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To continue the smells theme.
Around the wooded areas near me, I often come across sections which smell of caramel or candyfloss. I know that a plant is responsible for it, but the only one I can find appears to be a Japanese native (Cercidiphyllum), with limited distribution in this country.
Can anyone tell me what it is?
Ta
Geoff
The katsura tree does smell of candy floss - really strange but lovely to smell. I don't know of anything else. Do you have a toffee factory or confectioners nearby?
OBVIOUSLY, there's a paedo hiding in the undergrowth, wafting eau de werthers to attract kids
Mmmm I suppose it could be the Katsura Tree. Not sure how it could be as widespread as it appears to be though.
More investigation required I think.
Melted Mars bar in your Camelbak?
Gorse can smell of coconut when it flowers.
Some people think gorse has a sweet vanilla smell, smells more like coconut to me (apparently there is a genetic component to how you perceive the smell)
Meadowsweet fits the bill
I love the coconut smell of gorse- reminds me of cheap floozies in 80's niteclubs
gorse- reminds me of cheap floozies in 80's niteclubs
yeh, gorse gives me a nasty itch too
its honeysuckle?
oh did you know that 34% of the revenue from the sale of Wethers Originals goes directly towards funding the hitler youth movement?
there's a paedo hiding in the undergrowth, wafting eau de werthers to attract kids
PMSL!! 😆
Balsam Poplar[Populus trichocarpa]
Very unlikely to be Cercidiphyllum as that only really smells when the leaves are fallen (autumn sun on a damp, still morning is the perfect for the one in my back garden), so if you're smelling it now it'll be something else.
is it the caramel bunny?
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Gorse totally smells like coconut doesn't it! I was amazed. Only just noticed as this is my first proper year on the bike out in the hills breathing hard and I smoked until 2 years ago today (yay me).
Also noticed a wonderful smell of foxgloves when riding up a lane lined in thousands of them.