Mornin' TM just a quick guess before I hit the garden, it's going to be another nice day here. Now back to the question, Bellodgia comes to mind.

Annette

American as xxx'x xxxxx xxx and baseball - just a guess, my nose made me post this ..... :o)

Well, I was way off base yesterday!! Bello-whodia??? Not sure what that is, but the question sounds like a scented candle, perhaps with the scent zig-zag alludes to.....hmmm...must think.
Weather is back to reality today - 11C and cloudy. Oh well, I enjoyed 'summer' while it lasted!!

Nancy.

I'm torn between 2 guesses, one based on a chemical name you gave, and one based on the scent descriptions you gave. Maybe you put that chemical first in the list to distract...I just don't know!

Cold and windy today.

Sounds disgusting and reminds me of sausage. I'm going to guess Jimmy Dean breakfast links.

What, Edna, you don't find Jimmy Dean's sausage alluring?

I have 3 notions in my head: a beverage, a less disgusting food, but since this is Cottage, I'll go with roses.

Ana

Ana chose roses, I'll go with wine. No, beer. Wine. Beer isn't that aromatic, is it? Wine.

Nell

On the other hand, it could be Fruitcake, given all those substances.

Alluring, yes. I typset ingredients and nutritional info for foods.. If you knew what went into half of our foods you would cringe.

Well I know perfume has some or all of these abnoxious sounding things in its makeup but there are also other alluring scents like......
The smell of hot buttered popcorn
The smell of frying onions
The smell of wood smoke on a brisk fall day
The smell of fresh coffee first thing in the morning
The smell of a nice juicy steak cooking on the grill
The smell of fresh bread just out of the oven
I think you've got me this time TM I can't narrow the list down I just keeping thinking of more yummy scents.

Annette

I remember something about food additives, a long time ago. The same substance that made the (fake) pineapple flavour in ice cream was also used to make glue.

Nancy.

This was a tough one, as there was really no good hint to hang a guess on. The aroma is probably not alluring to everyone, but the answer is ................... coffee. There is a lot of chemistry involved in roasting the coffee beans, as there is in the flavors of most of the things we love to eat.

Let's give to Annette, who mentioned coffee in her list of alluring smells.

Thanks for playing trivia this weekend, dear cottagers.

ThinMan

Well who would of thunk :o). Thanks for the stars TM although I really don't deserve them. I thought perfume (Bellodgia) was a pretty good guess, the others I was just picking out of thin air. When I got down to bread I realized I didn't have a clue as to what it really was. Looks like another nice day here sooooo, it's back out to the garden for me.

Annette

WhooHoo, Annette!

Good job, Annette!

Thinman, you got me! The damascenone had me thinking roses, and the scent descriptions had me thinking of wine.