Tag: Mold

One of the resort staff takes on the daunting-looking task of cracking open a fresh coconut for Smelling and tasting. He begins by skewering the hard, brown ball on a sharp steel pole, breaks the fruit in half and then gently carves out chunks of the white meat.

“Smelling and Tasting, Again for the First Time” * Personal Essay * Thelma Fayle

aromatica poetica September 8, 2022

Smelling a molasses-like ooze on the cover of my damp old book made me wonder what it was. I felt sick to my stomach within five minutes; but didn’t connect the two events. I thought I was coming down with the flu. Within 24 hours I was in Emergency on a ventilator and heart monitor. Eighteen years and a million sneezes later (always more than 100 a day); I no longer had a sense of smell or taste and usually …

A big country house with a garden wafting scents of pink flowers and green grass in through its windows, and laundry detergent, cinnamon toast, perfume, and dirty socks out. By Alabaster Rhumb for Kate Chamberlain on Aromatica Poetica.

“The Smells of Home” * Memoir * Kate Chamberlin

aromatica poetica May 28, 2020

I remember a beautiful old Victorian home in Wellsville that yowled “Cats!” even as you stepped onto the wide front porch. Here in Walworth, one of my friend’s home smells of candles and paint; another like the farm; and another actually has no smell at all. As I walk through my home, I can smell which room I’m passing – especially on a hot, humid day. You’ve heard of being led by the nose? Well, the nose knows. In the …