One particularly effective display shows how perception shifts . Press the top button, and you get a whiff of old, cold coffee, stale grounds in a soggy filter at the end of the day. Press the bottom button, and you get a noseful of real skunkiness, furfuryl mercaptan. But press both buttons at once, and the two unpleasant compounds blend together to evoke fragrant, fresh-roasted coffee.
— The new Museum of Food and Drink in Brooklyn features a number of smelly items in their inaugural exhibit, Flavor: Making It and Faking It. Read more at This Smell Synthesizer Lets You Sniff And Play Flavors Like Music at Popular Science.
Pretty cool! Thanks for posting. I’m so unaware if things going on in my own backyard. I’ll have to check it out since it’s close by.
Sounds like it is worth a trip!