AromaRama: The 1959 Cinema Smell System

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAromaRama. New York City, nineteen fifty-nine. Inventor: Charles Weiss.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGeese. Through the vents. Over the heads of paying customers.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBehind the Great Wall opened in AromaRama on December ninth, nineteen fifty-nine. It carried seventy-two smells, from incense to oranges.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSeventy-two. That's a subscription box, but you can't cancel it.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe premiere began with the TV commentator Chet Huntley slicing an orange, while the theatre filled with the smell of oranges.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the unboxing video was a man cutting fruit.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVariety called the race against Smell-O-Vision, a month behind, the battle of the smellies. I was asked to leave a Swiss embassy for less.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe smellies?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe New York Times called it a stunt with an artistic benefit of nil. Critics found the smells synthetic and confusing.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne star. Smells synthetic. Nobody can leave a review while holding their nose, though.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorScented cinema never caught on. The hall inducts AromaRama, with sympathy for the geese.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOnly review that held up was the orange.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe orange is hereby inducted with it.