Do not attribute every reconstruction mismatch to subthreshold synergy: extraction recovery, quantification, omitted compounds and matrix mismatch are alternative explanations.
The general sensory-method section includes Bourbon and whisky examples and explains why concentration and OAV alone cannot fully predict global aroma.
The chapter reports that major-odorant reconstitutions can differ from the original beverage and discusses matrix effects and interactions involving minor odorants. Wine mixture experiments provide interaction examples; a Scotch sulfur-compound correlation is associative evidence rather than a causal demonstration.
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