Cycling by smell 2
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A couple of years ago there was a post where said that I could work out my location by the wind
direction and the smells from certain factories I was encountering.
During last night's 25 mile ride, there was a similar experience which dealt with working out which
area I was in by the expensiveness of the various clouds of aftershaves and perfumes!
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Simon Mason Anlaby East Yorkshire. 53°44'N 0°26'W http://www.simonmason.karoo.net (http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/)
But *why* were you cycling through the Boots Perfume Counter??! :-P
Pete.
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Peter Connolly Derby UK
"Simon Mason" <simon@simonmason.karoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> A couple of years ago there was a post where said that I could work out my location by the wind
> direction and the smells from certain factories I was encountering.
>
> During last night's 25 mile ride, there was a similar experience which
dealt
> with working out which area I was in by the expensiveness of the various clouds of aftershaves and
> perfumes!
>
> --
> Simon Mason Anlaby East Yorkshire. 53°44'N 0°26'W http://www.simonmason.karoo.net (http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/)
Simon Mason <simon@simonmason.karoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> During last night's 25 mile ride, there was a similar experience which dealt with working out
> which area I was in by the expensiveness of the various clouds of aftershaves and perfumes!
How long did it take studying aftershaves and perfumes before you could identify them all by smell
and thereby know how expensive they are?
Tony
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"Tony Raven" <junk@raven-family.com> wrote in message
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> Simon Mason <simon@simonmason.karoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > During last night's 25 mile ride, there was a similar experience which dealt with working out
> > which area I was in by the expensiveness of the various clouds of aftershaves and perfumes!
>
> How long did it take studying aftershaves and perfumes before you could identify them all by smell
> and thereby know how expensive they are?
I used to work in the edible oil industry and we had a lab containing loads of various essences
like ambergris, civet's bum smell, musk, ylang-ylang, Castoreum and all that sort of stuff. Either
that or from hanging around perfume counters.
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Simon Mason Anlaby East Yorkshire. 53°44'N 0°26'W http://www.simonmason.karoo.net (http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/)
>During last night's 25 mile ride, there was a similar experience which dealt with working out which
>area I was in by the expensiveness of the various clouds of aftershaves and perfumes!
Eau de Peleton?
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> A couple of years ago there was a post where said that I could work out my location by the wind
> direction and the smells from certain factories I was encountering.
Reminds me of cycling/walking past a chocolate factory on my way to school. Surprising
sickly stench.
~PB
> Surprising sickly stench.
Super!
Mark
"Pete Biggs" <pLime{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote in message
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> > A couple of years ago there was a post where said that I could work out my location by the wind
> > direction and the smells from certain factories I was encountering.
>
> Reminds me of cycling/walking past a chocolate factory on my way to school. Surprising
> sickly stench.
>
> ~PB
>
>
i used to ride home through Bournville - home of Cadbury's chocolate. It is almost enough to put you
right off chocolate - you can virtually feel it clagging up your air ways as you pass...
Simon Mason wrote:
> A couple of years ago there was a post where said that I could work out my location by the wind
> direction and the smells from certain factories I was encountering.
>
> During last night's 25 mile ride, there was a similar experience which dealt with working out
> which area I was in by the expensiveness of the various clouds of aftershaves and perfumes!
LOL. I cycle through a POSH area on the way to the forest, but they must keep all their windows
closed to keep out ruffians like me :-)
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:28:47 +0100, Simon Mason did issue forth:
> civet's bum smell
And does civet's bum smell nice?
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"StainlessSteelRat" <usenet@stainlesssteelrat.net> wrote in message
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> Simon Mason wrote:
> > A couple of years ago there was a post where said that I could work out my location by the wind
> > direction and the smells from certain factories I was encountering.
> >
> > During last night's 25 mile ride, there was a similar experience which dealt with working out
> > which area I was in by the expensiveness of the various clouds of aftershaves and perfumes!
>
> LOL. I cycle through a POSH area on the way to the forest, but they must keep all their windows
> closed to keep out ruffians like me :-)
Same here, but some very posh people stepped out of their air conditioned Mercs and Range Rovers on
their way to a very expensive restaurant. Their smell was startlingly different to the usual cloud
of Brut + Tramp I ride through on a Friday night in town. Simon
"Huw Pritchard" <bounceCHECKSIGBEFOREMAILING@pritch.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:28:47 +0100, Simon Mason did issue forth:
>
> > civet's bum smell
>
> And does civet's bum smell nice?
Most of the animal scents stink like mad until they've been diluted to miniscule levels. Simon
On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:43:28 +0100, Simon Mason did issue forth:
> A couple of years ago there was a post where said that I could work out my location by the wind
> direction and the smells from certain factories I was encountering.
>
> During last night's 25 mile ride, there was a similar experience which dealt with working out
> which area I was in by the expensiveness of the various clouds of aftershaves and perfumes!
