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5 smells that are about to disappear

The smell is the sense that has more evocative power .The smells are capable of bringing from our memory endless memories.If for example we are far from home and the aroma of a softener is the same as our mother used, we will immediately be immersed in a lot of images that will take us back to our home in an instant.This close relationship between memory and smell is continually given although sometimes we do not realize.However, the current world, for various reasons, is making disappear some aromas that have been part of our environment.Here you have 5 smells that are about to disappear or they have practically disappeared already.

5 smells that are about to disappear

1.Burnt leaf litter smell

This smell was an unequivocal sign that we were in autumn .Many people in their gardens piled up the fallen leaves and then I lit them fire .You went out into the street and suddenly that delicious aroma of bonfire surrounded you .In most countries that is no longer possible .

5 smells that are about to disappear

regulations prohibit the lighting of these homemade fires, in some cases due to contamination and in others due to the danger of fire.

2.Marker smell

The markers began to be used in the 50s .The composition of his ink was almost the same until 1990 and included a mixture of solvents (xylene and toluene) which, due to their toxicity , were substituted by others based on alcohol .

5 smells that are about to disappear

That first ink emanated a very characteristic efflux that was not at all displeasing Dable.If by chance we were to smell it again, surely, to those of us who were children between those years, it would make us go back to our school time.

3.Smell of fulminants

Do you remember those toy guns that worked with fulminants ? They were small loads of powder and sulfur that made children's games more real and years ago that were banned because of the dangers they entailed.However, the smell of those triggers stay alive in our memory.

4.Smell of a new car

For a long time the new cars olian intensely to "new" .The elements of the room gave off a intense smell that came from the plastic gases , synthetic materials and chemical additives with which they were made.

5 smells that are about to disappear

In 1995 they analyzed the volatile compounds of a new car and found more than 50.Some of them harmful to health.Today even though a new car smells something, it is not comparable to the smell of yesteryear.

5.Chalk powder smell

The chalk dust smell that emanate and emanate the classrooms is one of the smells that are about to disappear .The classic blackboards are being replaced by electronics .

5 smells that are about to disappear

Chalk dirties and causes allergy in many people and will gradually impose the new technology.

What other smells do you remember and Have they disappeared or do you think this is among the smells that are about to disappear? Share it with us!

If you have been interested in this article, you may want to know more curiosities about smell and smells.

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