Blessing on the Same Spices with a Time Interval
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Question
In the synagogue, various spices are brought on Shabbat to complete one hundred blessings. Can I bless them?
Answer
One should not bless more than once, and even if you leave the synagogue for a short time, as long as you intend to return and smell again, you should not bless again.
Source
Gemara Berachot, page 53: "One who enters a perfumer's shop and smells a scent, even if he sits there all day, blesses only once. If he enters and exits, enters and exits, he blesses each time." This is also ruled in Shulchan Aruch, Siman 217, Paragraph 1, and as stated in Mishnah Berurah, Siman 217, Subparagraph 6: "Bouquets of spices placed on the table for smelling, if one takes them once to smell and blesses, and then returns them to the table, if he intended to smell again, he does not need to bless again, even if he left the house and intends to return immediately, he does not need to bless again. Since he initially intended to smell them at any time. However, if he went about his business or to pray in the synagogue, it is considered an interruption, and he needs to bless again."