A few months ago, I got an email, and according
to this email, I apparently really like making stinky things, which I wasn't really aware of.
Actually he said my favorite pastime was making stinky things, which I'm not sure why people think
that because I've gotten that comment many times. Either way, he mentions something called
U.S. sorry I never remember the name. U.S. government bathroom malodor, which is
apparently some sort of stinky concoction developed by the U.S. government.
I couldn't find too much about it, but there are a bunch of articles and little
anecdotes here and there, that said it was so bad, that it actually induced fear and panic. And
then when they had some volunteers smell it in some cases, people were screaming from it, and
cursing. Other people said they they just couldn't get it out of their nose, and they couldn't stop
smelling it. It sounds absolutely horrible. And... I don't know. I just kind of don't believe
it. I've smelled a lot of bad things, but I don't think it could be that
bad. So, I've decided, to make it myself. And the goal I guess, is to smell it, just to
see if it's as bad as people claim. I don't know, hopefully I won't entirely regret it. To make it
it's kind of relatively simple, and in the email, he just included the whole list. It's just a
concoction, of a bunch of different chemicals. So I went ahead and bought them all, and uh,
they're right here. I think the thing that disturbs me the most, is I can smell it from
here. Which, is either a good sign or a bad sign. I'm not really sure if I wanted to be, I'm
not really sure how I don't know. Either way, I guess uh, I guess we'll get started. So, the first
one, technically it's this one. This is skatole, which just by its name, you can tell isn't great.
I can also smell it through the bag right now. It smells, I feel like it smells like a mix
of a dirty, kind of like, a dirty animal farm, and uh, a very used porta potty. It
kind of smells like poo, it does. Ingredient two is 2-naphthalenethiol. This one
scares me, because any time you see the word thiol in something, it means that they're sulfur, and
sulfur mixed with organic compounds are generally uh, very unpleasant. But to open it up, I have
to get some gloves. Okay, and the journey begins. Maybe the lid's good to smell not the actual thing. It's not that bad. It actually smells,
kind of like um, I feel like burnt rubber. Do you want to try? Yeah let me smell it.
Just uh, I'll keep it away from your face... yes. So the next ingredient 4-methylmorpholine. So, the first thing I don't like, I can smell it. This is the part that bothers
me, is that it's sealed in a bottle, oh no. Oh god I smell it from here, you smell it? Oh dude that's just the
essence of fish. Yeah I'm not even going to open this. I mean I'm already worried. I don't even think
these are the really bad ones, and the thing is, the thiol is a solid. It's gonna smell significantly
worse once we actually dissolve it and get it in the liquid. So the next one I'll say is, this one I
covered up, because I, I don't know why I covered it So, this one has a very beautiful name. It's called
4-methylphenyl 3-methylbutanoate. It's another one of those things that you can just smell from
a distance away. Ah, I'm noticing a recurring theme. But, what's very weird about this one, it kind
of just smells like a hardware store. From maybe just because it's very faint coming
out of the bottle, but it kind of smells, it kind of smells like the fresh like
the lumber section of a hardware store. Yeah it smells like a hardware store.
Yes, okay so moving on, another tuna can. This one is called hexanoic acid,
or caproic acid, and I've actually I've made it in the past. Years ago I, I know, I, I
know exactly how this smells. I'm very I'm very, experienced with this smell. Every time I smell it, I can feel like my stomach
clench. So you want to smell it? Yeah sure why not. Oh man it's... unique. The best way that I can
describe it as it's, it's like a musty, rotten, cheese mixed with like a bit of
that putrid smell of vomit, and it's not that bad. And there's one last ingredient.
There's one more? Yes. It is in the fridge, follow me. When I looked it up, I think it says it
has an overpoweringly unpleasant smell, so I'm very interested to know what
that's like. Okay oh I smell it here, ooh. That, that smells like sulfur I believe. It's very,
it's. this is very sulfury. Yeah it smells like rotten eggs. It smells like very very very rotten
eggs. Yeah actually maybe it has like a bit of a hydrogen sulfide smell.
Like it's very, it's just very sulfury. But yeah either way those are all the ingredients,
so we have the thioglycolic acid, the hexanoic acid, the 4-methylmorpholine, 4-methylphenyl
3-methylbutanoate, the 2-naphthalenethiol and then, skatole. But it just occurred to me, uh, we're
missing something, the main ingredient. It's what everything gets dissolved into. It's
called dipropylene glycol, and I don't think it smells on its own, but i don't remember
if i bought it or not. Maybe it's in the fridge? I swea,r I must have bought it.
