Some of the most toxic household chemicals are the pretty fragrances in perfumes and cleaners. They might smell like delicate flowers, but most of these scents originated in a lab. If you have an interest in organic chem, you might enjoy mixing up some scented potions of your own. A website called "Making an Ester" has a useful table of potions. Did you know you can make banana scent by mixing pentanol and acetic acid? How about mixing benzanol and acetic acid to make jasmine-scented benzyl acetate?See More About:
Some of the most toxic household chemicals are the pretty fragrances in perfumes and cleaners. They might smell like delicate flowers, but most of these scents originated in a lab. If you have an interest in organic chem, you might enjoy mixing up some scented potions of your own. A website called "Making an Ester" has a useful table of potions. Did you know you can make banana scent by mixing pentanol and acetic acid? How about mixing benzanol and acetic acid to make jasmine-scented benzyl acetate?Explore Chemistry
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