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Scentillations

Scent CGIs and Photo of Oh Cho-rim (Shin Se-kyung) and her Foster Father in 2015 Korean Drama The Girl Who Sees Smells

Take a sniff of a lemon. How would you describe its fragrance without: (1) turning to words indicating only the intensity or general pleasantness of the odor (e.g. aromatic, pungent, sensuous), (2) referring to the terms lemon, citrus or fruit, (3) comparing it to another object’s odor, or (4) employing a metaphor?

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