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by pbhjpbhj 6y ago
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Sounds like geosmin is the smell of earth, which to me is a fine smell. Perhaps you're a city dweller that's just not acclimated to natural smells??
Mind you I hate the over-perfumed smell of heavy clothes detergents, so I'm probably peculiar in my scent-life.
- ComputerGuru 6y agoIt's not the musty smell of the earth (or the smell of rain coming) but rather the pungent/sour smell of a wet towel left sopping too long in the corner or the way your clothes smell (hormones aside) after you go outside and come back in on a humid day. (I hate the city and my ideal getaway is at minimum a few days in the middle of a forest or on a mountainside, just to give you some perspective of environments I find attractive or repulsive.) EDIT: see other response with Chicago Tribune link [0], it seems that my description may apply specifically to our region and that wet towels elsewhere might not be subject to this nastiness. [0]: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-11-20-9411200261-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-11-20-941120...
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoIt's pretty hard to get smell information on the web! Thanks for your response. Perhaps you're a super-smeller (that's not a pejorative!) and experience smells differently, too. Now, what sort of look will my wife give me if I order a piece of wet towel from Chicago on the web?