In article <1154115759.004877.234780 at 75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, "Radium" <glucegen1 at excite.com> wrote:
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>>I am interested in how the same chemical can have such different odors
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It's not the same chemical. Caproic acid may not smell quite the same to you
as to someone else, but it will always smell the same to you.