Smellory Always follow your nose

Smellory - the sensual fragrance game for people who can smell each other. It is a magical composition of art, play and scents with the aim of confusing the senses. The game not only resembles the name Memory, it also has almost the same gameplay. The aim is to find pairs and then put them away. But be careful: the fragrances cannot always be matched, even after several rounds of the game, some bottles simply "don't" smell like their fragrance!

Number of participants:inside

Minimum: 2
Optimum: 4-6
Maximum: 8

Age recommendation

from 7 years

Duration

approx. 10-25 minutes

Place

Seminar room with free table

Structure and procedure

The game can be played at two levels of difficulty. The beginner's version works with only 16 (supposedly) light fragrances, while the advanced version uses all 32 fragrances. The cards with the fragrance symbols are then laid out on the game board, with the bottles placed in between, revealing the name of the fragrance on the underside. Now the game is played by one player turning over a card so that it is visible to everyone. The player then takes a bottle, opens it at the top and smells it without him/her or the others being able to recognise the writing under the bottle. If the scent matches the open card, he/she can make a guess and turn the bottle over. If it is correct, the card is placed at the edge of the game board and the bottle is placed in front of the player - symbolising the points. If the assumption was wrong, he/she must read out the name under the bottle to everyone. Then it is the next player's turn. If a player does not know whether the fragrance is correct, the bottle is put back in its old place and the card is turned over again. When there are no more bottles on the board, the game is over. The player with the most bottles wins the game.