Reminds me of my trip into work the other day. Riding down the hill from my house, I'm normally
doing 17mph upwards at this point. The road is fairly wide with parking on the left, so I reckon I
was at least 12' away from the bus shelter at the point that I nearly gagged on the stench of
perfume from the solitary passenger waiting at the bus stop.
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Huw Pritchard Replace bounce with huw to reply by mail
In article <b86i72$6sfgo$1@ID-159391.news.dfncis.de>,
bounceCHECKSIGBEFOREMAILING@pritch.co.uk says...
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:28:47 +0100, Simon Mason did issue forth:
>
> > civet's bum smell
>
> And does civet's bum smell nice?
Must do to some, it seems to form the base of plenty of cosmetics.
Colin
"Si Davies" <simon_r_davies@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> i used to ride home through Bournville - home of Cadbury's chocolate. It is almost enough to put
> you right off chocolate - you can virtually feel it clagging up your air ways as you pass...
Riding along the A10 at Enfield there used to be an overwhelming pear-drop smell from one of the
factories from time to time. Of course, like all the really nice smells it was probably
carcinogenic.
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Dave...
"Huw Pritchard" <bounceCHECKSIGBEFOREMAILING@pritch.co.uk> writes:
>On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:43:28 +0100, Simon Mason did issue forth:
>> A couple of years ago there was a post where said that I could work out my location by the wind
>> direction and the smells from certain factories I was encountering.
>>
>> During last night's 25 mile ride, there was a similar experience which dealt with working out
>> which area I was in by the expensiveness of the various clouds of aftershaves and perfumes!
>Reminds me of my trip into work the other day. Riding down the hill from my house, I'm normally
>doing 17mph upwards at this point. The road is fairly wide with parking on the left, so I reckon I
>was at least 12' away from the bus shelter at the point that I nearly gagged on the stench of
>perfume from the solitary passenger waiting at the bus stop.
The nose rapidly habituates to existing smells, but is very sensitive to change in smell. That's why
the faster you travel through a smell gradient in the atmosphere, the stronger the smell seems to
be. That's why you smell more keenly on a bicycle than when walking, and more on a motorcycle than
when cycling, and why girls never think they're wearing too much perfume.
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Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>"Huw Pritchard" <bounceCHECKSIGBEFOREMAILING@pritch.co.uk> writes:
>>fairly wide with parking on the left, so I reckon I was at least 12' away from the bus shelter at
>>the point that I nearly gagged on the stench of perfume from the solitary passenger waiting at the
>>bus stop.
>The nose rapidly habituates to existing smells,
It depends. I remember having the misfortune to be trapped on a coach 3 rows away from a lad [1]
whose aftershave was so strong as to leave a chemical aftertaste in my mouth - that did not
noticeably abate with time.
[1] modern sense of "lad".
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In message <+Xq*vyFQp@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>, David Damerell
<damerell@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes
>It depends. I remember having the misfortune to be trapped on a coach 3 rows away from a lad [1]
>whose aftershave was so strong as to leave a chemical aftertaste in my mouth - that did not
>noticeably abate with time.
What? You mean you still have the taste in your mouth? Ugh!
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>
> > >Riding along the A10 at Enfield there used to be an overwhelming pear-drop smell from one of
> > >the factories from time to time. Of course, like all the really nice smells it was probably
> > >carcinogenic.
> >
> > Vaguely remembering my grammar school chemistry - isn't that the smell
of
> > esters? And aren't they used as flavourings??
>
> Dunno Helen. Where's David Belcher when you need him?
Huh.
The answer is yes, but I never thought ethyl ethanoate smellt like pear drops, although it is used
in quantities as a solvent, so the most likely candidate. I once got all the organic acids and all
the alcohols out of the cupboard once and had a play. Propyl ethanoate was great- rather bannana-y.
Mix the lot together and its quite nice, but thats another mad theory of mine.
"W K" <hyagillot@tesco.net> wrote in message
> >
> > > >Riding along the A10 at Enfield there used to be an overwhelming pear-drop smell from one of
> > > >the factories from time to time. Of course, like all the really nice smells it was probably
> > > >carcinogenic.
> > >
> > > Vaguely remembering my grammar school chemistry - isn't that the smell
> of
> > > esters? And aren't they used as flavourings??
> >
> > Dunno Helen. Where's David Belcher when you need him?
>
> Huh.
>
> The answer is yes, but I never thought ethyl ethanoate smellt like pear drops, although it is used
> in quantities as a solvent, so the most likely candidate.
Ethyl ethanoate (or ethyl acetate) doesn't smell of pear drops (we make 220 000 tonnes a year of
the stuff). The "pear drop" ester is Amyl Acetate (pentyl ethanoate) which can also smell of
bananas in certain quantities.
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