im a fraghead and was randomly doing my orgo chem revision and homework studying chirality and how chirality changes the binding of molecules to enzymes or what not and that it got me thinking, like molecules in perfumes bind to the receptors in our nose to give off different smells, smells depends on maybe the chirality of molecule, the time it binds? the number and combinations of receptors it binds.. and so dupe perfumes, despite having different molecules and compositions are able to smell similar because the molecules bind to similar receptors right..? so then it got me thinking, hey maybe we can synthesize compounds that can bind to different receptors the way we want and recreate stuff such as the irones in iris but specifically the naturally aged one (takes years) which have different other molecules that gives off its unique smell. i was searching if there's such a branch in chemistry or something that studies this or even if its possible to do so..? and i couldnt find it.. anyone knows?
maybe this isnt possible and im just jumping from thoughts to thoughts stupidly idk