Juliet, that sounds delightful! We have Tila americana (Basswood) here in Tennessee and its one on my favorite native trees. Bees go crazy over the flowers! Basswood honey is supposed to be wonderful, but I've not yet tried it.
Peace is my all time favorite rose scent. I love jasmine. I am so super sensitive to scents that I can’t even go into Bed, Bath and Beyond and places like that. Both my sister and I inherited our “nose like a bloodhound” from our mother. Cary and Logan were barred from cologne. Me not wearing it is a given. I have to smell his shampoo and deodorant before he buys it. Which means I have to buy it. Now that they add horribly invasive scents to EVERYTHING these days, it has become a disability. It makes my head sick. Only candles I can tolerate are certain balsam ones at Christmas.
As far as the smell of a skunk, I tend to agree with you. It actually smells like Starbucks coffee to both my sister and I. I think in is the strength of the scent that is so bad.
Enjoy your writings! They are the only ones I read on substack. They wear you out with them.
Peace has a great fragrance! I'm with you on most things being way too strong in the scent department. I did a photoshoot a while back on the outside of a home where the dryer vent was blowing where I was working and it almost made me sick.
I do not have particular memories for scents, but I adore discovering them. I like to find joy in the little things and when a new scent finds its way to may, I stop and ponder it for a bit.
That is fascinating about the extinct flower scents! I too think I would have been good as a “nose,” with a very keen sense of smell. I love the scents of dead leaves, sweetgrass, honeysuckle, heliotrope, violets, roses, prairies, rain and the classic Chanel No. 5.
Yes, Sandalwood is great! I love the smell of Citrus flowers, too. I also have quite a collection of essential oils. I use some of them as a natural insect repellant.
One of my favourite scents is that of lime (linden) trees, which bloom for a couple of weeks at this time of year in Scotland.
I lived in Malawi for a couple of years in the early 1990s and I have a beach wrap that still even now smells of the beach of Lake Malawi.
Juliet, that sounds delightful! We have Tila americana (Basswood) here in Tennessee and its one on my favorite native trees. Bees go crazy over the flowers! Basswood honey is supposed to be wonderful, but I've not yet tried it.
Thanks! Lime flowers make a lovely tea, and I think are made into honey too, though I've never tried that.
I would love to try Linden Tea with fresh flowers!
Peace is my all time favorite rose scent. I love jasmine. I am so super sensitive to scents that I can’t even go into Bed, Bath and Beyond and places like that. Both my sister and I inherited our “nose like a bloodhound” from our mother. Cary and Logan were barred from cologne. Me not wearing it is a given. I have to smell his shampoo and deodorant before he buys it. Which means I have to buy it. Now that they add horribly invasive scents to EVERYTHING these days, it has become a disability. It makes my head sick. Only candles I can tolerate are certain balsam ones at Christmas.
As far as the smell of a skunk, I tend to agree with you. It actually smells like Starbucks coffee to both my sister and I. I think in is the strength of the scent that is so bad.
Enjoy your writings! They are the only ones I read on substack. They wear you out with them.
Peace has a great fragrance! I'm with you on most things being way too strong in the scent department. I did a photoshoot a while back on the outside of a home where the dryer vent was blowing where I was working and it almost made me sick.
Thanks for your support!
Night blooming jasmine is a favorite as is sandalwood. I used to make soaps and natural products so I've played with lots of essential oils.
I do not have particular memories for scents, but I adore discovering them. I like to find joy in the little things and when a new scent finds its way to may, I stop and ponder it for a bit.
Yes, it's so exciting to encounter a new scent. Often, in nature, I will run into something sweet-smelling, and there is no apparent source for it.
A mass of Hay scented ferns under white birches is a personal favorite. The scent is subtle and fresh!
Scents are elemental, aren't they? Burrowing into our very souls. Highly emotive.
Yes, they are! Freshly turned soil is another one I love.
That is fascinating about the extinct flower scents! I too think I would have been good as a “nose,” with a very keen sense of smell. I love the scents of dead leaves, sweetgrass, honeysuckle, heliotrope, violets, roses, prairies, rain and the classic Chanel No. 5.
What a great list!
Yes, Sandalwood is great! I love the smell of Citrus flowers, too. I also have quite a collection of essential oils. I use some of them as a natural insect repellant.
Yes! I have Hay-Scented ferns massed under a Fringe Tree. It's wonderful!