Four Figures for Good Nose
It was stated that in the Scent-mak-ing industry, in Britain,1 a trained and cultivated sense, of smell can command a f our.-figure income, states an exchange. But, it must be very keen to begin with, and; the training takes time. The blending of perfumes is an art, and the tiniest drop too much or v too little of any one of the elaborate" ingredients of a special scent, may spoil it. This is where tho ■ export' comes in. His nose tells, him at'once "whether a scent is right—or, if not, what it requires. Another expert who earns a living by his sense of smell is employed jby brewers to4 examine empty barrels'to-. turned to them.- He .can tell-by the smell whether, it is --safe', to put new beer into'a barrel,' pr whether it would spoil it. The 'sense of, smell -also plays a part in.'; tho wjne:tirade.' A< good nose is worth money;—jljough i it1 requires training to bcccjme marketable^ ■•'
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 123, 27 May 1933, Page 9
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165Four Figures for Good Nose Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 123, 27 May 1933, Page 9
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