Last week's question: A New York matchmaking service has launched "Smell Dating," which allows users to find potential mates by sniffing swatches of their unwashed t-shirts. If a Hollywood studio was to make a romantic comedy about an aromatic couple that falls in love at first whiff, what title could it give the film?
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THE WINNER: Love, Olfactory
Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vermont
SECOND PLACE: You've Got Smell
Missy Cady, Bolton Landing, New York
THIRD PLACE: There's Something About Mary's T-Shirt
Larry Little, Bell Canyon, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
When Harry Sniffed Sally
Nancy Remar Smith, Fox Point, Wisconsin
Soapless in Seattle
Maurie Bosse, Oviedo, Florida
You Had Me At B.O.
Sarvenaz Zand, Mill Valley, California
Never Been Sniffed
Jay Russell, New York City
Bridget Jones's Laundry
Robert Pigott, Long Beach, California
The Musk of Zorro
Peg O’Neil, Bloomingdale, New Jersey
Aroma Mia!
Marsha Gregg, Madison, Wisconsin
Scents and Sensibility
Meg Gray, Indianapolis
Not Gone With The Wind
Bonnie P. Dalton, El Dorado Hills, California
Romancing The Pheromone
Kathee Douville, Eagan, Minnesota
Aromeo And Juliet
Jim McGrath, Napa, California
Smellbound
Michael Hirst, Davis, California
Nasal Attraction
Paula Walker, Mission Viejo, California
He's Just Not That Into Deodorant
Chris Henry, Brooklyn, New York
10 Things I Smell About You
Janet Harris, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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