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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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