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Something Whiffy This Way Comes

illustration of a nice two-story house with wavy cartoon smelly lines wafting up

oneirodynia asked about their persistent, shifty, Mystery House Smell, and answerers have offered an alarming number odorific tips, including sol's experiences with sewer or waste water/drain pipes and a great link to a related article (see the Metafilter post on Man Called Fran, the best article on forensic plumbing you ever likely to read), and samthemander's link to their own successful obnoxious odor outcome. Our noses await new news on this one!

04/08/24
by taz

Olfaction Reaction Expansion

ποντίκι / μυς, mouse (Mus musculus) by George Shuklinποντίκι / μυς, mouse (Mus musculus) by George Shuklin by dullhunk (cc by)

... this is cool, important, and well done research. But as in most cases, we should be cautious in making assumptions about how broadly it applies

biogeo offers an outstanding, detailed backgrounder in the Turning off intergenerational trauma in mice thread.

11/11/19
by taz

Apartment AromaTherapy

Top view of lilac flower in a plate. Spring concept.Top view of lilac flower in a plate. Spring concept. by wuestenigel (cc by)

We are a fam of 4 living in an apartment on the first floor of a two story building with two cats in NYC, and we don't get a lot of ventilation...

In Ask Metafilter, RajahKing asks, "Beyond the basics of keeping our apartment clean," how do I make my apartment smell fresher and better?. DSime (among others) has answers.

08/11/18
by taz

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