In article .com,
"whatever" wrote:

Hello. I wonder if anyone can answer a possibly dumb question - it's a
matter of settling a dispute. Does a frequently sniffed flower have
less
fragrance than one that is not sniffed? A friend of mine insists that
roses at a convenient height for smelling always smell less intense
than
ones that you have to go out of your way to smell. He thinks that with
each sniff, some of the fragrance disappears and is not replaced. I
don't
agree. If anyone has any knowledge (or even an opinion) about this, I'd
be interested in hearing it. Thanks in advance.

That's so funny. Ask your pal if an often-smelled cat turd also gets its
odor sucked out of it by noses.

-paghat the ratgirl

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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