My friend Fletcher asked a great question recently:
WHAT DOES JERUSALEM SMELL LIKE?
It was the first thing I noticed when I got out of my Tel Aviv - Jerusalem cab ride. The scent of this city is intoxicating. The scents are very distinct: an overwhelming smell of jasmine mixed with mint and rosemary. The mix of the three is HEAVENLY.
There's only one issue. A fourth scent. A horrible stench that we're all too familiar of. The Ginkgo tree is alive and well here in Jerusalem, and I, for one, will never understand why these trees are planted in heavy pedestrian areas. Do people not smell what I'm smelling?
Anywho, there are a few cities/towns/areas I've visited that have distinct smells that I can neither describe nor understand. Here are a few:
1) Paris subway. Very noticeable but not as unpleasant as one would think. I find this smell occasionally around the States. Not sure what it is.
2) New York City subway. My friend Al Vigdorchik once described the NYC Metro as, "the place of mysterious liquids." You get the idea.
3) Blue Ridge Mountains. Crisp. Clear. Woodsy.
Anyone have any other scents that describe a city? Please post a comment.
**PICTURES TO COME. I PROMISE. I JUST NEED TO BE A TOURIST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS FIRST.**
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Well, there's that familiar smell of rotting soybeans we get here if we get too much rain....
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Your blog is wonderfully interesting and entertaining! I'm enjoying it and determined to visit there someday.
Yes, I know exactly what you mean about Paris-very odd. I bought a magazine there once and the smell was still on it years later.
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Dude! I can't believe you didn't include the lovely, welcoming, occasional smell of Evansville, Indiana, as you approach it on I-164: the smell of a malfunctioning sewage treatment plant. I KNOW you could smell it from your apartment there, so don't even pretend otherwise.
touche, Zadie.
The smell of New Orleans is like no other. I'd describe it as poor and dirty with distinct overtones of drunk and stupid.
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