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question about flower fragrance
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. |
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http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jaco...olfactres.html
it is called habituation, basically our smell receptors get saturated and the brain turns them off for that smell, the receptors wont fire again for a while. the rose is continually putting out the odor has nothing to do with being smelled or not smelled by humans. Ingrid "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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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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" Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com |
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