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  1. An Eau de Microbe for Every Memory

    by Janie
    It is terpenes like geosmin and many other molecules of microbial make that imbue so much of the world with scents. Commercial perfumes, too, are principally scented by terpenes and their derivatives and other molecules that are aromatic (aromatic both in the sense of...

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    #mircrobiology #geosmin #terpenes #smellmemory