It took four years to develop ‘Eau de Space’, a fragrance that smells like outer space.
A fragrance that smells of outer space will soon be made available to the general public, years after it was developed to help astronauts get used to the smell of space. According to CNN, Eau de Space was developed by Steve Pearce, a chemist and founder of Omega Ingredients. Mr. Pearce was originally hired by NASA to recreate the scent of space in 2008 as part of the space agency’s mission to eliminate any potential surprises for astronauts going into space. It took him four years to perfect the fragrance.
If you’re curious about what outer space smells like, Peggy Whitson, an astronaut and former resident of the International Space Station, told CNN in an interview in 2002: “It’s like the smell of a gun, right after I fired the shot.
“I think it has an almost bitter smell in addition to being smoked and burned.”
According to Unilad, Pearce was also inspired by the fragrance of astronaut stories that described the smell of space as “a mixture of gunpowder, charred fillet, raspberries and rum.”
The team behind Eau de Space is now seeking community support through Kickstarter to help the public get a whiff of space.
“The Smell of Space has been stuck behind ‘Need to Know’, field training only for astronauts and bureaucracy for years,” says its Kickstarter campaign. “Now we need your help to mass-produce it so everyone can experience the smell of space for themselves.”
In an update released three days ago, the team behind Eau de Space said they had found 391 sponsors for the campaign from around the world, along with “$ 20,000 + dollars in backing commitment.”
Eau of Space product manager Matt Richmond hopes the fragrance will increase interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning.
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