Of course, we were discussing our favorite 'smells' on my Perfume Board again! What else would be discuss? Well, we actually do discuss art, music, life, all kinds of things..........but these are some of our favorite smells for Spring/Summer:
From a Friend in New Orleans:
The night-blooming jasmine. The magnolias and gardenias have already passed their seasons, but there is a signature green, dry smell of the magnolia foliage on humid nights.
From a Friend in Georgia:
Sage brush after the rain, mountain laurel and all sorts of green smells coming down in the breeze from the mountains. Wood smoke from camp fires. The olive trees just finished blooming here, talk about a heavenly, heady smell. Pine trees that smell piney and musky. Roses and lavender and mint growing in my garden. In Georgia in mid-June there is a steamy quality, a promise of a hot day, in the early morning. This steamy damp supports the fragrances of magnolia, gardenia and mimosa uncoiling from their blossoms.
The magnolia blossoms, huge and white, are like giant bows festooning a green and gold taffeta ball gown.
From a Friend in Coastal Virginia:
Honeysuckle blooming along the interstate. The salty, metallic smell of the ocean, the smell of road tar on really hot days, the heavy smell of afternoon thunderclouds. On the weekends, freshly cut grass, the pungency of English boxwood, saucer magnolias on the tree in my front yard. The smell of peaches and tomatoes at the farmer's markets. Jasmine blooming aling the fence in the garden, hamburgers and steaks on the grill. The ozone in the air during a thunderstorm, the green, dirty smell of tomato leaves and the sulphuric smell of strawberries, peach skins and dirt in the garden.
From a Friend in Canada:
Tar and wet cement! In the summer, our town is construction city...roadwork and building construction galore and the smell of tar permeates the air where roadwork is being done. Walking by the construction sites, the fabulous smell of cool, wet cement.
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