I would not have just forgotten. I was so focused on the stinky things,
I didn't order the main ingredient. this is just sad... well every single project,
every single one , I take all the time to order, like you know weird little chemicals, or
weird tools, and then you show up and you don't have the main, like the main thing that you
should like... every time. There's no Amazon Prime shipping for this stuff? Oh man... no.
They're located okay, maybe we can get I, think we can get it from Canada. Okay
so we're gonna I'm gonna order this and uh, I'll be back whenever I get it. Okay so it's been, I think five days, and we finally,
got oh I think it's the dipropylene glycol. So, okay yes. Dipropylene glycol. So now we're ready I don't know if I'm actually ready. We can
do it I don't know if I'm ready to do it. We'll do it. Uh if we smell anything the fume hood's
not working. The first question that we have is how much are we going to make.
In theory, I have however much this is, but I don't think I want to make this much, that's,
that's kind of crazy. I think we should make, just a vial of it. So we have all of the vials
here. So we have a lot of these ones. Come on, I mean. I think we need to go for a more moderate vial, something like this.
You think that's good? Why so much I don't know it just feels good, feels right. There
is no, there are no instructions on how to mix this stuff. This is all I got. There's no like order,
there's no anything. I don't really want the vial to spill, so we can put it here. Then as a double
safety precaution, I sometimes like to put them, in another... like something wider, so that if you can't
really knock it over. So, the first question is, how much are we making? I think filling this, this about
halfway, is a good idea. Let's let's go with 18mL. So if we want 18mL, it's about 18g. Okay,
so now every single one of these numbers, has to be scaled, to 18g. Right. I don't
think I've used a calculator like this, in like actually seven years. I
feel like I'm back in a lab class. Uh okay so ,yeah that's it. So these
are all the grams, that we need to do. The solid stuff is the least
amount, so we'll start with that. You know what? We should put this up
with a magnet. This is like our our guide. Time to spill all the stinky stuff.
The first amount is 0.164. Look at that static just pulling it everywhere.
You see it, mm-hmm, okay. Let's put it in. Okay we're at 0.007. Okay
0.164 is more than I thought it was apparently. That's a lot. Ah there we go. Yeah that's good. No look. Oh... So
what we're gonna do now, is the next ingredient, is the same amount, of the uh, the napthalenethiol. That's probably an overshoot though. Ooh. Just gonna add it to this vial, and hope, that I don't spill it. I'm doing with my
left hand so you can get a good camera shot. So now we have our mix of skatole and 2-napthalenethiol. And this is where I guess, the fun part, starts? Uh we get to start,
adding liquids and dissolving stuff. So, step two, is get the dipropylene
glycol going. I'm gonna use this thing. So this pipette's pretty simple. get ??? Now we can swirl it around, It's so goopy. Doesn't look like it's
dissolving that much. No, not at all. Ee should add the thioglycolic acid. Um, it'll loosen
things up, and probably dissolve some things. Okay, sometimes it leaks. Okay so, kind of looks like it's doing something, kind of looks like it didn't
mix. It just sank to the bottom No, we're gonna have to get
some stirring up in this. The chunks are still floating
around though. Yeah the chunks are... these chunks are presenting a problem, uh. So the next one is 1.08g of the hexanoic. So this is what we have. Uh I don't know if it looks like some of
it's disappearing, kind of looks like it is. Yeah I think so, uh, no I still see the same chunk. So n-methylmorpholine. We're
going to slam another 1.2g. i just don't know why it's not
dissolving. Is it supposed to? I guess you don't... I'm assuming it should. I think we might have messed up. Look it's getting white. It kind of looks like this the stuff's disappearing
like it's breaking it up or something, right? Did it.. AH, did it say if it needed to be heated up
on the recipe? There's, this is the recipe. That's it. It looks like it definitely looks,
I think it looks like there's less. I think it looks like it's
disappearing. So exciting, so exciting. Aren't you excited to smell
it? To be honest I kind of am. I don't know what I am. So the last thing is
right now? It's 4-methylphenol 3-methyl butanoate. Yeah I will add it and we can be very proud, that
we have completed, U.S. standard bathroom malodor. We can be very proud, that we've we
achieved this great accomplishment. Are you ready for this? The creation, it's officially done it's officially,
I mean, it's not done. But everything's in there. We have to just wait for those big chunks
to disappear. I hope they disappear, but it's, they definitely look like they're going down, right? How are we gonna go about smelling this? I don't think it's smart to just go... I think we
gotta put like a drop in a little vial and then let it vaporize, and... I think we should build
a stink chamber. Oh like a container, like this. I kind of like one with a screw top.
