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  • Cheesemangeur
    +5

    I wanted to be a vet, later on as a teenager I wanted to create perfumes, then I wanted to be a translator or interpret.

    I still think I'd have loved to create perfumes, but my chemistry skills were not good for that.

    • drunkenninja
      +5

      Ever watch that movie perfume? He had a killer nose for good smells!

      • Cheesemangeur
        +3

        I did, it's a terrific movie! The book is even better.

    • bogdan
      +2

      This is amazing, I've heard anyone say anything like this. I actually realized I don't know all that much about how perfumes are made, maybe I should look into that as a curiosity.

      • Cheesemangeur (edited 9 years ago)
        +4

        It seemed so interesting! Sadly my high school was not offering this particular brand of science, and the only one near me who did was 2 hours away, so I just went for generic science in my high school, and then realised I was not very good anyway haha.

        Still, I could see myself in a lab coat playing with tubes and creating cool perfumes.

        • bogdan
          +2

          Well, that's disappointing. I was actually pretty good at chemistry in high school but it never crossed my mind that I could study making perfumes. Now I really need to satisfy my curiosity about the topic. Next thing you know, you'll be seeing me spam /t/chemistry with related posts.

          • pixelboot
            +2

            I went to college for pharmaceutical and food science, and had a semester focusing on analytical organic chemistry. Aromatics are sketchy and difficult. I have a lot of respect for anyone who could manage to do that as a career.