Why can’t we record scent

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We have invented devices to record what we can see, and devices to record what we can hear.

Why haven’t we invented something to record what we can smell?

How would this work if we did?

\[When I am travelling I really wish I could record the way things smell, because smell is so strongly evocative of memories and sensations.\]

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Question to supplement OP’s question.

Would it be possible to invent a device that can record the chemicals in the air that we smell and give a breakdown of it — in order to replicate the smell? I.e. hold the device in the air after someone sprayed perfume and it details what chemicals it picks up and the ratios… i.e. neroli 50%, sandlewood 30% and so on. Or was that the actual question?

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