# Smell-O-Vision: The Criterion Collection
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 29, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731 "2011-07-29T14:17:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/1 "2011-07-29T14:17:39Z")
In light of the latest, critically acclaimed film “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D” (_Smell_ being the fourth dimension), which films would you amend from past, present or future to include at least 5 scratch n’ sniff odors?
Where in the film would they be… and what aroma?
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/2 "2011-07-29T15:59:51Z")
> [@cmyk](#):
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> In light of the latest, critically acclaimed film “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D” (_Smell_ being the fourth dimension), which films would you amend from past, present or future to include at least 5 scratch n’ sniff odors?
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> Where in the film would they be… and what aroma?
Carl Stalling says it will never work.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/3 "2011-07-29T16:17:38Z")
I’m going to mention a movie that should never be given the smell-o-vision treatment: **Trainspotting**. If you’ve seen it, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/4 "2011-07-29T16:29:28Z")
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
I’ve always wanted to know what a snozzberry smelled like.
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/5 "2011-07-29T17:28:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
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> I’ve always wanted to know what a snozzberry smelled like.
On that note, “Chocolat”, where we would not only get to smell said chocolate but also get a whiff of Johnny Depp. Yum.
Maybe “Apocaylpse Now”, as I’ve never smelled nepalm in the morning (or victory, for that matter).
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/6 "2011-07-29T18:19:34Z")
I haven’t seen it, nor never intend to, but I’m sure there’s some choice moments in the **Human Centipede.**
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### Author:  [@TimToyGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimToyGeek)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/7 "2011-07-29T20:46:44Z")
Similar to Trainspotting, I imagine a smell-o-vision version of Cool Hand Luke would not be all that popular. Unless you really liked hard boiled eggs.
I’ve never seen it with the scratch n sniff cards, but Polyester by John Waters had a smell-o-vision gimmick. And I believe that at least one of the smells was a personal odor from Divine.
Yeah, this probably won’t catch on like 3D.
Tim
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/8 "2011-07-29T22:41:19Z")
> [@](#):
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> I’ve always wanted to know what a snozzberry smelled like.
Why, they smell like snozzberries, of course.
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### Author:  [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/9 "2011-07-29T22:43:38Z")
The Scent Of A Woman
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/10 "2011-07-29T23:05:59Z")
**Jaws** would have 1) Sea water, 2) Blood, 3) Chum, 4) Quint, 5) Exploded Shark
And if you’re watching **The Wizard of Oz** this way, take a pass on the Poppies.
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### Author:  [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-o-vision-the-criterion-collection/590731/11 "2011-07-29T23:18:16Z")
Rashomon in smell-o-vision would be awesome. It would only have one smell, but a smell experienced by different people in the theatre in a mutually contradictory manner. 😃