WITH SCENT-BASED ALARM CLOCK, YOU CAN WAKE TO THE SMELL OF MONEY(OR PECHES).

SensorWake promises to get you out of bed using pleasant smells such as coffee and croissants -- or, failing that, an alarm.

As sleepyheads the world over know, getting out of bed can be tough, and an alarm clock can feel like the enemy. The SensorWake alarm clock, now raising funds on Kickstarter, is wagering that people would rather get roused in the morning by pleasant scents than a screeching noise, and "wake up happy."

This isn't the world's first scent-based alarm clock; for example, Oscar Mayer created one that emitted the smell of frying bacon (personally tested by Crave writer Amanda Kooser). The bacon clock used a scent spray, whereas SensorWake uses a scent pod.

At the appointed time in the morning, your chosen scent begins wafting into the air, and the makers claim it will wake you up within 2 minutes a confident 99 percent of the time. That's based on tests they ran involving "over 100 people" in a nursing home, in which the inventor says a menthol scent woke people that reliably.