Of the Smells That Humans Detect

question 158

Multiple Choice

Of the smells that humans detect:

• A) "fruity" and "rotten" seem to be the two basic smells.
• B) "spicy" and "flowery" seem to be the two basic smells.
• C) "musky" and "putrid" seem to be the two basic smells.
• D) no smell seems to be more basic than any other.

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