Odor detection

>I am still surprised by the eagerness to blame this on anything else but
>your noses. I told you before that the chemical analysis of the scent is
>nearly 100% anise-oil. This is a pure scientific result. Now those who don't
>smell it obviously have a deficiency not those who do smell it.


As an undergraduate, I did some research into the heritability of the 
ability to detect the bitter taste of various substances.  For 
several types of these substances, there are demonstrably "tasters" 
and "non-tasters" and that the ability to taste them is genetically 
linked.

While I know of no scientific studies in this area currently under 
discussion (i.e. the compounds in aroid floral odors), it would not 
be unreasonable that similar mechanisms might exist.
-- 
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@wi.rr.com
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