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IMO benzene smells like gasoline (and AFAIK is mostly responsible for its smell), but somewhat sweeter and more concentrated.

It's a different, "aggressive" sweetness than that of chlorocarbons, which to me are far more pleasant.

Too bad they're all quite harmful otherwise.






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