There is nothing good about farting. They stink, end of story.

Most of the time you can only really appreciate your own scent, or at least that’s what they say…

Step up Christian Poincheval. A 65-year-old French inventor who has dedicated the past eight years of his life to making farts smell better…good man!

And guess what, he seems to have finally cracked it.

He claims that his Lutin Malin — which translates to “crafty imp” — line of pills ease digestion and “perfume” farts into smelling like roses or violets. Poincheval claims that his newest creation, just in time for the holidays, makes farts smell like chocolate.

Mmmmmm, chocolate smelling farts, and just in time for Christmas. Do you think I could request Lindt?

The best part of this whole story is how this man came about dedicating 8 years of his life to this journey:

“We were at table with friends and after a hearty meal, we almost suffocated as our farts were smelly,” Poincheval writes. “The winds were not very pleasant for our fellow diners. I had to do something.”

Can you imagine this man sitting at the dinner table with his mates, just dropping farts for a laugh?

Ah the glory!

Find out the rest of this quirky old man’s tale at Mashable