Citrus Scent DEBUNKED!

So we really messed up on this one. Even we can have a difficult time with R and S Limonene! We appreciate your patience with this video and here it is for the final time. Rest assured everything in here is accurate and correct.

We messed up! A while ago we made a Facebook post about how the mirror-image forms of limonene create the smell of oranges and lemons -- but it turns out we fell for a really persistent myth. So we wanted to clear it up! Here's the lemony-fresh truth about the scent of citrus.

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Credits:
Producer: Kirk Zamieroski
Writer: Emma Hiolski
Scientific Consultants: Michelle Boucher, PhD Brianne Raccor, PhD Robert Shellie, PhD
Executive Producer: Hilary Hudson


Music:
Alandra Jones - Strike it up

Sources:
https://search.informit.com.au/docume...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...
http://science.sciencemag.org/content...
https://www.perfumerflavorist.com/fla...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...

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