Timmilne

I am trying to find out about scents that are disctinctive and descriptive of certain regions in the USA, specifically:

Badlands, SD
Everglades, FL
Painted Desert, CA / NA
Smokey Mountains, or the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC / VA
Gulf Coast (Texas - Florida)
Sierra Nevada, CA
Thousand Lakes, MN
Grand Teton, WY
New England
Adirondacks, NY

Also, any other destination that might have a distinctive aroma from its native plants and flowers. Or, if anyone has any stories that evoke an aroma from a trip, that would be very interesting, too. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Many thanks

Anonymous

Is this some kind of school assignment, or what?

coldwar27

I've always thought Jacksonville, FL has a bad scent.

CAPH52

New England is on your list. How can you possibly assign one smell to New England? In Maine alone you're going to have a lot different scent on the coast than in the middle of an inland forest.

Tandoori_Girl

There's the lovely smell of car exhaust. Mmmmmmmm.

rkkwan

Badlands - bad
Everglades - Johnson Glade
Painted Desert - paint thinner
Smokey Mountains - smokey
Gulf Coast - you already know, so don't ask
Sierra Nevada - Sierra Mist
Thousand Lakes - water
Grand Teton - grand
New England - new
Adirondacks - well, don't know about this one, sorry.

OO

Eau de Savannah, GA= Union Camp Paper Company

dcespedes

Gulf Coast of Texas = le rig de oil

Timmilne

What is this, the comedy channel?

Any useful suggestions?

cigalechanta

Ok I'l give my limited experience to you:
NYCity: exhaust fumes mingled in with tabacco and perfume,
Boston: those lucky to have wood burning fireplaces sends me into nirvana
especially when the fruit woods are burning. And the smell of the first falling deep snow can not be described.
The scent of ripening apples in the fall in New england along with the Concord grapes is also a high for me.
The earth opening up in the spring, the scent of new loam and manure to enrich someone's small parcel of the earth, heaven!

uuhhhh

no, not the comedy channel.... but neither is it a homework help center. tell more about what and why, and maybe you'll get more helpful responses.

seetheworld

The scent of roasting chestnuts is without a doubt, New York City.

cigalechanta

and in my house!

Scarlett

Aren't these useful ?

I have to disagree with coldwar since I live in Jax Fl but I agree with seetheworld, those roasting nuts in NYC...mmmm...

Getting off the plane in Tucson one year, the air smelled sweet, like flowers.
Smokey Mts & Blue Ridge, woodsy dark and wet
Adirondacks, pine
New England, cold spicey cloves

Tandoori_Girl

There's no better smell in the world than driving through the citrus belt in Florida when the orange groves are in bloom. I'll take a trip there (at least an hour away from Tampa) if for no other reason than to take in the smell of the orange blossoms.

And the absolutely worst smell is in the cities where they process the juice -- sticky sweet lingering smell.

cigalechanta

in my house meant roasting chestnuts. it'such a short few weeks when they are available. a helpful hint about buying because they are expensive and do not want you to waste your money. If the chestnut feels like there is a space between shell and flesh DO NOT BUY!!

seetheworld

That is excellent advice, cigalechanta! Gosh, I love roasted chestnuts!

John

Montana-- Smell of cordite from the militia

repete

then there's the aroma of tacoma

Dreamer2

During fall in New Hampshire you'll have the scent of leaves burning, followed by the wood stoves. And I agree with Cc, regarding the scent of apple orchards. It's distinctive and wonderful. Of course, in spring, it's the lilacs blooming (our state flower).

And all the gift shops smell of those pine sachets!

As a kid in southern NJ in the summer heat (just outside Philadelphia), I used to love the smell of hot tar and freshly sprayed mosquito poison. Scary!