Realistic Grilled Steak Dinner Candles Look Good Enough to Eat

Because Japan is famous for developing products long before we recognize the need for them, this is the steak candle from century-old Japanese candle manufacturer Kameyama. It looks like a steak dinner and smells like a steak dinner, leading me to question whether or not it really is a steak dinner. Obviously, I’m afraid I have no choice but to convince a friend to take a bite and find out.

The steak candle set, available from the Japan Trend Shop for $25, includes steak, potato, beans, and carrot candles, which are all “charcoal-grilled meat” scented. Are they the perfect candles for lighting in the bedroom to set the mood for an evening of romance? Probably not, but that won’t stop me from trying.

The steak candle has a burn time of about an hour and the vegetables about five minutes apiece. That’s not a very long time, but still significantly longer than it would take me to enjoy an actual steak dinner, with my personal best being before the waiter could even set the plate down on the table.

Scented Whipped Putties Are for Playing, Not Eating

Just in time for the putty/slime/goop trend to be over, now we have these Scented Whipped Putties from Vat19. The putties come in peanut butter, mixed berry, chocolate, and marshmallow scents, and cost $6 per 175-gram (~6-ounce) jar. You don’t get to pick your flavor though, Vat19 just sends you a random one. My mouth is watering already!

Now, why would you make a product that you’re not supposed to eat and put it in a jar that looks like it’s food and make it smell like something delicious? The product label says for ages 4+ but I’m 30+ and there’s absolutely no question I’m still going to eat some of that and get a tummy ache.

Now I know what you’re wondering, and no, it isn’t lipstick, my lips and nose are purple because of those Mr. Sketch scented markers and grape is my favorite flavor. Remember when you were a kid and you’d take the caps off two of them and just jam each one up a nostril? Those were simpler times.

[via Nerdist]

What Does Star Wars Smell Like? These Candles

Do you want your house to smell like Wookiee? What about Rancor? Worse yet, the inside of a Tauntaun. Well, thanks to these Star Wars candles, you can choose from 15 pungent fragrances based on the original trilogy and make your home smell… weird.

They’re offering three sets of five scents, each based on one of the three original Star Wars movies. I’m willing to bet these all smell terrible. Here’s a full list of the scents:

A New Hope

  • Wookie: Ever wondered what a walking carpet smells like?
  • Bantha Milk: (Or “Banther” as misspelled on the label) Love the smell of bantha milk in the morning?
  • Trash Compactor: Find out what was very nearly the last smell Luke, Leia and Han ever experienced
  • X-wing Cockpit: Perfect for playthroughs of Battlefront’s aerial combat
  • Cantina: Eau de scum and villainy

The Empire Strikes Back

  • Lightsaber Duel: Do you prefer the smell of the dark side or the light side?
  • Han Solo Carbonite: This smell is all Leia had to remember Han for a long time
  • Millenium Falcon: She may not look much, but she’s got it where it counts (the smell)
  • Inside of a Tauntaun: Thought it smelt bad on the outside? You’ve experienced nothing yet!
  • Yoda’s Cooking Pot: Yoda’s legendary Force powers are only eclipsed by his cooking skills. Smell it for yourself!

Return Of The Jedi

  • Rancor: The only way to smell a Rancor without ending up its lunch
  • Sarlacc Pit: Add a new dimension to your favourite ROTJ scene
  • Jabba’ Palace: Admit it, you’ve always wondered what Jabba smells like
  • Ewok: Do they smell as cute as they look? Let’s find out!
  • Death Star Destroyed: The sweet smell of rebellion

These are all things my nose wants to stay away from. They are really reaching with this product. Clearly, there’s only one scent the makers of these candles are interested in, and that’s money.

The Star Wars original trilogy candle sets are available for pre-order from Merchoid, ranging from a 5-candle set for $36.99 to a 15-candle set for $127.99.

[via Geeks Are Sexy via Geekologie]

‘Madeleine’ is a Smell ‘Camera’ That Captures Scents Instead of Images

Smell Camera

The Madeleine is a camera that’s as unusual as cameras get. Because instead of immortalizing memories by capturing images of it, it captures smells instead. The odor-capturing ‘camera’ of sorts was developed by designer Amy Radcliffe using technology that’s used in the perfume industry.

Amy explains: “The Madeleine works in much the same way as a 35mm camera. Just as the camera records the light information of a visual in order to create a replica The Madeleine records the molecular information of a smell.”

Here’s how it works: the source of the scent or odor is placed inside the glass dome that’s connected to the main part of the Madeleine. A pump then extracts and pulls scent molecules, which are then captured in a resin trap. This trap can then be sent off to a lab to be analyzed and maybe even re-created.

Amy dubs this concept as “scent-ography” and envisions this as an alternative way of recording memories, saying: “From manipulating our emotional well-being through prescribed nostalgia, to the functional use of conditioned scent memory, our olfactory sense could take on a much more conscious role in the way we consume and record the world.”

VIA [ C|NET ]

Smell-O-Vision on your smartphone: Scentee sends smells instead of texts (video)

Scentee ChartPerf lets you send odors by smartphone

The dubious ability to send odors to your pals just became a distinct possibility thanks to the Scentee app and hardware from a company called ChatPerf. Seen in Japan, it works by letting you load a liquid refill into the device, which is then mixed and dispersed into the air at the command of an included app. The company noted a few of the myriad possible uses, like sending a smell to a friend who also has the device, perking up a yoga session, helping you wake up or making a shoot 'em up video game more lively with the odor of, say, gunpowder. It's still a prototype, but the company hopes to bring it to market with a variety of different odors, and launch it for iPhone or Android devices. Meanwhile, you can sniff it out in the video after the break.

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