Why is food more fragrant when it’s hot rather than when it’s cold?

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Why is food more fragrant when it’s hot rather than when it’s cold?

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Smell is actually tiny molecules transported on the air, to get a strong smell you either need a molecule that the body reacts to strongly (like those in stink bombs) or you need more molecules. As you heat something up you give it energy and the energy can liberate the molecule either directly into the air or transported in water vapour.

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