Why do some gasses have an odour while others are odourless?

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Why is it you can smell sulphur but you can’t smell nitrogen or oxygen?

And why does the air around some hot appliances have a distinctive odour. I can smell that my clothes iron is hot.

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I believe it’s because some interact with chemical receptors in our noses while others don’t.

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