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Description: Thank you to Target for supporting PBS. You can learn more at: target.com/community Share your story today: to.pbs.org/3izZeXh We asked people across the country “What does fall mean to you?,” and most of them couldn’t stop talking about fall smells. So what’s the chemistry behind those smells, and why do they make us so happy? #fall #smell #autumn You might also like: That Fresh Cut Grass Scent is Really a Signal of Distress youtu.be/suGk8eZyN34 How Did Climate Change Help Turn the Sky Orange? youtu.be/foeLC08-nrk Why Does Humidity Feel Gross? youtu.be/GtmOlpbkQDw Why Do Leaves Change Color? youtu.be/X0nWmTeQPfo How to Survive the Snow and Ice youtu.be/KOtVJxQXBNM Credits: Executive Producers: George Zaidan Hilary Hudson Producers: Elaine Seward Darren Weaver Writer/Host: Samantha Jones, PhD Scientific consultants: Lelia Duman, PhD Rachel Herz, PhD Steven D. Munger, PhD Brianne Raccor, PhD Sources: The scent of a season: Explaining the aromas of fall washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/19/scent-season-explaining-aromas-fall The Science Behind The Smell Of Fall theodysseyonline.com/does-october-really-have-smell The science behind the smell of fall cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/the-smell-of-fall-1.5265513#:~:text=The%20dominant%20earthy%20smells%20of,smell%20of%20a%20leaf%20pile. It’s One of Autumn’s Best Scents, but Not Everyone Smells It nytimes.com/2019/10/26/science/katsura-leaves-scent.html Why Do We Smell the Change of Seasons? gizmodo.com/why-do-we-smell-the-change-of-seasons-1735548623 The Real Reason Why Fall Air Has a Unique Smell bestlifeonline.com/fall-smell-causes/?nab=1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Why Fall Feels Different in the Bay Area baynature.org/article/fall-feels-different-bay-area-smell-change Fall smells around the world michiganradio.org/post/what-fall-smells-michigan-and-around-world Rose compounds science.sciencemag.org/content/349/6243/81.long The Smells of Fall mentalfloss.com/article/17089/smells-fall Produced by the American Chemical Society. Join the American Chemical Society! bit.ly/Join_acsmembership