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Smells Like Noon
And you know what that means right? LUNCHTIME! Everyday at noon butterflies flutter around this clock called “Scent of Time” because they’re drawn to the sweet smell of roses in bloom. Lets extend that concept further by allowing you to designate what each hour smells like via tiny fragrance capsules. Once you train your brain to the hourly smells, you’ll be able to gauge the exact hour of the day. Mmmm 7 AM smells like toast and eggs. YUMMY!
Designer: Hyun Choi
14 Comments »
Eric says
Interesting concept, I like the idea of using another sense to tell time. I might forget what hour was what if I’m trying to change them all the time though. It would force me to look at a clock still simply cause this one doesn’t let you ‘see’ it as well. 4 clock telling senses down, taste to go…
coldarchon says
this is 263 years old, done by Carl von Linné ..
Eric says
Yes but this makes the system more precise than flowers opening up on the hour, and the option to swap out scents for those other than flowers. They may have been inspired by it, but they created a self contained, scent telling clock with options.
coldarchon says
more precisely by smell? wrong attribute for this way to perceive time.
and you don´t release any remarkable scent by toast crumbs, only if this clock is right in your face ..
Eric says
Carl von Linné’s clock was a garden based on flowers opening up on the hour. Yes this will be more precise because it releases the scent on the hour, exactly. And I fully agree with you, holding a capsule over toast wont fill your house with toast smell a few hours later… That needs some work, but telling time by smelling is still just as intriguing as it was 263 years ago.
coldarchon says
the point is it doesn´t need to be precise. if it´s visual or audio input it needs to be precisely. if it´s smell it´s definetely the wrong attribute for this way to perceive time ..
brady says
I think this is really interesting. I’d love it if I didn’t have to rely on my watch to tell time…but rather just take a big whiff
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