France Has Scratch-and-Sniff Postage Stamps . . . That Smell Like Baguettes?

No one sends letters in the mail anymore . . . it’s still a fun novelty, but there’s no shortage of more efficient ways of messaging someone.

Maybe we’d all be more likely to mail things . . . if postage stamps smelled like FRESHLY BAKED BREAD. 

France has just released new scratch-and-sniff stamps that smell like a BAGUETTE.  The ink apparently has “microcapsules” that provide the scent.

The stamp also has an image of a baguette . . . decorated with a red, white, and blue ribbon.  It’s celebrating “Saint-Honoré,” the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs.  And generally, the baguette is a symbol of national pride in France.

(BBC / France 24 / Le Parisien)