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Show AN EXPERT IN SM ELLS. . ' A Valuablo Man Who Really Earn Wis Living by Following His fVose. One of the curious trades of New York is that of the smelling expert, a man who earns his living literally by following his nose. He Is employed by manufacturers of perfumery. It is his business to judge of the character, luality and value of the materials Aiat go to the making of perfumes. Much of the perfumery made in this country is imported trom France in the form of pomatums, and extracted with alcohol. The smelling expert judges the quulity of pomatums. An. . other and even more remarkable part of his business Is to examine a popular imported perfume, determine from the smell of what it is made, and enable his employer to produce it here. Like the experts of the distilleries, who will take any given wine or spirits, and after examination produce a counterfeit coun-terfeit which only a connoisseur could detect as such, the smelling expert by means of his unerring nose makes possible the production here of any perfume that it is desired to imitate. Possessed of so valuable a nose, he takes the utmost care of it. He does his best to avoid taking cold, and guards himself with special care when the influenza comes round. A single bad cold may disable his nose for weeks and throw him out of employment. employ-ment. He avoids also, as far as possible, possi-ble, all strong odors, good or bad, to preserve the delicacy of his olfactories. olfacto-ries. The profession tm the whole is lesit Injurious to health than that of th tea-taster or the wine-taster. |