Maybe something made out of glass? Like I feel like a mason jar is pretty
good. Because there's gonna be so little it's not dangerous, but you need to be able
to like, put your entire nose in. So you think this is good? I think that's yeah, that's fine
that should be. Or we can make a big chamber? Let's just go with the mason jar. I think a
mason jar is good. Yeah yeah it's not quite done, but it's getting there. Yeah okay, no
we can actually take a break now, oh god. So why are you destroying the table? We're on break. Okay so our break is done, um
but yeah, uh I guess we're ready. It's completely clear. So, everything dissolved and
um, that's good, I guess. I think what we were saying, is we're gonna make a stink, a stinky chamber?
How much do we, how much do we think we need? It's supposed to be ridiculously stinky,
so I don't think we need very much. I don't know. I'd say like a teaspoon? That's an
insane amount. It's supposed to be so potent, so it's like we should only have to put like a couple
drops in there, right? I think 0.5mL is good. Okay let's go for it. Okay uh one sec, I'm gonna do
the first thing, which is very important. I'm gonna label this... little stink lines, is
that good? Got my glasses on first. I feel like I'm shaking a bit. I
don't know why. I'm not actually scared. That's a lot. Okay. Don't trip anymore. Okay, okay. Why, why am I doing this?
Cover the stinky chamber. let this look, we can take it out of the
fume hood. We'll let the stink build up. But I'll leave it in here for now,
just in case it leaks. We can cap this. So now we have our pure stinky goo. That's it, we just gotta wait a bit. This is
gonna be so bad. So I think we're good. Okay I'm actually kind of scared.
Oh I'm actually kind of nervous Oh. It's not that bad. It really does just smell
like all the ingredients mixed together. They said it had a, quote strong fecal
odor, but I don't find that the skat.. I mean the skatole was only at 0.91%, and it smells like it's 0.91%. It really doesn't feel like
it's there. Definitely the sulfurs take over. It just it kind of smells like a mix of
just garbage, and I guess like a really not well maintained public bathroom. It's
bad, but it's really not that bad. Really? I'm kind of honest, I'm kind of let down. I mean,
or maybe I'm just delusional. You want to try it? That's disgusting. That smells absolutely
rancid. Oh it doesn't want to leave my nose. I have no idea what you're talking about. This
is dirty dude. Well, we'll have the uh, some of the other guys smell it. But yeah I don't think we
need gloves to hold this anymore, because it's like, whatever. So hey guys, no I don't want to smell it. I'll get it over with. Lift it and just kind of
like. Oh I can smell it from here. Oh that's rancid. It's so bad. Can't even make it in? I can't even
make it in man. I can't even get close dude. I have a very strong sense
of smell that's very bad. I can smell it already it, smells like actual
just, you can swear? No. Okay. Oh my god this just f- it just hits you dude. Oh dude
that's, no. I'm not doing that again It's not the world ending stink that I thought
it would be. I'm obviously alone on this one. I rate this a uh, 4.6/10 for
stink. Oh my goodness really? Yeah. I think I have to come up with something that
I think is a 10 on 10. Uh I'm not sure what other people would think. Maybe it'll kill
them. So that's it. Catch. Oh. Imagine it just shattered on the ground. I think actually if I
dropped any vial here, the floors they're soft enough that they won't shatter. Like we can try
it with this. Look at this prototype. Oh, never mind. bye
When I first saw this in my recommended, I thought it was a Nile Green video.
Like I said in the comments on the YouTube video, "To "safely" smell things in a lab, use one hand to waft scents towards your nose. Do not do what he is doing in this video and just plunge your nose into whatever you are smelling."
We do have NileGreen, but I guess now we need a VileRed?
So maybe a dumb question, but is this a new lab he’s working out of? I got a warehouse vibe from this place and it definitely seems different from his last lab/office he’s been at since 2018 (and it looked like he was still working out from that place in his last NileRed video which came out back in September). Just curious if there was any announcement or lab tour of this new place or anything?
Is there any reason his video uploads have slowed down a lot? This one on Nile Blue is the first in over a year, and there hasn't been anything on Nile Red in 5 months.
Edit: just realized he has a Shorts channel. shame all the focus in on short content now. Really dislike the portrait videos..