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bill nye scienceguy!
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As I understand it, the sensation of smell is caused by small amounts of matter leaving the body before being incident on olfactory receivers in our nose. Now, since the 'smell' has mass and it is leaving the body, could there eventually arise a situation where some body loses all its mass as 'smell' and ceases to exist?
Intuitively this seems correct, and I can point to my anecdotal evidence of books smelling 'stronger' as they age and deteriorating in condition, but if this is not the case then can somebody explain to me how smell actually works?
Intuitively this seems correct, and I can point to my anecdotal evidence of books smelling 'stronger' as they age and deteriorating in condition, but if this is not the case then can somebody explain to me how smell actually works?