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Monday, March 3, 2025
Recommended Reading: The Forgotten Sense by Jonas Olofsson
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Interview with scientist Jonas Olofsson, author of The Forgotten Sense There are many things one can say about The Forgotten Sense: The New...
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Anatomy of a Tic Tac Orange Mint
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The orange flavor of Tic Tac Orange Mints unfolds like the experience of eating an orange out of hand. Flavor chemists want you to think of ...
Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ethyl Maltol Goes to a Cocktail Party
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Welcome to chemical anthropomorphism, where Ethyl Maltol attends a cocktail party, meets a candy bar, and tries to help cousin Maltol make ...
Monday, April 22, 2024
Falco Riot and Octyl Fora Go Missing
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Falco Riot, creator of Octyl Fora perfume, described the effect of his fragrant creation with a stale, twentieth century trope, “with Octyl...
Monday, April 1, 2024
Scent in Film: The Scent of Earth by Amit Dutta
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Scene in an Indian perfume shop from The Scent of Earth, a short film by Amit Dutta (2021). The film captures the essence of episodic me...
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