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[i]In order to reproduce that smell, Moisseeff chose to detonate black powder in his own saucepans. After several failed attempts -- and a couple of scares -- he finally succeeded in "capturing" a burnt deposit. Then, once he had worked out what kind of smell he was looking for, this modern day alchemist set to work finding the right notes to complete the scent. A blend of metallic, carbon and sulphur notes combined to titillate the nostrils and the imagination. "This enigmatic smell reproduced from the descriptions of various astronauts evokes scents that we know like gunpowder and chimney ash, but that doesn't mean that we wouldn't find it on the moon", says Xavier Penot, scientific mediator at the Cite de l'Espace in Toulouse and the man behind the idea.[/i]
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