one of a thousand things a thousand colors a thousand scents

[darkoshi]

I had a set of Mr Sketch scented markers as a kid. I still have a few of them. When they dry out, I open them from the bottom and drip some water in to rehydrate them. The colors are no longer as bright and strong, but they still have their scents. Black "licorice", dark "green apple", purple "grape", red "cherry", blue "blueberry". I don't have the other colors anymore, but I remember how most of them smelled. Brown cinnamon, pink watermelon, orange, lemon, "raspberry". All except the light blue one shown in those search results. Mango? I don't remember that scent at all. I didn't even remember there being a light blue color. And why mango for blue?

M the 5 year old has been using the markers. The scent of their marks on the paper is still so strong I had to move the papers off this desk. Even though they are 40-ish years old.

Comments

[conuly]

Well, what scent do you think they should've used for blue? Blue popsicles are usually raspberry flavored, aren't they? Blueberries are either purple or green depending on whether or not you got your baking soda ratio right when making muffins.

[darkoshi]

Point taken; not many blue things with familiar scents.