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DURING a period of two months I have arranged thirty odours in order of preference on forty occasions. Unfortunately, circumstances did not permit of this serial arrangement at regular intervals. As was to be expected, the position in the series of the very pleasant and tho very unpleasant odours showed considerably less (if any) variation than the position of the relatively neutral odours. Fluctuations in the affective reactions to caraway oil claimed attention, as the median place in the series was found to be higher (fourteenth) after lunch than that before (sixteenth). A similar post - prandial preference, though not so pronounced, was noticed in the case of dill oil, which likewise contains carvone. Musk appeared to be experienced as relatively less pleasant after the meal. In the case of camphor, rosemary oil, menthol, sassafras oil, fennel oil, and a few other odours, no consistent fluctuations of this nature wore observed.
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KENNETH, J. Fluctuations in Affective Reactions to the Odour of Caraway Oil. Nature 120, 366 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120366b0
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