Thu, Aug 13
|New Ipswich Library
Flavors and Fragrances
How do products become scented? What is flavor? How do we taste and smell? How does the structure of flavor and fragrance chemicals influence their function? How do flavor and fragrance scientists design unique scents for a specific purpose?
Time & Location
Aug 13, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
New Ipswich Library , 6 Main St, New Ipswich, NH 03071, USA
About the Event
Join our scientist friends for this fun exciting lab. In this lesson, students learn that humans can recognize more than 10,000 scents. Students practice recognizing scents by smelling different chemicals on scent sticks. They then learn how their body recognizes and interprets scents. The focus is on how the structure of the chemical causes the unique flavor or fragrance based on how it interacts with human sensory receptors. Students then use their initial research on the different scents to design a unique fragrance for a particular purpose. They present their fragrance to the class, including the name of their fragrance, how they created it, what product it would be used in, who their audience is and how much the product would cost.