An Aromatic Life

An Aromatic Life

The Quiet De-Odorization of Our World

And the olfactory explosion that needs to take place.

Apr 04, 2025
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On February 14, 2007 Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz wrote an email to his leadership team arguing that the Starbucks experience had become too commoditized. In the email he shared:

"I believe we overlooked the cause and the effect of FlavorLock in our stores. We achieved fresh roasted bagged coffee, but at what cost? The loss of aroma -- perhaps the most po…

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