Y06-S by Blackbird

Y06-S 2017

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02/02/2022 - 04:03 AM
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Sci-Fi from the 80s

Perhaps unimaginable for some, but there was a time when storage media were not USB sticks or SD cards… there were 5.25-inch floppy disks (some double-sided). The corresponding disk drives were surrounded by a plastic casing (at least the ones I know). When you sat in front of the computer for a long time, the casing would heat up and that particular smell would linger in the room.

This is exactly what you catch a whiff of here as soon as the (artificial milky) banana fades away.

A scent that I sometimes enjoy smelling, but could never use an entire bottle of, and I personally wouldn’t want to smell like this all the time. Not a crowd-pleaser, very idiosyncratic with high sillage and longevity. One of those scents in the "Flashback" category, like "Replica - Lipstick On | Maison Margiela." Only here, there are pixels and the great future in which so much will still be possible electronically that you can only stand there in amazement...
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6 Comments
GuerlinchenGuerlinchen 4 years ago
...For hardcore nerds from the '80s, hehe.
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FloydFloyd 4 years ago
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Thanks for the lovely time machine.
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AchillesAchilles 4 years ago
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This could be something for me... interesting.
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PollitaPollita 4 years ago
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Such things were only owned by my cousins and my first boyfriend. I only know them from gaming.
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MonsieurTestMonsieurTest 4 years ago
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What a weird retro association; I’d rather not spray it on ;-).
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3lbows3lbows 4 years ago
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... the 5.25 had to be flipped over to punch out the write-protect square if you wanted to write on the back. Anyone who has ever struggled to get the magnetic disk out of the black plastic sleeve probably remembers the bitter plastic smell well. If the scent goes in that direction, well then... Definitely a Jack-the-Nipper nostalgia trophy (because of the banana. Or was it coconut?).
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