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Hi Gatsby,
Cacophony implies a simultaneous or sequential combination of sounds which is definitely resented as displeasing. Your description of the office at noon doesn't imply irritation. Furthermore, the nose perceives one smell at a time, even if it results from a combination of agents. This is probably why we are limited to the scale extending from stench to perfume.
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Danke wsieber,
I think you have an understanding of what I was after. I appreciate the feedback.
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Anna Strophic - "gallimaufry" - I like that!
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Gatsby>>>
Looking for the word that describes a plethora of various aromas/odors
I know this may or may not be of help to your quest but I just love this lines from Hamlet....take note of the last 7 words.
I have of late lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my dispositon, that this goodly frame, the earth seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why it appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.
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In reply to:
a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors
You're not very complimentary on the culinary skills of Gatsby's coworkers!
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I second that miasma
Miasma used to be considered the cause of Malaria and other deadly fevers.
What about osmorama?
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BobYB harrumphs [magnanimous e]: You're not very complimentary on the culinary skills of Gatsby's coworkers!
Well, maybe if they'd quit orking cows and git down to poachin salmon and bilin up grits, there'd be something to compliment.
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What about osmorama?
panaroma?
The -or- of -orama means 'look at'. What about panosmy or polyosmy? Osmomixy or mixosmy, 'mixture of smells'?
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Hi NicholasW, -or- of -orama means 'look at'. Of course you are right, but the sound of the word overcame my hesitations  . An alternative, derived from panorama and pandemonium would be panosmium.
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