Spunky Trees?

bails1310
bails1310 Posts: 361
edited August 2012 in The cake stop
When I was younger, there was a very vertain smell during certain times of the year which was........the above and for some reason around flora [although never found out which ones]. IMO, this then dissappeared for quite some time.........a bit like white dog doo-doo in the street, until recently.

Am In the only that has noticed this and it's return? Even the wife [who is more of an expert than me] confirms the current whiff although she cannot recall it back in the day. This I am pleased about as she is younger than me...............
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  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    Chestnut trees - have the same chemical as semen when they flower.
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    LOL .. strong Username to Thread Title ratio!

    But yes, I've always thought I was the only one who noticed this!
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    the smell is probably Phallus impudicus, so you are close in your description :D

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  • appletrees
    appletrees Posts: 327
    Also noticed a recurrence of this smell over the last couple of weeks and also glad to hear it's not just me that can smell it!

    Wife and I first spotted it on holiday in Turkey about 7 or 8 years ago and by the end of the two weeks we had sort of convinced ourselves that the building nearest to the smell was a knocking shop! Although it was clearly a plant of some description...
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Are you sure you're not just frequenting popular dogging sites. :D
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  • Ginjafro
    Ginjafro Posts: 572
    I remember the same smell emitting from "Beef" flavoured crisps. :oops:
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  • El Zomba
    El Zomba Posts: 164
    Linden trees. Mitchell and Webb did a sketch on it. If memory serves me right, Ivy in bloom can smell a bit like a stiff stain too.
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    El Zomba wrote:
    Linden trees. Mitchell and Webb did a sketch on it. If memory serves me right, Ivy in bloom can smell a bit like a stiff stain too.

    Brilliant! And educational too.
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  • Gizmo_
    Gizmo_ Posts: 558
    You know, I always thought I was going mad.

    Thank you.
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  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    So eh, has anyone else smelled what I presume is manure spread on fields, that's like an extremely sweet smell, almost pleasant?
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    In the days when I used to work as a chemistry lab technician, we used to have a chemical on the shelves which I think was called "spermidine" as a 'trivial' name. (Someone will put me right I'm sure.)

    This smelt like sounds if you just got a faint whiff, in larger concentrations it literally made you retch.

    The lecturer in organic chemistry used to delight in passing it around a room full of students and seeing who recognized the smell. :roll:

    The favourite reaction was a young lady.."oh yes, I know that smell,..... [sniff] now what is it?, ....{sniff} it's on the tip of my tongue". :lol:


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  • jawooga
    jawooga Posts: 530
    bails1310 wrote:
    Even the wife [who is more of an expert than me] confirms the current whiff
    :wink:
  • Bunneh
    Bunneh Posts: 1,329
    Can I use the 'morning wood' joke yet?
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