What is your favourite smell that you associate with /out/ experience?
>>2810838Mine is the sweet, sweet air of the conifer forests of the West.
Hmmm, that's actually kinda tough..I would say it highly depends on where I'm at, like, if I'm by the coast, the fresh sea breeze, slight smell of washed up seaweed, that "dusty" sensation you get in your nose, perfect But, if its a fall camp, in dense Woods where I swear I can almost smell the moss? Also perfectSniffing a freshly plucked chantrelle, eggs on the campfire in the morning.Don't make me choose man
for me, it's one of two things.1. the intense petrichor that pervades the air every autumn in New England2. the late night charcoal smell of a campfire that has stopped burning but is still smoldering
burning gum leaves. Tobacco from a pipe, much nicer than a cig. All my gear is proofed with linseed oil so the smell of that too.
>>2810854>gum leavesgosh that's a proper nice smell. we get to enjoy it so rarely these days what with the near full-time bans and such
>>2810855I am going to snag myself some for my tinderbox as we approach the rainy months. I have only been caught out without a fire once and it was bloody miserable!
>>2810838First thing I thought of was wet sagebrush
>>2810858you should absolutely grab some leaves and even branches to keep dry over winter and roast them when you can. granted, during winter it's not so controversial to burn deadfall, but in summer it's kind of a no-no.>>2810863sage is always good, wet, dry, or burning
Not always but sometimes the smell of DEET bug spray takes me right back to camping as a young boy
>>2810838Fear
>>2810838Wet dog
>>2810838Hairy pussy after three weeks of living naturally and bathing in streams
>>2810838Moss, dead fish and algae on the beach
>>2810932stinky
Creosote and petrichor after a summer rain in the Sonoran Desert.>>2810918A fine bouquet.
>>2810937Smells like life.
Rocky Mountains: Pine Needles on the groundNew England: fresh mud and leaves. Midwest: The smell of horses and cows. (not shit). When you walk country paths between farms you'll always get curious horses and cows coming by and they have a very distinct smell. They smell like a clean animal. Colorado: Melting Snow. Burned Weed.California: Sea Breeze
I was fishing in a dirty creek that usually smells like dead animals and sometimes sewage, a couple days ago. On Thursday, I got an intense smell of a floral hand cream my mom used to use 15+ years ago. I'm in the upper Midwest. The stream just opened up, so nothing is blooming. It's snowing tonight. I freaked out some people as I went in, and the smell was so strong it was as if a woman was right behind me, stalking me. Like I said, dirty creek, and I was in a somewhat industrial area. There is a famous company that makes shampoo and body wash, but they are on the other side of town.
>>2810838The prairie in June.
>>2810838Horse smell
silica sand
Mediterranean scrublandThyme and other aromatic herbs, resin, pine, lavender, dust
>>2810838Wood smoke. Any wood. I can get lost in fond memories driving by a house using it's chimney with my windows down.
>>2810838wet earthwetland fogburnt woodstale forest air
>>2810838the smell of fallen leaves in autumn
>>2811267mmm dat silicosis
>>2810838cedargiant oak trees
>>2810838>sage>pine, cedar, petrichor, other various timber smells>gunpowder and the scents with game birds and deer
lilac perfume is wonderful, there's also the smells of ultra specific trees - some quite fragrant, but I lack the knowledge base to differentiate what smells represent specific trees>>2811543there's this part of my brain that's so primitive and it can smell wood smoke from miles away AND it can smell the difference between plain wood and wood + meat but EITHER way it just goes "walk towards the smell I will guide you" if im really hungry
>>2810838burning birch bark.
>>2810838Either fajitas on wood fire or cooking maple sap.
>>2812333Are you the sugarshackanon?
>>2812340I made that thread yesterday, but I haven't built a shack yet. Basically I have to decide if I'm making a shack to support my current production or if I will increase the number of trees I tap, and build a shack to support increased production, with stuff like holding tanks and a sap preheater for the stove, etc etc.
>>2811250probably dumping their perfumed shit in the creek
Old railway tracks in the summer heat.You know the smell.
>>2810838The smell of Riparian areas....when you get the creek bottom and the temp drops a little and the smell of the willows and the cottonwoods and all the herbaceous plants and flowers that thrive in a wetter environment.
>>2812442>the smellcreasote
