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What’s a cafe without beer, its share of morose drinkers, chips and fries so greasy you’d be better off drinking lard instead, and a cloud of cigarette smoke so thick and heavy it seems no different from a fog? Not much, says Dutch cafe owners who are still reeling from the effects of the July 1 smoking ban.
Trust the Dutch to be resourceful, though. Rather than take the ban sitting down, they got creative and ordered Geurmachines, the antithesis to EcoQuest humidifiers. These machines fake smells – a lot of them – and come in different prices and sizes, from small and cheap scent devices to giant smell-makers. With over 50 different scents in its repertoire, each Geurmachine can make any room smell of leather, new car, freshly baked bread, or – in the case of Dutch cafes – sweat, beer, and tobacco.
The one good thing about this odd, odd Geurmachine is that while it simulates tobacco smell, the smell it produces does not pose health risks or linger in the clothing of customers.
The world never runs out of surprises, and no, you don’t need to buy morgan dollars to run into any of them.
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Source: Dutch cafes use fake cigarette smells to create atmosphere after smoking ban
July 18, 2008. Telegraph.co.uk.