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# We had an old chap for organometallic chemistry
who would present all sorts of compounds with little snippets like 'this compound smells of freshly-cut grass, which is usually the last thing anyone who smells it comments upon.'
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:20, archived)
# That's usually commented about cyanide
which smells of bitter almonds, but most people can't smell it until it is at a dangerously high level.
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:55, archived)
# I can't smell it.
I work with the stuff a fair bit as well. H2S is a dodgy one - when you can't smell it any more it's either a) dispersed and you're safe or b) at a concentration that means you're already going to die.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:58, archived)
# The smelliest lab at my university was the one working on novel bonding of pnictogens
(Arsoles!)
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 16:08, archived)