stackyFACTSIn heavy concentrations, skatole smells intensely and completely of absolute waste. Yet, for some entirely inexplicable reason, when heavily diluted into extremely small trace amounts, it suddenly reads to humans as a pleasant, heavy floral note. Luxury perfume makers actively rely on a chemical that inherently reeks of garbage.
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