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香りの科学

香りの科学

Do Different Toilet Fragrances Reduce Unpleasantness Differently?

A residential toilet study compared floral and herbal air freshener/deodorizers against simulated fecal odor, measuring unpleasantness and acceptability over time.
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A Nose Sensitive to Musk Is Not Necessarily Sensitive to Other Odors

A study of OR5AN1 links genetic variation with some musk ratings and muscone detection, while neighboring OR5A1 helps explain a contrasting association with β-ionone.
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Why the Same Molecule Can Smell Sweaty or Vanilla-Like

OR7D4 variants help explain differences in androstenone perception. Cell experiments and human tests connect receptor function with intensity, pleasantness, and detection.
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Does Coloring White Wine Red Change Its Aroma Vocabulary?

Professional wine reviews and an experiment with 54 enology students revealed connections between visible color and the words used to describe aromas.
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Calling a Peach Scent Food or Body Lotion

Labeling the same fragrances by source or use altered anterior cingulate responses, without a clear change in reported pleasantness or intensity.
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When Two Odors Mix, Which One Shapes Pleasantness?

Across 198 binary mixtures, pleasantness often shifted toward the stronger component, but exceptions such as vanillin complicated the pattern.
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A Hard-to-Detect Ingredient Can Make a Blend Easier to Notice

Very dilute acetic or butyric acid improved detection of maple lactone mixtures beyond independent-detection predictions within a particular concentration range.
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Adapting to One Odor Reveals Another Side of a Blend

Brief exposure to some components made them harder to identify in mixtures. A 2017 study also found that a shared smoky note could become prominent.
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Would Less Earthy Aroma Make Beets Taste Better?

A participatory breeding study found that both low- and high-geosmin beets were liked. Farmers, chefs, and consumers helped develop five new cultivars.
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The Molecule Connecting Truffle Aroma and Millipede Defense Odors

Separate original studies detected DMS in truffles and living millipedes. Dog-search experiments and millipede-emission analyses illuminate the difference between a shared molecule and an overall aroma.