Auto Companies Hire People To Make Sure The New Car Smell Is Just Right

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

The auto industry is pleased to report that last year was the best year for new car sales since 2019. That means a lot of people are breathing in the scent we call new car smell, which… well, what the heck is that smell anyway? Plus: this weekend, Farmers Branch, Texas formally opens what is says will be the first glow in the dark playground in the US.

A Day in the Life of Nissan’s Smellmasters Who, Yep, Smell Nissans for a Living (The Drive)

The Science of the New-Car Smell (Car and Driver)

Texas city to open nation’s first glow-in-the-dark playground in the new year (KXAN)

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