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joon.yuzu

Seattle · member since September 2026

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Software tester in Seattle. I like fresh, bitter, green things: yuzu, green tea, grapefruit peel. I keep a spreadsheet of everything I smell, which says a lot about me.

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Decanting fragrance for a flight: what worksTL;DR: small refillable atomizer, in a zip bag, in the carry-on. Flying to my sister's for the holidays, so the packing… Red coffee cherries and green beans drying in the sun on racks in Costa Rica Coffee versus cocoa in my smelling spreadsheetTL;DR: coffee and cocoa both get their smell from the roaster, and my nose still mixes them up. Rainy Seattle Saturday… Where citrus sits: French families versus the wheelTL;DR: citrus is a family of its own in the French classification but only a subfamily on the Fragrance Wheel. - the… Read: a meta-analysis on smell trainingTL;DR: training your nose does seem to work, with caveats. Read this on the bus: an open-access meta-analysis on… A spreadsheet of what my friends already wearTL;DR: before buying anything, I logged what six friends already wear. Taken from scarves, coats and the odd hug, no… Hills covered with tea plantations around a mountain lake in Kerala Green, black and oolong tea side by sideTL;DR: green, black and oolong tea brewed side by side smell like three different materials. - green: cut grass, a bit… Two lemon halves on a dark glossy surface that mirrors their flesh Four citrus peels, eyes shut, two rightTL;DR: I blind-tested myself on four citrus peels and got two right. Setup, if you want to copy it: - four peels… Cardamom and vanilla on strips, checked all dayTL;DR: the cardamom strip was gone by dinner, the vanilla was still there at breakfast. Did the blotter exercise from… Peeled pomelo segments with translucent juice vesicles on black, with two seeds Yuzu, lime and grapefruit peel, smelled blindTL;DR: three peels, blind, and I only got the grapefruit right. Setup, if you want to copy it: - one yuzu from the… Three yellow yuzu fruits on their tree among the leaves and thorny branches Why my yuzu leaves and the musk staysTL;DR: it's the molecules, not my skin. Read Wikipedia's page on top, middle and base notes last night. It ranks…

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What makes a smell read as clean?Often musk, and lab-made. The Wikipedia article on musk says nearly all perfumery musk today is synthetic. Basically the clean laundry smell owes almost… The wearing Class: which habit did you drop?TL;DR: dropped the coffee beans. The study it mentions found them no better than lemon or plain air, so they went back in the grinder. That's my two cents. Describe vanilla without the word sweetThe pod and my vanillin baking essence are basically two different materials. Pod smoky, boozy, woody; essence clean and flat. The Class on natural versus… Four citrus peels, eyes shut, two rightRound two done on Sunday, with a walk between rounds like nell said: four out of four. The orange basically smelled like juice from a box, as promised. Thread of the week: five spice jars, lids offTL;DR: 3 out of 5. Cinnamon and clove swapped, same as Nell. The pair everyone trips on. That's my two cents. What was on your nan's dressing table?TL;DR: my grandmother's green tea tin. Basically my whole personality now. That's my two cents. My daughter is thirteen and wants a grown-up scentLet her pick on paper first. My niece chose by elimination: three strips, cross one out each day. Decanting fragrance for a flight: what worksTL;DR: sock it is. The cheapest fix on the list. That's my two cents.