iPod Begets iSmell

Steve Hall

Nov. 01, 2005
1 min read

This ad, another entrant in the long line of Apple parodies, introduces iSmell, a new fragrance containing a “hint of apples and a whiff of Cupertino elitism.” It’s, as the headline says, “A new fragrance for the iPod generation.”

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