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ortusdux06/16/20251 replyview on HN

I do miss the smells of O-chem lab. It is like hearing a crips clear note played when you have only ever heard chords. I think my favorite was thymol, a thyme extract. Something I've smelled a thousand times but never in isolation.


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dekhn06/16/2025

I'll never forget bromine, fuming brown off whatever high school reaction we were doing that day.