An inventor claims to have developed a new perfume that lasts a long time becaus

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An inventor claims to have developed a new perfume that lasts a long time because it doesn't evaporate. Comment on this claim. This would be impossible to make because the perfume would have to be pressurized in order to not evaporate. This product is sure to sweep the market making many happy customers. In order to smell something the molecules must evaporate and reach your nose, If the new perfume doesn't evaporate, it will not have an odor. A perfume that does not evaporate could be toxic since the molecules never leave the skin.

Explanation / Answer

All the perfumes smell by evaporating. The fragrance is created by the nose cells when they sense the evaporating molecules and sends the electrical signal to brain. Thus the basic principle behind perfumes is evaporation of molecules that will reach to someone's nose to sense it.

Therefore the answer is" in order to smell something, the molecules must evaporate and reach to your nose. If the new perfume does not evaporate then it will not have odour."

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