Has Christmas come early? Well maybe if you like sprout!

A Frenchman has developed a range of pills aimed at making people’s flatulence smell sweeter! And you get to chose your preference - chocolate or of roses.

The 65-year-old artist and inventor says his pills are aimed at easing indigestion and digestive ailments. He has made his magic beans with 100 percent natural ingredients such as fennel, seaweed and blueberries.

They retail at €9.99 euros for a jar of 60 and bring benefits such as “the reduction of gas and bloating.”

Mr Poincheval said he came up with the idea for the pills one evening when he was enjoying a hearty meal with some friends.

“Our farts were so smelly we were nearly suffocated. Something had to be done,” he said.

Well they do say that necessity is the mother of invention.