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Trouble at the office? Try a perfumed printer

Choose from six fragrances.

Mike Yamamoto Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Mike Yamamoto is an executive editor for CNET News.com.
Mike Yamamoto

We initially feared that this item might be a joke, but then we thought it was just crazy enough to be true: a perfumed printer.

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And why not? We've already seen aromatic phones, fragrant USB drives and even lavender-scented keypads. There's no reason a printer can't smell rosey too.

Sagem's appropriately named "Zen Cube" can provide a sea of cubicles with full-time aromatherapy. According to Fareastgizmos: "The perfume is diffused upon each printing (or receiving of a fax), with the activation of the ventilation system. The warm air expelled by the machine slowly and steadily diffuses the perfume in the office via the Zen Cube, thereby creating a new workplace atmosphere."

You even have a choice of six fragrances in three categories--"soothing, purifying and invigorating." But if none of them is to your liking, you can always be the office loner and have your own "USB Fragrance Oil Burner." Incense, anyone?