French Company Plans To Make Custom Perfume That Smells Like Your Loved One
Friday, April 24, 2015 - 14:40
in Psychology & Sociology
People find all sorts of inventive ways to continue the legacy of their recently deceased relatives. Some start charity funds; others hang on to photographs or old keepsakes. But as Katia Apalategui, a 52-year-old French insurance saleswoman, mourned the death of her father seven years ago, she was inspired to try to capture his scent in a perfume. She teamed up with researchers from the Université du Havre, who have also been working on distilling the human scent. Though no one has disclosed exactly how the technique works, one of the researchers said that all they needed was a piece of…