When diving into the charming history of Scratch N’ Sniff, we came upon this fictional line of literary classics from Indigo, updated with scents that match the mood and premise of the books themselves.

Sadly just an April Fools joke from last year, it’s actually a pretty brilliant idea, and we can imagine being drawn even deeper into a story thanks to the accompanying smells.

Below are some of the classics they re-envisioned with smells that would bring the stories alive.

Cover of 'Little Women' in the Scratch N' Sniff Classics series, featuring a green starburst announcement.

Indigo’s line of books featuring smells that accompany the storylines.

Book cover of 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott from the Scratch N' Sniff Classics series, featuring a pink background and a silhouette of a woman. The cover includes a list of scents like freshly fallen snow, pine, and flowers.

Little Women’s smells include: Pine and evergreens, crackling fire, fresh country air, and leather-bound books.

A book cover for 'Les Misรฉrables' by Victor Hugo featuring a purple background and a flag illustration. Includes a banner listing scents like freshly baked bread and candle wax, promoting Scratch N' Sniff Classics.

Les Misรฉrables featuring the smell of freshly baked bread, 1800’s French sewer, and candle wax, among others.

Illustration of a Scratch N' Sniff book cover for 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker, featuring a red background, a bat graphic, and a list of associated scents including musty tombstones, garlic, incense, blood, and damp caves.

Dracula’s smells include musty tombstones, incense and candles, blood, and of course, damp caves.

Cover of 'The Secret Garden' from Scratch N' Sniff Classics, featuring a green background, keyhole design, and a list of scents associated with the book.

The Secret Garden’s smells include garden herbs, earthy moss and soil, fresh ivy, morning dew, and others.

Cover of the fictional Scratch N' Sniff edition of 'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville, featuring a whale tail logo, and a colored background with scent descriptions.

We love Moby Dick, featuring the smells of saltwater and sea breeze, fish and brine, damp wood and sweat, and tobacco and pipe smoke.

Cover of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' from the Scratch N' Sniff Classics series, featuring scents like chocolate fudge, bubblegum, and cotton candy.

Charlie and Chocolate Factory includes fruity blueberry, popcorn, chocolate fudge, and cotton candy.

Images ยฉ Copyright Indigo.


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