Accords
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Action Figure
Newly opened action figure — ABS plastic off-gassing in a clamshell package from 1997. ...
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Scratch-Off Ticket
Silver latex coating on a scratch-off before you've touched it. The lottery ticket, not...
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Glue Stick
Elmer's glue stick cap pulled off for the first time. PVA adhesive, slightly sweet, and...
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Pink Eraser
Standard pink Pearl eraser — synthetic rubber and pumice, slightly waxy, the kind teach...
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Chalkboard
Slate board in a classroom that hasn't been properly erased since Tuesday. Calcium carb...
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Receipt Paper
Thermal receipt paper — BPA on the coating, fresh off the printer, still warm from the ...
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Rice Paper
Unprinted sheets of washi from a Kyoto paper mill. Kozo fiber, water, and the mineral o...
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Moon Dust
Apollo mission samples described it as smelling like spent gunpowder. Regolith, no atmo...
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Blown Speaker
Back of a Honda Accord with a subwoofer that blew out eighteen months ago. Burnt voice ...
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Champagne Pop
The moment the cage comes off and the cork goes — yeast, cold glass, CO2 escaping, and ...
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Club Fog
Fog machine fluid being vaporized in a hot venue at 1am. Glycol, the crowd's heat, and ...
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Ghost
Second-hand smoke in a room cleared out an hour ago. Tobacco, upholstery, and the faint...
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Diamond
There is no smell. That's the point. The absence so clean it becomes a presence.Notes: ...
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Gold Leaf
24-karat gold leaf being lifted with a gilder's tip. Metallic, almost tasteable, and co...
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Velvet Rope
The actual rope outside a club — polyester velvet, brass hardware, and the memory of a ...
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Liquid Silver Mirror
Back of an antique mercury mirror. Silver nitrate, old glass, and the oxidation that cr...
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Inside a Cloud
What pilots report smelling flying through cumulus at altitude — ozone, clean moisture,...
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Black Light
UV light in a room that's never properly cleaned. Phosphorescent white, strange mineral...
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Static Shock
The fraction of a second before the doorknob shock — built-up charge, dry air, and char...
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Cucumber Water
Pitcher of cucumber water that's been sitting at a spa since 7am. Green, clean, and inc...
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Fortune Cookie
The wafer before you crack it. Vanilla extract and egg, baked to a dry crispness, with ...
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Cereal Milk
The milk left at the bottom of a bowl of Froot Loops. Sweet, slightly artificial fruit,...
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Sour Candy Dust
The citric acid powder coating the outside of a Warhead. Malic acid, dextrose, and the ...
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Matcha Latte
Ceremonial grade matcha whisked into oat milk. Green, vegetal, slightly bitter, and the...
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Burnt Toast
The two seconds between toast and charcoal. The Maillard browning that's already happen...
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Peach Cobbler
Dish just out of a cast iron skillet. Overripe peaches, brown sugar, and biscuit crust ...
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Pecan Praline
New Orleans street praline — crystallized, buttery, and the specific toastiness of peca...
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Waffle Cone
Pressed waffle cone coming off the iron in an ice cream shop at noon, before the first ...
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Grape Soda
Grape soda from a gas station that keeps its cans colder than they need to be. Concord ...
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Bubblegum
The strip before you put it in your mouth — synthetic fruit, powdered sugar coating, an...
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Root Beer Float
Paper cup with a scoop of vanilla melting into A&W — cream, sassafras extract, and ...
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Cola Syrup
Undiluted Coca-Cola syrup used at fountain machines. Dark, medicinal, way more complex ...
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Sweet Tea Ice
Bottom of a glass of sweet tea after the ice has melted into it. Diluted, tan, and the ...
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Brûlée Crust
Ramekin of crème brûlée the moment the torch caramelizes the sugar crust. Burnt sugar, ...
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Silk Pillowcase
High momme silk pillowcase two weeks into use. The weave, a trace of hair oil, and the ...
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Shea Butter Skin
Unrefined West African shea butter applied to warm skin. Slightly nutty, slightly smoky...
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Nail Polish
Cap off a bottle of red nail polish. Nitrocellulose and ethyl acetate before the brush ...
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Deodorant Stick
The stick, not the antiperspirant. Waxy, slightly floral, and the smell of the applicat...
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Fur Collar
Vintage fur coat in a consignment shop — old animal, cedar closet, and the perfume of w...
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Starch Spray
Niagara spray starch on a white Oxford shirt being pressed with a heavy iron. Hot cotto...
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Raw Denim
Unsanforized Japanese selvedge denim, unwashed. Sizing still in the fabric, dark indigo...
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Baby Powder
Original Shower to Shower — talc and fragrance, exactly as it was in 1987. Powdery, cle...
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Lipstick Bullet
The waxy, slightly floral smell of a new lipstick before it touches anything. Castor oi...
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Warm Scalp
The warmth that comes off someone's head when they pull a winter hat off. Human, clean,...
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Pollen Cloud
Yellow pine pollen visible in the air during a two-week window every April. Dusty, slig...
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Peach Fuzz
The skin of a not-quite-ripe peach right at the stem. Downy, slightly green, and lacton...
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Wet Bark
Hemlock tree bark the morning after three days of rain. Dark, fungal, mossy, and older ...
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Green Walnut Husk
Fresh black walnut hull before it dries — green, tannic, and stains everything it touch...
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Watermelon Rind
Not the sweet flesh — the white part just inside the green skin. Faintly vegetal, sligh...
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Sauna Stones
Finnish sauna stones being hit with a ladle of water and birch essential oil. Steam, he...