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璈???蜇蝔晞???臬?瑁擐改??捱?澆?飛瑽?
???嗆除?喋?
Coumarin, which has a sweet odour 銝阡???擐????拚?撥??瘞?嚗銝?寥嚗蒂?? ??葆瘞?????賢?喲??扼誑?踵撠潔? (NH3) ?箔?嚗? 摰銝蝔桀曌餌??⊥????抬????訾??臬? (C6H12O2) ?臭?
蝔桀葆?瘞???園憿?
lengthen the lifespan of a fragrance as it avoids 銝???????????瘞??喳隞亦 撌??????? ??????瘞?????oxidation catalyzed by sunlight and heat. 曌餃?銝?閮?憟踝??? ??撣?瘞?????瘞??喋? 憒??脰 銝???撘???瘞? ?單靘??(C10H8)嚗硃瞍?瘞?靘?脰 (C7H8)???移
Chemists have been working to synthetically (C8H8O3) ?擐? (C7H8O) ?“?儔嚗葆?????湧?
replicate different kinds of smell, opening up ?除?喋?countless possibilities of scent applications. Maybe
someday you will be able to spray your room with 擐偌?虜??3 ?其遢蝯?嚗?隤踴葉隤踹??箄矽??隤踵??a fragrance that mimics the smell of your favourite 擐??釣??除?喉??望?敹急??????蝯?嚗葉隤輸?
food, or a scent that reminds you of your treasured ?函???????瘀??舫?瘞港蜓閬?瘞?嚗隤踹??刻?銝剛矽
childhood memories. The making of fragrance is a 瘨仃???[3]??creative craft combining art and science together.
??鈭箄??粹?瘞????拙??游???喳???雿蔭
?∟??舀??剜偌?征瘞???啣??澈擃???舫?瘞湛?擐? 頛澈?????瘨?迨憭???瘞湔蝵桀?唳飲?唳?舀?
?拙辣?瑞?ˊ?踝???見?舀?雿???賢???飢??瘞???銝??W?銝?撩???典???瘞渲?隞歇??4000 ????憭僑?風?脯鈭粹?? 19 銝???鋡怨ˊ????擐偌
????敺?勗之?芰??嚗?皞?蝢??靘??梯?蝑??抬? ?飛摰嗡??渡??潔犖撌亥ˊ??蝔格除?喟??寞?嚗???瘞?
隞亙??祇嘀???拙?瘝喟?粹?蝑?憟芣???[1]???喃??伐?擐? ?????賣扼?閮望?銝憭抬?雿隞亙?輸??渡?雿???瘞港蜓閬?移?偌??鈭??桃??瘞??????? 憌?除?喉??隞支??韏瑞?鞎渡咱撟游??嗥?瘞????喟?
鋆賡隤芣銝?蝯?????摮貊??菜?撌亥??? ?賊冗瘞?(H2O) ????(C2H6O) ?舀?撣貊?????其?
銝鈭?潮?瘞?????拍?皞嗅???瘞????貊蝝啣?嚗?
摮???嚗虜撠 300 ???嚗?隞亙??隞亙蝛箔葉
憌 [2]?摰脣??曌餃?嚗撒??閬箏?擃???
?臬?啗?剁??隞交????瘞???
雿?????? ???箝擐????????摮? Linalool, which has a floral scent
閰????嗉擐????拙虜?冽鋆賭?擐偌嚗
擐???摮?瘞??嗅祕銝衣???擐?
???拇銝蝔格??喳?銝??啁?銝ˊ??
References ????
[1] Thorpe, JR (2015). The Strange History of Perfume, From Ancient Roman Foot Fragrance to Napoleon? Cologne.
Bustle. Retrieved from https://www.bustle.com/articles/101182-the-strange-history-of-perfume-from-ancient-
roman-foot-fragrance-to-napoleons-cologne
[2] Helmenstine, A. (2017). All About Odor Chemistry. ThoughtCo. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/
aroma-compounds-4142268
[3] Nasa, S. (2015). How Perfume Works. How Stuff Works. Retrieved from https://science.howstuffworks.com/
perfume.htm
Further Reading 撱嗡撓?梯?嚗?
Turin, L. (2006). The secret of scent : Adventures in perfume and the science of smell (1st U.S. ed.. ed.). New York: New
York : Ecco.
Mattos, A. C. (2011). Scent as a medium for design: An experimental design inquiry
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