Aromatic Folklore: The Pumpkin Spice Effect

18/10/2025 5 min Episodio 11
Aromatic Folklore: The Pumpkin Spice Effect

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When the air still feels like July but the store shelves smell like October, you know it’s happened: the pumpkin spice has returned. But why does that scent and that flavor have such a grip on us?In this episode, host Aaron Crawford unpacks how old-world spices met new-world pumpkins, how marketers bottled coziness, and why “pumpkin spice” has become the smell of autumn coziness.Music Credits Intro music: Humorous and Comic Intro By Free Music — soundcloud.com/fm_freemusic Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Available at: chosic.com/download-audio/27133/ Music promoted by Chosic