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They isolate the chemicals they want to test for smell through extraction/synthesis/purification and then have a professional smeller identify what scents that particular chemical matches.

They can also compare the isolated chemicals to known scents containing the same chemicals.

The pads from the teenagers’ armpits had two steroids present – 5alphaandrost-16-en-3-one and 5alphaandrost-16-en-3alpha-ol – which smell of sweat, urine, musk and sandalwood. They also had higher levels of six carboxylic acids, which give off unattractive smells including cheese, goat and wax.

What this means is that two steroids (5alphaandrost-…) found in teens’ armpits are also found in sweat, urine, musk, and sandalwood. The 6 carbolic acids are also found in cheese, goats, and wax.

So to answer your question: not subjective. This is objective, reproducible evidence.

We have catalogued many chemicals and what they smell or taste like. You can thank the perfume industry for a good portion of the smell based science. A lot of flavor based research exists, as well. Unfortunately some of that research was done for sick purposes like finding out how to engender craving or how to make the body ignore chemical signals that it is full and it is time to stop earing. But I digress.

Or holding…checks notes…

Wrench

Cordless drill

Water-hose nozzle

Flashlight

Shower rod

Cane

Broomstick

Hairbrush

Sunglasses

Bottle of cologne

Underwear

Tinfoil

Bottle of beer

Pill bottle

E-cigarette

Cell phone

Wallet

iPod

Wii remote

Toy truck

Sandwich

Bible

Hands

…can we add Acorn to the list? I think Acorn can go on there now, also.

150 citizens were enfreedomed in todays public agreement demonstration.

I think the implication is that they would not buy it if released only on Epic. Neither would I if it came out as an Epic exclusive.

Bowser says the people he worked with weren’t very social and he helped “testers” troubleshoot devices. “I started becoming a middleman in between the people doing the development work, and the people actually owning the mod chips, playing the games,” he says. “I would get feedback from the testers, and then I would send it to the developers … I can handle people, and that’s why I ended up getting more involved.”

Bob Slydell : What you do at Initech is you take the specifications from the customer and bring them down to the software engineers?

Tom Smykowski : Yes, yes that’s right.

Bob Porter : Well then I just have to ask why can’t the customers take them directly to the software people?

Tom Smykowski : Well, I’ll tell you why, because, engineers are not good at dealing with customers.

Bob Slydell : So you physically take the specs from the customer?

Tom Smykowski : Well… No. My secretary does that, or they’re faxed.

Bob Porter : So then you must physically bring them to the software people?

Tom Smykowski : Well. No. Ah sometimes.

Bob Slydell : What would you say you do here?

Tom Smykowski : Well–well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don’t have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can’t you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?