IML: The Smell of an Imperial

[Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just recently bought a '68 LeBaron and one of the first things I 
noticed about it was the smell.  Every single '68 Imperial I've ever 
owned has had the same smell, more or less, and I'm wondering what it 
is.  It's a combination of leather and something that smells a little 
bit like an old cologne.  Impossible to put into words but very 
distinctive.  The Plymouths my uncle sold in the 60's had a totally 
different smell, and the Pontiacs my stepfather sold did, too.  (In 
fact, new Pontiacs still have a similar smell.)

I wish somebody could figure out what the chemical components of this 
smell are and reproduce it.  Then we'd have "1968 Imperial in a Can."

Do other years have their own distinct smell, I wonder?

Mark M



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