Smellograph

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Last night Chloramphenicol 250mg - 60 pills we watched a movie with friends till the early morning hours, had lots of sugar and a big cup of coffee.  So all the elements were there.  The random thought it produced was this:  we have an instrument that captures some of the different senses like sight (photograph), sound (phonograph) but all the other senses are getting left out in the cold!

Why do we not have something like a touchograph that captures the tactile feeling we get when we touch something.  Don’t we want to remember what things from our past felt like?  Or do we want the sands of time to just cover up these things?

Or how about a smellograph.  Don’t you want to remember what your granny’s house smelled like when she was baking cookies?  Or how about the smell of the outdoors right before rain?  Granted, there are some smells that you might not want to capture but there are also pictures that are better left uncaptured.  But some just might be funny to bring back up.  The conversation might go something like this:

“Do you remember that time?”

“Ewwwwwwww!”

“Remember??  That was hilarious!”

I know we have candles and those fragrance plug-in thingies but those just create a commercialized smell of gingerbread or leaves.  I am talking about specific smells.  I just think we are passing up the opportunity to capture the entire experience.  What gives?

Brian