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Perfume on the skin may soon be a thing of the past. While some companies have developed nano-porous material's clothes to make deodorant unnecessary another company is in the process of developing a capsule that utilizes the bodies' mechanisms to emit a perfume like fragrance.
Swallowable Perfum based out of Amsterdam is the brain-child of artist Lucy McRae who says that "Swallowable parfum ... is a digestible scented capsule that breaks entirely new ground in the science of human instinct." Swallowable Parfum is a capsule that enables the human skin to emit a genetically "unique scent" that reflects who we are, and how we view our identities.
According to the company the capsule enables the skin to become a platform, an atomizer. A biologically enhanced second skin synthesized directly from the natural processes of the body. Fragrance molecules are excreted through the skins surface during perspiration, leaving tiny droplets on the skin that emanate a unique odor.
The human body has enzymes that metabolise fat in a series of steps that free lipids and lipid-like molecules from their scaffolds. Swallowable Parfum takes advantage of these natural enzymes found in our bodies to release fragrant molecules from larger structures. Subsequently, the liberated fragrant molecules are excreted through the skin’s surface during perspiration.
The strength of scent is determined by the individual’s acclimatization to temperature, stress, exercise and even sexual arousal. McRae and Mansy are still in the research phase of the creation of Swallowable Parfum.
The potency of scent is determined by each individual’s acclimatization to temperature, stress, exercise, or sexual arousal.
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That sounds a bit crazy.
Can you imagine falling in love or even in sex with someone because of the scent this pill brings forth. Then later that person cannot afford the capsules any longer? Or maybe the FDA says no more they arent safe. So they are taken off the market.
Do you suddenly wake up smelling something next to you, you simply can't handle? That would be not only totally awkward but gross.
What will they think of next?