 less pages than the second version I came across.
  • LaMuragliaCinese_TowaFilm_01.jpg

    Booklet from Towa Film presenting Leonardo Bonzi's La Muraglia Cinese (1958), which would later be adapted in the US for Aromarama as Behind the Great Wall (1960).
  • Polyester_B_Front.jpg

    Odorama (scratch-and-sniff) card for the special broadcast of Polyester (1981). The card features 10 stickered odors. Unsure which year or where this card was specifically given.

    You can view a compilation of the odor cues here.
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