NASA's " Smell of Space" is available as a Perfume

Astronauts have described it as a mix of “seared steak, raspberries , gunpowder and rum”

This is one scent you may want to add to your collection, surely.

NASA Has Made A Perfume That Smells Of Space, But Will It Give You An Out Of The World Feeling?

Have you ever wondered what fragrances float around in space? We may never have gotten to experience them, the inconsequential little Earthlings that we are. But now we can, thanks to NASA’s Eau de Space perfume that has been configured to smell exactly like outer space. At least that is what it is, based on the feedback from astronauts. This is now up for funding as a Kickstarter campaign and the listing suggests that the first backers will have their Eau de Space perfumes shipped as early as October 2020. Kickstarter pledges that include the product being shipped to you start at $29 though for as little as $15, you can have one donated to a K-12 school supporting STEM. NASA has worked with chemist Steve Pearce to develop this.

Incidentally, this is the fragrance that was designed decades ago to train astronauts on how outer space actually smells like. Now you can smell like outer space too. “The Smell of Space has been locked behind "Need to Know", Astronaut only field training, and Red Tape for years. 

NASA is bottling the smell of space 

NASA is bringing the smell of space to Earth with a new fragrance called Eau de Space. The fragrance was developed by chemist Steve Pearce, who was contracted by NASA in 2008 to recreate the scent of space.

With his knowledge of flavor and fragrance chemistry, Pearce used astronauts’ descriptions of the smell of space to come up with combinations to match what was described as “ozone, hot metal, and fried steak,” CNN reports.

It’s a bitter kind of smell in addition to being smoky and burned, kind of like a smell from a gun, right after you fire the shot,” astronaut Peggy Whitson told CNN. Eau de Space product manager, Matt Richmond, said he has struggled to accurately describe the fragrance’s scent, adding that astronauts have also likened the smell to “a mix of gunpowder, seared steak, raspberries, and rum.”

Pearce first created the scent to help astronauts train before going to space, hoping to eliminate any surprises they may encounter while in orbit. Now, Eau de Space is setting out to inspire interest in STEM learning for K-12 students.