Back in 2008, one Steve Pearce—a chemist and fragrance developer—was contacted by the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) to create the scent of space to help prepare astronauts for their missions. Now, that exact smell is being bottled up and sold to the public as the very aptly named Eau de Space.
Don't get too excited, though: Matt Richmond, the product manager at Omega Ingredients, the Pearce-founded company that usually creates scents and flavors for the food industry and is behind the space-related effort, told CNN that Eau de Space smells like "seared steak, raspberries and rum."
The effort is being carried out on Kickstarter, where the company has already raised over $371,704 in donations. Although there aren't any plans to produce a second batch of bottles once the fundraising-sponsored perfumes are sold, Richardson revealed to CNN that Eau de Moon—the fragrance of the moon—might get the special treatment next.
You can pre-order a four-ounce bottle of Eau de Space—starting price: $29—here, with an expected October 2020 delivery.
The goal of the project is, according to CNN, to "increase interest in STEM learning for K-12 students through [...] 'experiential education,'" which is exactly why each purchase will include a donation of a bottle to a K-12 school. It's never too early for kids to learn about space, after all.
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