Smell-o-vision

See also: Smell-O-Vision and smell-o-vision

English

Proper noun

Smell-o-vision

  1. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Smell-O-Vision.
    • 2022, Susan Stewart, “The Twentieth Century: Cinema, Haute Couture and Celebrity Scents”, in Common and Uncommon Scents: A Social History of Perfume, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing, →ISBN:
      At the end of the 1950s, filmmakers experimented with Aromarama and Smell-o-vision. […] Smell-o-vision followed soon after. This time the smells came from vents beneath the cinema seats. It was used for a 1959 film entitled A Scent of Mystery. At best failing to work and at worst making members of the audience feel ill, the experiment faltered and failed.

Noun

Smell-o-vision (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of smell-o-vision.
    • 1999, Nora Paul, Margot Williams, “Food Resources on the Web”, in Paula J. Hane, editor, Great Scouts! Cyberguides for Subject Searching on the Web, Medford, N.J.: CyberAge Books, Information Today, →ISBN, part I (Life & Times), page 25:
      So, until Netscape comes up with Smell-o-vision, reading about and looking at food on the Web will have to stave off those hunger pains.
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