Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Running as an Olfactory Feast - a Random Catalog

© 2010 Ugur Akinci

Running is an intense olfactory experience.

Here is a random catalog of the odors and fragrances that I enjoy (mostly) on a typical 5K run around my neighborhood:
  • Fresh-cut grass
  • Laundry detergent (sometimes mixed up with steam vapor)
  • Carpentry 
  • Still-warm and ticking car engines
  • Onions and assorted kitchen odors
  • Meat grilled on barbecue
  • Charcoal
  • Fresh paint
  • Cat piss
  • Perfume of a woman who just entered a house
  • Sweat
  • Rubber
  • Softened asphalt
  • Pine resin
  • Rose bush

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