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2007-10-21 16:05:14 · 6 answers · asked by nancy c 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
evaporation is necessary for the nose to be able to smell anything at all
2007-10-21 16:07:44 · answer #1 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It couldnt be liquid.
Most perfumes are mostly alcohol which evaporates faster.
SO the perfume would have to be a solid. Couldnt be water based or alcohol based. Which takes out most of them. It would have to be a solid. That would still have some evaporation effect. I assume this is a riddle, because its not possible.
The reason they an smell your perfume is because when the water/alcohol evaporates and goes into the air it takes the smell with it. No evaporation, no smell to your perfume. If they could really develop a perfume that doesnt evaporate, nobody would know. Because nobody would be able to smell it. How will it get from their arm to your nose without evaporation?
Might be the best smell in the world. But it would be impossible for anybody to ever smell it. It would have to leave where it was at, move up your nasal cavity and then your nerves would sense a smell. Not possible without evaporation.
To the story, it would smell like nothing. Because you couldnt smell it.
2007-10-21 23:11:58 · answer #2 · answered by financing_loans 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The statement is conflicting. If it doesn't evaporate, how come it lasted?
Besides, the reason why we smell perfume is because its particles diffuse through the air and reach our noses.
2007-10-21 23:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by JR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um, i thought that most perfumes smelled because they DID evaporate into the surrounding air.
2007-10-21 23:08:06 · answer #4 · answered by burnt_crawfish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea what could possibly be used to make perfume that DOESN"T evaporate, perhaps he meant it evaporates SLOWER.
2007-10-21 23:07:56 · answer #5 · answered by Tonya R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Will it cost 200 dollars for six onces ??
2007-10-21 23:08:42 · answer #6 · answered by sparkles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