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[foxtrots]

flowers are pretty but i always notice the way that they smell more than anything. i've heard that some people have this thing called allergies that makes them less enjoyable. maybe i wouldn't like them much then either, because your nose gets all stuff and food doesn't have much taste if you can't smell it.

other things that i like the smell of: grilled meat. even if it's not spiced, it still smells good. fresh cut herbs, because it brings back good memories. coffee, even if i don't think i'll ever like the taste of it. snow - someone once told me that snow doesn't really smell like anything but it does. oh, and babies. babies always smell good, except when they need a diaper change.

what's your favorite smell? is it something just from home or have you found it here too? or maybe there's one that you don't like. those scented candles never really smell like what they say on the jar to me.

and skunks really stink, but i think most people would agree on that.

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[viatorius]

call me a freak, but i really like the smell of nail polish.
and gasoline.

( She's very strange. )

leather too.

( Which is easier to understand. )

i don't think they have candles like that though :)

[foxtrots]

leather! that would be on my list too.

gasoline smells sweet but in a weird way. i bet it would be a popular candle scent, but it's probably not a good idea to add gas to a candle.

[probably not.]

[viatorius]

( She's pretty into how leather makes John smell but that's an opinion best left unannounced. )

probably not.

do babies really smell different?

[foxtrots]

they do! it's not just their shampoo or anything either, though that smells good too.

i bet there's a reason for it, you know? biology.

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[anotheroldsoldier]

Black coffee, a hard-seared steak on an improvised grill in the middle of nowhere, a good whiskey. Any of those smell better than flowers.

Mileage may vary on baby-smell. Only one I've been around seemed to always need a diaper change.

[foxtrots]

ahh you have a really good nose.

i think their heads probably always smell better than the other end. was it your baby?

[anotheroldsoldier]

My nose is pretty normal, my taste is just better than most.

Didn't get that close. It was a friend's baby.

[foxtrots]

ok but that steak - rare, medium rare... i won't believe that you like it well-done you're too cool for that.

i don't have any friends who have babies/ i mostly just smell them in the supermarkets.

[lykou]

The forest after it rains. Summer air before a big storm. Winter air after it's snowed.

My favorite smells involve a lot of precipitation.

Cow and buckskin leather, clean cut redwood, rosewood, sandalwood, just to add some non-weather scents.

...I've never smelled a baby.

[foxtrots]

you just reminded me of how much i like the smell of all of those things weather scents too. that's a lot of wood though.

they smell so soft! people are really careful with their babies, so they only use gentle stuff on them.

[lykou]

That sounds like it would be true. I guess I just haven't had a lot of reason to be around babies. Not human babies, anyway.

Animal babies are another story, but they usually smell like their parents.

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[luckyescape]

The smell of mountains.

[foxtrots]

ah. yeah, that.

i think i've been in cities for too long. i was born at the bottom of a mountain and i didn't even think of it.

[luckyescape]

I was born near a mountain with a lot of woods. IT always makes me think of home.

text; un: thunderbird

[tanker]

love the smell of leather. but also thyme, and rosemary, rosewood, sandalwood. reminds me of being a kid.

love the smell of rain, too. and the smell of sand, when it's been baking in the sun for a long time.

whoever told you that snow doesn't smell of anything was a liar.

[foxtrots]

why do they remind of you it?

rain is such a nice smell. clean. i can't remember ever smelling sand before, but now i really want to.

[tanker]

because my mom was always making little bundles of these herbs and plants, used them around the house for protection
and we lived in the forest, so it's all reminiscent of it, for me.

it's just this really warm smell. the kind that's hard to describe.

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[hasitsthorns]

[ Wildflowers in spring, perfume and metal, a fresh-pressed buisness suit- ]

barbeque
hands down best smell there ever was

[foxtrots]

i think i need a towel, my mouth just started watering.

[hasitsthorns]

don't worry
i'm planning to host plenty of bbqs once the weather starts warming up
it's tradition!!

text; un: worstwitch

[bastardofipswich]

what're you talking about babies smell weird

[ And, to answer your question: ] smoke and chlorine

[foxtrots]

they have a very soft smell, what's weird about babies?

and i'm not sure those are healthy for you to be breathing in too much.

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[muskeg]

[ w h y is he even--]

spruce after it's been burned, mud that is still cold, black coffee.

[ though you might know that already.]

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[foxtrots]

why spruce after it's been burned and cold mud?

[those are two things that minsu doesn't know, and that's exciting.]

text; un: sage

[muskeg]

spruce because it reminds me of the elder that taught me, in the north.

cold mud is-- dunno. makes me think of early morning before the sun is up. relief after working in the swamp.

[ makes him think about crawling out of the swamp bruised but alive, laughter on his lips and magic in his veins. ]