System and method for application controlled fragrance generation

A method comprising:

• in response to a first fragrance trigger from an application, determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, a first temperature needed to cause a first fragrance to be emitted from a fragrance cartridge, the first fragrance trigger associated with a fragrance that corresponds to a first image presented in the application at a first time;
• causing, by executing an instruction with the processor, a thermal element to heat the fragrance cartridge to the first temperature to emit the first fragrance during presentation of the first image;
• in response to a second fragrance trigger from the application, determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, a second temperature needed to cause a second fragrance to be emitted from the fragrance cartridge, the second fragrance trigger associated with a fragrance that corresponds to a second image presented in the application at a second time different than the first time;
• and
• causing, by executing an instruction with the processor, the thermal element to transition from heating the fragrance cartridge at the first temperature to heating the fragrance cartridge at the second temperature to emit the second fragrance during presentation of the second image.

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to at least:

• in response to a first fragrance trigger from an application, determine a first temperature needed to cause a first fragrance to be emitted from a fragrance cartridge, the first fragrance trigger associated with a fragrance that corresponds to a first image presented in the application at a first time;
• cause a thermal element to heat the fragrance cartridge to the first temperature to emit the first fragrance during presentation of the first image;
• in response to a second fragrance trigger from the application, determine a second temperature needed to cause a second fragrance to be emitted from the fragrance cartridge, the second fragrance trigger associated with a fragrance that corresponds to a second image presented in the application at a second time different than the first time;
• and
• cause the thermal element to transition from heating the fragrance cartridge at the first temperature to heating the fragrance cartridge at the second temperature to emit the second fragrance during presentation of the second image.