oops... I mean charcoal :o)
outdoor cafes, flowers, the lake
freshly-cut grass and my drunk uncle's armpit
Stale hobo pee in the Jackson tunnel.
Nectarines. I don't even have to eat them. I can just stand there and smell them.
Chlorine and hot cement, sometimes combined.
Cookouts and some weird tree smell that bothers me.
The ballpark: grilled onions, spilled beer, cracker jack, popcorn, grilled sausages, peanuts, sweaty men, perfumed ladies, suntan lotion and freshly mown grass.
fields of freshly cut grass
Flame-broiled armpits wafting through the aisles of the bus.
Laundry, lavender, pizza.
There is a weird smell in the morning, a kind of sour smell that seems to be coming from the street. Not sure if it's the run-off from the sewer or what, but I only smell it when it's hot outside. That and cut grass.
Funk & Wagnels!!!! Taking the Summer Quarter at De Paul
freshly cut grass, humidity, sweat, coconut lotion/suntanning lotion, chlorine, fast food, cheap avon perfume, ocean/beach/fishy smell, flowers, marijuana, grilled food, cool (as in a/c) but moldy old bar.
Too often, somebody else's armpit.
Burning hot asphalt, which in turn makes me think of the extreme excitement of going to Great America as a kid.
Heat.
Carrie- I think I know what tree you're talking about--the ones with the white flowers? We used to call them cum trees in college...because we were ever-so mature.
moist soil
Elizabeth-- yes, that's the one! My mom knows all about trees and recently mentioned the catalpa tree to me-- I just looked it up and I think that is the one. I feel like it stinks before it flowers? ...when it's full of pods? ha cum tree-- what else would college kids call it? ;)
Weed. Sweaty bodies. Charcoal. Dead fish. Alley urine. Stale beer. Cigarette smoke on the sidewalks now. The gorilla/lion house at the Lincoln Park Zoo. And the occasional sweet smelling flowers in the park.
Yes, alley urine mixed with warm garbage smell.
Tequila.
The smell of the hot pavement after it rains and makes it steam.
Fresh cut grass of course.
Night humidity.
Summer lake breeze.
Marigolds....
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