Comments on: Where does paper money get that paper money smell from? https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/14/where-does-paper-money-get-that-paper-money-smell-from/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:30:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/14/where-does-paper-money-get-that-paper-money-smell-from/#comment-27862 TB Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:39:50 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=39523#comment-27862 I suspect we'd find that an old bill has traces of pretty much anything you can think of on it. I suspect we’d find that an old bill has traces of pretty much anything you can think of on it.

]]> By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/14/where-does-paper-money-get-that-paper-money-smell-from/#comment-27861 DanS Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:59:31 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=39523#comment-27861 According to Anne-Marie Guarnieri | Senior Editor | allure Magazine "As anyone who has ever been a cashier can tell you, real money smells of sweat, desperation, and, apparently, cocaine. Yes, a University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth study found that nearly 90 percent of our cash has traces of the drug on it. Dirty money, indeed!" ...Indeed, indeed... According to Anne-Marie Guarnieri | Senior Editor | allure Magazine

“As anyone who has ever been a cashier can tell you, real money smells of sweat, desperation, and, apparently, cocaine. Yes, a University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth study found that nearly 90 percent of our cash has traces of the drug on it. Dirty money, indeed!”

…Indeed, indeed…

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/14/where-does-paper-money-get-that-paper-money-smell-from/#comment-27828 alcaray Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:56:06 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=39523#comment-27828 Or like my parents' old car glove departments used to smell. Or like my parents’ old car glove departments used to smell.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/14/where-does-paper-money-get-that-paper-money-smell-from/#comment-27827 bowser Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:38:57 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=39523#comment-27827 New cars. The store it in new cars. New cars. The store it in new cars.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/14/where-does-paper-money-get-that-paper-money-smell-from/#comment-27825 alcaray Tue, 15 Oct 2013 04:20:58 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=39523#comment-27825 Doesn't seem to smell like BO at all. Doesn’t seem to smell like BO at all.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/14/where-does-paper-money-get-that-paper-money-smell-from/#comment-27819 TB Tue, 15 Oct 2013 02:42:59 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=39523#comment-27819 Thousands of sweaty hands and junky pockets? Thousands of sweaty hands and junky pockets?

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