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by carabiner 1711 days ago
I've thought about trying to simulate an outdoors awakening. With Phillips hue lights you can simulate the sunrise, then a smart thermostat for having the air become warmer. You could play bird chirping noises as well. Can't do much about making the air smell different in the morning like it does outdoors.
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You cannot smell while you are asleep Rachel Herz, professor of psychiatry at Brown University.

This is why we have smoke detectors...

you can definitely have one of those perfume sprayers, and there's bound to be lots of companies making a "morning woods" fragrance somewhere that you can plug in there
Opening a window?
Less helpful in winter.