New Smell Discovered

Sile

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Scientists have discovered a new smell, but you may have to go to a laboratory to experience it yourself.
The smell is dubbed "olfactory white," because it is the nasal equivalent of white noise, researchers report today (Nov. 19) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Just as white noise is a mixture of many different sound frequencies and white light is a mixture of many different wavelengths, olfactory white is a mixture of many different smelly compounds...Perhaps the next burning question is: What does olfactory white smell like? Unfortunately, the scent is so bland as to defy description. Participants rated it right in the middle of the scale for both pleasantness and edibility.

http://news.yahoo.com/smell-discovered-200950214.html

karasti

Hm. It reminds me a lot of what an outhouse smells like, unfortunately. No matter where you go, they are all the same. or landfills.

MaryAnne

I'm trying to figure how they got funding for this olfactory white research... and what practical use there is for it now that it's found!

lamaramadingdong

I heard it smells like chicken...

zenff

White noise is found to be effective in improving the mood and performance of workers by masking background office noise.

This new odor (the nasal equivalent of white noise) could be used to mask the background smell of colleagues.

footiam

I wonder if those scientists have found themselves!