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May 11, 2006

The Fifth Sense in the News: Perfumed Oxygen Cans will be On Sale in Seven-Elevens In Japan

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Convenience chain operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Thursday it will start marketing two types of canned oxygen designed to help consumers alleviate or soften fatigue and stress.
The 3.2-liter canned supplements, named O2 Supli, provide an oxygen density ratio of 95 percent in relation to the container's volume, the company said.

Oxygen inside the container is sprayed into a transparent plastic mask which is initially attached to the can as its cap. Users wear the mask, whose other end is inserted into the spray's nozzle.
The canned oxygen products, developed with household products manufacturer Hakugen Co., will help refresh users, especially when they are driving automobiles or working at offices, the company said.

The products will be offered in two types with one carrying ''aroma'' sheets soaked with peppermint essential oil, and the other with grapefruit essential oil. The sheets are to be put near the nozzle to convey their fragrances to oxygen.

Both products will sell for 600 yen apiece. Seven-Eleven said it will put the products on store shelves in Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa on May 23 with their marketing areas to be expanded to all stores in the country on June

Article: Kyodo News, 11 May 2006 

Photo is from Healthoxygen 

May 8, 2006

The Fifth Sense in the News: Of Scents and Human Productivity

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Here is an article by Virginia Matthews in the Guardian of May 8, 2006 regarding the use corporations make of scents to encourage higher productivity in their employees; it seems to work:

 

Is the smell of cinnamon or sandalwood really capable of lightening the mood and productivity?

April 25, 2006

The Fifth Sense in the News: Olfactory Movies Coming Soon To Your Home



By the end of the year 2006, the French might be able to both view and smell olfactory movies at home thanks to a technology developed by AC2i. Michel Pozzo and his team are working on a small-sized scent diffuser operated with batteries and rechargeable batteries that will be able to diffuse scents controlled by codes from a DVD. To each scent would correspond a different code. These codes would be read by the diffuser through the Wi-Fi. This diffuser will cost approximately 120 Euros.

Since April 22, 2006, the Japanese are able to watch the last Terrence Malick movie, The New World, in special movie theaters equiped with globes underneath their seats mixing different scents based on 6 essential oils. The scents' compositions are downloaded from NTT Communication's servers to a local server.

In July of 2005, ScentAir had already been able to perfume the air with chocolate at the premiere of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Source: "Le cinéma se met au parfum" dated April 24, 2006, by Hélène Puel at www.01net.com


April 14, 2006

The Fifth Sense in the News: Fragrances and Public Space

An article from the Christian Science Monitor of April 14, 2006 about the restrictions regarding perfume-wearing in public spaces.

Where does 'Public Space" and 'My Space' Begin?

The Fifth Sense in the News: The Fragrance of Pine Forests

Here's a link to an article in the Guardian of April 14, 2006 on how the fragrance of pine forests helps cool down the atmosphere around them.

Fragrance of Pine Forests helps slow climatic change.


March 28, 2006

The Fifth Sense in the News: Carrying The Scent of Their Wives

"It's Good to Stare", an article by Craig McQueen in today's Daily Record detailing the biological and social reasons for which women are attracted to certain men and vice-versa:

Daily Record


March 23, 2006

The Fifth Sense in the News: The Rise of the Unisex Fragrance








In today's New York Times, Ruth LaFerla writes a story on a growing trend: the gender-free approach to perfume.

Scent of a Person

March 21, 2006

Scented Quote of the Day, from James Craven:







"Depth, warmth, an indefinable rounded quality (about the qualities of a good perfume) (...) A rolling smoothness about it, like holding an egg. It should satisfy all the senses and seem to have no beginning and no end. So many are jagged and rough. It should be adaptable to any occasion. And you should never be quite sure whether you like it: you should remain slightly unsure of it."

March 20, 2006

The Fifth Sense in the News: Everything you ever wanted to know about Lavandula Angustifolia


An article about the cultivation and distillation of the queen of lavenders, Lavandula Angustifolia, in the Drome Valley, in France. It reads almost like an ethnographic account.

Once, There Were Blue Fields

Article and Photo by Claire Ulrich


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