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May 20, 2011

Future Clothes Could Use Engineered Scents to Change Mood and Enhance Memory

These futuristic clothes stink. No, literally — they smell, and they do so in a way that may forever change your relationship to fashion. Wired to emit specially designed aromatherapy fragrances that can alternatively evoke memories, enhance alertness or increase calmness, the concept of a wardrobe dubbed Smart Second Skin apparel could radically transform your daily sensory environment into a tool for fighting Alzheimer’s disease or simply changing moods.

Speaking at the Humanity + Transhumanism conference held here last weekend, Jenny Tillotson, a senior research fellow in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of the Arts, London, detailed how a scent-augmented wardrobe could alter the wearer′s mind for the better.

Future Clothes Could Use Engineered Scents to Change Mood and Enhance Memory - Yahoo! News

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