Apparently, Michael Phelps feels sexiest when he’s wearing his favorite cologne, L’Homme Yves Saint Laurent.

That’s funny, Mike, but I feel sexiest when I smell a swimmer with an Olympic torso doused in L’Homme Yves Saint Laurent.

People Magazine added an aromatic feature to its yearly Sexiest Man Alive edition so readers can scratch ‘n’ sniff at Phelps’ phecs. The eight-time gold medalist is dripping wet and wearing pants so low I’m fairly certain I see a few stray Phelps phubes (and here I thought swimmers went for the as-they-were-born look).

I couldn’t resist wondering: When will the technology come where I can go to Martha Stewart’s Web site and a puff of creme brulee-smelling air will emanate from my screen? Doesn’t it seem like there should already be an iPhone app for this somewhere?

So I made a list of all the sites I’d like to smell when computer scientists get to work on something useful, other than coming up with gaudy Gmail themes.

http://tastespotting.com

Indy.com Web producer Ben Neff says the idea of having all those smells on one site might be “pretty overwhelming.” But I can’t think of anything better than sniffing a prosciutto-wrapped turkey, avocado and swiss panini after a whiff of pomegranate-lemon bars. The photos on this site are so beautiful, I feel like I can smell them already.

http://www.virginiacandle.com

There’s just one condition: It has to be the smell of a burning candle.

http://www.wikipedia.org

Just think of all the things you could smell! Ever wonder what Ralphie May smells like? I know I do! What about the Civil War? And if you’re all out of ideas, you could Wiki Michael Phelps. We already know he smells good.

And, just for fun, a site I’d never, ever like to smell:

www.awfulplasticsurgery.com

As someone who’s learned to live with her Jewish nose and flat chest, I couldn’t tell you what plastic surgery smells like. But I’m guessing that botched plastic surgery smells like a mixture of the fetal pigs we had to dissect in senior biology and the black smoke that comes from burning red plastic cups.