Lefty Limbo

I remember with fond recall the glorious days of the ’70s and ’80s, when I would receive these nifty little Scratch ‘n Sniff stickers from my grade school teachers as rewards for a job well done. They were actually a totally cool concept, and surely smelled like the item they portrayed, be it a bunch of grapes, a banana or even a slice of apple pie. The grape ones were my favorite, and their aroma lasted way past the lifetime of the sticker, whose surface I typically scratched away until the image was practically gone. So pungent was the smell, that often times I would get a whiff of that grape flavor just by handling the folder whose cover the sticker gracefully adorned. Just by writing that, in fact, I can conjure up that smell like I have the folder in front of me. That’s amazing.

Sigh. Yes, these silly stickers were a total hallmark of ’70s and ’80s childhoods, and I wonder how prevalent they are today. In homage to one of my childhood treasures, I’ve decided to make my own version of a smelly stickie—sprinkled, of course, with my own brand of humor. What do you think this one smells like?