Canada’s central bank has tried to deny it, but residents think the new bills smell bad.

The Canadian central bank has begun to make plastic tickets. They must be stronger, cheaper and more environmentally friendly. But do they also smell like maple syrup?

Complaints about the smell of money have been ongoing since the first $100 bills went into circulation in 2011. Rumors were that this was supposed to make them harder to counterfeit. The central bank has done its best to deny sniffing out the cash, but apparently to no avail.

Normally?

The Canadian Press Agency has now obtained access to the bank’s correspondence with the public regarding the case. Many residents do not trust their own sense of smell and are asking the bank to confirm or deny the smell.

– I would like to know once and for all if the notes added perfume. I think I recognize a trace of salary when I smell money, writes one resident in what is described as a typical email.

Another is safer on his own nose.

—They all have a scent that I would describe as maple. Is that normal? the person asks.

— Add more!

Others are so convinced of the truth of the rumors that they complain of a lack of smell.

— The note has lost its maple aroma. I would highly recommend strengthening the maple scent, the person recommends.

Aside from the smell issue, the image of a maple leaf on the money has also raised objections. Some people have claimed that the blade came from a Norway maple, which is not found in Canada, but this has also been rejected by the central bank.