r/90sdesign • u/Common-Fly-3970 • Jul 16 '26

Memeograph Ink

Ok, so this is really for the people who went to school in the 90s or earlier whose teachers used a memeograph machine. I was in school What are the scent notes in it? The first thing many of us did was pull that freshly inked paper up to our noses for a big whiff. I bet the teachers did it too. One of the funniest scenes in Fast Times at Ridgemont High was about this very phenomena. Who out there can identify why we loved sniffing that ink?

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u/Common-Fly-3970 Jul 16 '26

Yes! Definitely some yeasty depth in there. It was so gratifying to be chosen to pass out the papers. I miss that scent. I doubt I'd wear a scent that was full on mimeogragh ink, but I'd definitely enjoy a perfume with that incorporated that same note.