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What is a scent? Rather, how is it structured physically and what makes it distinguishable?
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This is a bit hard to word right, but I think I'm asking what is it physically composed of? Is it a property of a particle? How can a nose tell the difference between odors?
Eyes seem a bit more straightforward for some reason but I oddly never thought about how we process smell.
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