Reply #27: Cokearoma

[Dogmudgeon]

Some years ago, a scent called Cokearoma was marketed to cocaine merchants. The scent was developed after analyzing the residuals of several chemicals used in the processing of illicit cocaine, which almost always were present in recreational coke.

The idea was that coke dealers had associated the scent with "clean" batches of cocaine, and by adding it, low-quality cocaine could be given that "clean," high-priced smell.

The stuff was also marketed to police forces to train dogs to sniff out cocaine.

Has anyone heard more about this?

--p!
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