How Do Chemical Weapons Smell?
How Do Chemical Weapons Smell? Wednesday March 7, 2007 #spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)Obviously, this isn’t one of those questions you go out and answer based on personal observation and experimentation. However, the fragrance of chemical agents is known from their testing and use. Many chemical weapons are colorless and odorless in their pure form. The nerve agents sometimes carry a faint fruity aroma. Certain blistering agents, like mustard gas and phosgene, smell weedy or floral. Lewisite smells of geraniums. Soman reputedly smells like Vicks VapoRub . Many people are aware that the cyanide in Zyklon B has a bitter almond odor, but you might be surprised to learn not everyone has the smell receptor to detect it. When I first published this blog entry, I got a question almost right away from a reader ask
