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Wine scents kits

Trying to put together a kit of different wine smells (cherry, strawberry, oak, peach, tobacco, etc.).

A while back I looked around and found some fairly expensive ones. I am wondering whether I am better off contacting some chemical or food additive companies and getting individual scents and making my own kit.

I know I can get some of the scents at a local market, even though each individual bottle is fairly expensive (about $5) and is much larger than what's needed.

Suggestions please.

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Leo Bueno
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Leo, You could try an outfit like International Flavors and Fragrances, but I doubt that they sell retail. I thought of doing the same thing some years ago, but a lot of useful fragrances are hard to come by (leather, for instance, or toast). The guy who does "Le Nez du Vin" did quite a bit of experimentation to arrive at his current selection. Whether that justifies the high price tag is another question altogether...

Mark Lipton

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Mark Lipton

Guess the market is open if anyone thinks they can do it cheaper.

This link is only of tangential relevance to the discussion so far here, but I thought it might be of some interest:

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Reply to
Steve Slatcher

Don't know if I think the high price was justified, but we do have a lot of fun with this kit. And I have to say that after I began my rigorous "training" with it, my ability to pick out the different notes has improved quite a bit. e. winemonger

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winemonger

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