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Licensed smell investigator!

Posted by Robin on 20 November 2013 12 Comments

Recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado. But that doesn't mean residents want the air to smell like a pot rally...And that's where licensed smell investigator Ben Siller comes in. A member of Denver's Department of Environmental Health, he's trained to use an olfactometer to determine if people are breaking laws that protect the purity of Denver's air.

— Read more at Denver's Smell-O-Scope Targets Marijuana's Skunky Scent at NPR. Plus, read more about the Nasal Ranger Field Olfactometer here. 

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: electronic nose, marijuana, olfaction

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  1. chandler_b says:
    20 November 2013 at 10:13 am

    I’m interested to see how the growing use of marijuana by mainstream consumers effects the fragrance world in the future years, more patchouli scents I hope!

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    • Robin says:
      20 November 2013 at 11:20 am

      Betcha more marijuana scents, although we’ve already seen a handful.

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      • chandler_b says:
        20 November 2013 at 1:39 pm

        I meant I wonder if perfumers will begin to take in to consideration the smell of pot, especially if they are creating a scent geared to college students-twenties group. Made me think about an article on here about cigarette smoke and older perfumes 🙂

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        • chandler_b says:
          20 November 2013 at 1:40 pm

          Not create something that smells like pot, but masks or blends well with it.

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          • Robin says:
            20 November 2013 at 4:31 pm

            Gotcha! We’ll see. No idea if more young people are actually smoking pot now than before.

          • engelwurz says:
            20 November 2013 at 5:59 pm

            Axe probably masks it.

          • chandler_b says:
            21 November 2013 at 4:31 pm

            I don’t want to even think about what axe and pot mix smells like!

  2. Kelly Red says:
    20 November 2013 at 11:32 am

    My husband and I just spent a long weekend in Amsterdam. I know marijuana is perfectly legal there but I have to admit, every time we walked by a “coffeeshop” and the odor wafted out my immediate thought was “oh, they’re going to get in trouble”. Too many memories of dorm living back in the late 70’s LOL

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    • Robin says:
      20 November 2013 at 11:54 am

      Ha, I remember having the same feeling there!

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  3. olenska says:
    20 November 2013 at 6:16 pm

    I totally read that as “licensed smell investigator Ben STILLER”. That sounds like the movie for me. Owen Wilson can play his nemesis and/or sidekick, a la Zoolander.

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    • Robin says:
      20 November 2013 at 7:43 pm

      Hey, that would be even better 🙂

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  4. Marjorie Rose says:
    20 November 2013 at 8:45 pm

    Ugh! Pot rivals cigars in totally-nasty-stinkiness in my book! Maybe there can be a resurgence of Victorian-style smoking rooms to contain the stench!

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