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I seem to have overlooked the ability for some to be the master of the obvious. I was curious as to what others would conceive the smell of an item to be, disregarding the urge to stick their head in the oven to get a smell. If the Sun indeed did not have an aroma would we still be able to generate one
in our mind? Thinking of smells for celestrial objects was the base for a set of colognes and perfumes for the space challenged. How about a rusty smell for Mars, a dusty smell for the moon, and of course an earthy smell for Terra Firma. Any other ideas for the love planet Venus? Jupiter? Ice cold Pluto? That would be a good one for the X. :)
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Jupiter supposedly smells of methane, if you believe NASA.
Venus should smell like roses and chocolate.
Pluto, depends upon whether or not it's been raining. Like a wet dog. |
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Waug, I wasn't going to go there, 'cos I knew I'd get flamed. Thanks for taking my heat. |
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I think methane is odorless. Stove gas has a scent added so leaks are easy to detect. The odor from bodily gas is a result of other particles. |
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Anyway, Venus would smell sulfuric. |
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[Admin: I zapped "burn" and its biblical flame bait.] |
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I imagine the sun smells of ozone and grass and gasoline, no surprise there.
Venus small, distant, cold, like next-door hors d'euvres. |
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I imagine Venus would smell rather heavy (musky?), what with its dense clouds and all. |
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colognes and perfumes based on celestrial objects....not a bad idea at all. Jupiter should be a cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice thing.... Venus just stinks.... the Moon...well..it should be "cheesy". Mars, of course, would be overbearing and fill a whole room to the destruction of all other scents.... |
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Mars: Chalk and gravel tortured by cold.
Jupiter: New puppy smell
Other planets would probably smell of lightning striking, e.g., Mercury might smell the way a sanitary landfill does after a lightning strike. |
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centauri: methane may be odorless, but it is also a major component of flatulence. Based on UnaBubba's first comment, Jupiter would therefore would smell remarkably similar to (sorry, waugs) Uranus. |
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Methane is not the component of flatulence that carries the odor, however. But you knew that. |
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Is there an idea or invention here? |
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I think the idea is a set of colognes or perfumes based on
hypothetical smells of celestial objects. |
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Reensure: 'New puppy smell'? Gag! Slime, ooze, birth fluids and sweaty dog. |
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I think reensure means the smell of puppies about the time they go to their new owners (6-8 weeks) when they have a "sweet" odor and "puppy breath". Having become the proud grandma of more Jack Russells just last night (personal information added for centauri's enjoyment), I must say that I don't think newborn puppy is quite what reensure had in mind....at least I hope not. |
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<grin> I figured. But it wasn't -funny- like that. |
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