Question

An individual with an excellent sense of smell is handed a bottle of perfume. After smelling the perfume, he reports that the perfume contains a predominant smell of roses with a faint touch of vanilla. If the perfume is made from water, rose essence, and a splash of vanilla, it is most likely
A.
a compound.
B.
a mixture.
C.
a gas.
D.
an element.

Answer 1

B. a mixture.

Perfume made from water, rose essence and vanilla is a physical combination of different substances (a solution/homogeneous mixture). The components retain their own properties and can be separated physically; it is not a single compound, element, or a gas.