The Hooded Nudibranch (Melibe leonina) supposedly smells like fresh watermelon when taken out of the water. This alien-like sea slug can release its six petal-like cerata in the same way that a lizard can drop its tail when threatened.
Yes, that’s like dropping a trail of watermelon jolly ranchers when being chased - photo taken at Three Tree Point, Puget Sound, Washington
There are many reasons marmosets aren’t suitable pets. Number one reason on my personal list that maybe not many people know: their urine is God aweful. Like might be the worst scent at the zoo.
Also a scent that is commonly a surprise:
Chimpanzee natural body odor smells like baby powder! They are potentially the best smelling primate out there.
At Rotterdam zoo the cops were called once bc someone thought there was weed at the zoo but it was one of these bastards
this little friend smells like buttered popcorn
Unfortunately, I must admit that while the chimps I worked had a district baby powder scent, this is not universal to all chimps! According to other keepers, the most universally agreed scent for chimpies is poopy baby butt.
For a large part of the 20th century you probably couldn’t go anywhere in any decent-sized town or city that did not smell like a mixture of (1) shoe polish, (2) tobacco smoke, and (3) unfiltered car exhaust from leaded gasoline. Think about this every time you see a photograph from the 1950s. People like to post about this or that music “would kill a Victorian child” but I think some of my grandparents’ defining olfactory experiences would disintegrate me on the spot
yeah! my mom (boomer, doesn’t drink or smoke) says adults just smelled like shit and all indoor areas were choked with stale cigarette smoke until like the 1980s. i always try to imagine this when considering classic fragrances like Chanel no. 5 that were designed to be worn in these environments
1980s? lucky. moving in 2003 from a state that didn’t ban smoking in indoor public places (and today only sort of does, Mississippi clean air laws are a patchwork of local ordinances) to a state that does was a fucking revelation.
see also: my single biggest period film pet peeve, when the heroine has her hair down in romantic, beachy waves, while every other woman has her hair up in an at least vaguely historical style. That girl is gonna go home at the end of the day with her hair smelling like every coal fire and open sewer she walked past! It is not romantic!
Kiba has an insane sense of smell, right? So not only does he know when you’re on your period or hurting, but he also knows when you’re horny. So expect him to call you out on it when you’re alone. You may think he doesn’t notice but then suddenly he’s leaning over you with that smirk and asking, “Anything I can do for you?” or even a cocky, “Like what you see?”
While it might not seem like quantum mechanics have anything to do with your life, it turns out this phenomena likely plays a role in your everyday experiences, from sunlight to smells!
