With this in mind, the UK's Heathrow Airport has installed a "Scent⁴ Globe" to try to cheer up departing passengers with a squirt of the exotic smells awaiting them at their destinations.

 

The globe, positioned in the newly opened Terminal 2, offers whiffs representing five nations -- Brazil, China, Japan, South Africa and Thailand.

 

"These specially⁵ created scents⁶ will give passengers traveling through Terminal 2 an exclusive preview of destinations that only Heathrow connects to [from the UK]," says Normand Boivin, the airport's chief operating officer.

 

So what do these countries smell like?

 

Design in Scent, the team behind Heathrow's globe rely on complex odor infusions⁷ to bring them to life in a nasal-compatible form.

 

South Africa's fragrance¹ "captures the adventure of safari⁸ with notes of tribal⁹ incense¹⁰, wild grass and musky animalics through the scent of Hyraceum."

 

Brazil "embraces the scents of its rich rainforest fauna¹¹ with a palette of coffee, tobacco and jasmine."

 

Japan "is brought to life through cool, oceanic tones with a mix of seaweed and shell extracts, green tea and Ambergris, capturing the essence of small coastal¹² villages so synonymous with the great Pacific Island."

 

China's features "mystical temple incense and subtle Osmanthus Fragrans flower" while Thailand's uses "an appetizing mix of lemongrass, ginger¹³ and coconut¹⁴."

 

Leaving aside the fact that the true scent of intercontinental travel is actually a warm blend of stranger's armpit infused with essence of brutally¹⁵ stewed¹⁶ airline food, pairing countries with odors is an entertaining idea.

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