[HN Gopher] French post office releases scratch-and-sniff baguet...
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French post office releases scratch-and-sniff baguette stamp
Author : bookofjoe
Score : 79 points
Date : 2024-05-18 15:49 UTC (7 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
| Waterluvian wrote:
| Is there some dictionary of chemistries that smell of certain
| things?
|
| I assume there's no baguette in the smell. It's just something
| that sufficiently tricks the nose combined with a graphic and an
| expectation.
|
| So if I wanted to make something smell like X could I look up the
| chemical recipe for that?
| bookofjoe wrote:
| Demeter Fragrance Library:
| https://demeterfragrance.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwo6G...
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| https://www.etsy.com/listing/1582658373/french-baguette-perf...
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| https://wicked-good.co/collections/fragrances/products/frenc...
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| https://www.fragrantica.com/board/viewtopic.php?id=7911
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| https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Fendi/La-Baguette-93162....
| Clamchop wrote:
| Often times, you can research the chemical composition of odors
| by searching for its name plus GCMS.
|
| The Good Scent Company is a free online database of natural
| materials, pure aromachemicals, and formulae.
|
| Issues of the trade rag Perfumer & Flavorist are available for
| free online and there will be content about GCMS, chemistry,
| and formulating.
|
| Basenotes is a forum for amateur perfumery that may have
| relevant conversation.
|
| And there are the manufacturers of chemicals used in fragrance
| and flavors: Givaudan, IFF, Firmenich, Symrise, and others.
| Their catalogues and the vendors that sell them (some even in
| small quantities) can be valuable resources just for exploring
| the space.
| jfengel wrote:
| They can give you the basic recipe, but the full formula varies
| from application to application. Some molecules won't stand
| acid, or soap, or heat, so you need to work around it. It's
| rarely just one or two molecules, except in extremely cheap
| things, and it will need dozens of support flavors to get the
| right result.
|
| The specifics are closely guarded secrets, because of the weird
| way the industry pays for research and manufacture.
| michaelsbradley wrote:
| Maybe Sweden will follow up with the surstromming stamp.
|
| "In a surprise development in the early 21st Century, every
| country's mail began to have a distinct odor..."
| eastbound wrote:
| I have 19 stamps that I bought in 2019 and can't find any
| opportunity to use.
| usr1106 wrote:
| Is postcrossing still a thing?
| AlbertCory wrote:
| Iceland to follow with hakari.
|
| Malaysia and/or Indonesia with durian.
|
| Italy with pizza, of course.
| eastbound wrote:
| Sweden with surstromming.
| bostik wrote:
| Would be particularly hilarious as air mail stamp.
| cricalix wrote:
| Shades of the cabbage stamps from Ankh Morpork, though those ones
| caught fire..
| Loughla wrote:
| Honestly, the industrial revolution series of books taught me
| more about economics than my undergraduate econ class did.
| sofixa wrote:
| It seems like a fairly small run (600k stamps), I hope that's not
| all.
| agumonkey wrote:
| Wait for the warm butter croissant variant.
|
| That said, I don't know how french post is dealing with their
| core business these days. And this move smells like a dead-end
| phase.
| fiforpg wrote:
| Me, I'd go for the smelly cheese option.
| fransje26 wrote:
| > That said, I don't know how french post is dealing with their
| core business these days.
|
| Badly. It got to the point that post simply disappears, never
| to be seen again.
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