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Appeared in the October 8, 2025, print edition as 'CBS Deal Smells Like a Gimmick'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Smells are a very important component of that experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

"We think the scent is more associated with their food. Smells nice… dinner time! That's the concept that we had in mind."

From Science Daily • May 31, 2024

Smells of spring: freshly cut grass, roses in bloom, the flowers on my lemon tree.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2024

A tube of Dr Pepper Lip Smacker, which tasted like the soft drink, kissed a bottle of “Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides



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