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  • A green circular graphic with white, bold text that reads: CHOOSE THE SMELL OF MZANSI. Awaken Your Senses.

    #TheSmellOfMzansi

  • A green circular graphic with white, bold text that reads: CHOOSE THE SMELL OF MZANSI. Awaken Your Senses.

    #TheSmellOfMzansi

  • A green circular graphic with white, bold text that reads: CHOOSE THE SMELL OF MZANSI. Awaken Your Senses.

    #TheSmellOfMzansi

  • A green circular graphic with white, bold text that reads: CHOOSE THE SMELL OF MZANSI. Awaken Your Senses.

    #TheSmellOfMzansi

Home has a smell: a fragrance that’s warm, embracing and instantly recognisable yet nearly impossible to define.

There’s a scent you will never forget.

Comforting. Familiar. Unmistakably Mzansi.

But what is it?

South Africa’s National Smell

South Africa has a national flag, anthem and flower… now we’re asking South Africans to help decide on our national smell too.
  • Is it shisanyama smoke from a weekend braai?
  • The ocean when the wind turns?
  • Fresh amagwinya on Saturday morning?
  • Moerkoffie before the house wakes?
  • Those first rains of the season?
Across the country, South Africans are sharing the smells that remind them of home — the scents that instantly take them back to the people, places and moments that matter most.
A hand turns marinated meat and coiled sausages cooking on a smoky grill.
Golden brown balls of dough being deep fried in hot oil, with one being lifted out of the pan using a wire skimmer.
A stack of neatly folded blue and white towels sits in front of a steamy, blurred background, suggesting warmth and cleanliness.
A muddy dirt road with deep tire tracks filled with water runs through a green grassy field, indicating recent rainfall.
Two cream-colored enamel mugs filled with tea or coffee sit on a rustic wooden surface, with part of a textured cloth visible in the background.

Catch the Campaign

The Amuco Smell of Mzansi campaign is now live across South Africa.
You can catch the campaign on radio, where South Africans are being asked to share the smells that define home.

Follow the conversation on social media (FB, Insta & Tiktok with links), where you can join the discussion and vote for the smells that remind you most of Mzansi.
You can also experience the campaign at selected mall activations, where we’re bringing the Smell of Mzansi to life and giving people the chance to vote for their favourite South African scents in person.

Keep an eye on our pages to find out where the campaign will appear next.
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Don’t Miss the Smells That Matter

Don’t let a blocked nose get you down.

You have a right to enjoy the rich smell of ma’s biryani simmering in the kitchen, or the spicy aroma of a lamb bunny chow opened fresh on a Sunday afternoon. These are the smells that make home, home. But when congestion hits, you miss them all. Congestion shouldn't steal your comfort.

Amuco 600 is a sugar-free effervescent mucolytic that loosens mucus and relieves nasal congestion. Just dissolve in water and breathe easier. Your favourite smell is waiting. Get back to it.

With its mucolytic action that thins and loosens stubborn mucus, Amuco helps you breathe easier and smell better. Sugar-free, effervescent and easy to prepare — just dissolve Amuco in water and let it get to work.
A tube and box of Amuco 600 effervescent tablets, lemon flavor, are next to a glass of water with a dissolving tablet. Text on the packaging highlights its use for mucus in the respiratory tract.
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Green circle with bold yellow and white text: SHOT, MZANSI. Now tell us... WHATS YOUR #SMELLOFMZANSI? on a light gray background.
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