Caramel smell on the trails – plant or tree?

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?

voice by Nursey from Blackadder II…

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.