Scent - Blog Posts

"[He] could smell the distant winter on the air -- a mixture of night-mist and crisp darkness and the tang of fallen leaves." - Neil Gaiman, Stardust

is there a smell comparable to space ? i assume we dont know because we would die if we tried to smell it but thats so cool

yeah if humans tried to smell space just like that, we’d die, no doubt about it 

but the smell of space lingers on spacewalk suits, and docking hatches when astronauts open them!

apparently, space itself smells like burning hot metal, or a hot barbeque grill with a slight hint of spent gasoline. The moon, apparently, smells like a gun after its been shot!

The coolest thing about it all is that the smell is actually what are left of dying stars- it’s literally the smell of stardust, and the particles smell like that because they’re so rich in hydrocarbons- something so very essential to life, and speculated by a lot of astronomers and astrobiologists and such to be the very thing life on earth started from!

another neat fact is that no two solar systems smell the same- ours smells like that because our solar system in particular is extremely rich in carbon, and other solar systems and places in the universe will have extremely different smells depending on what elements are most abundant in their system! 

Aroma Malam

Aku termangu dalam lautan bintang. Mereka yang terlelap, mereka yang mencumbu, mereka yang berburu binatang buas di hutan, mereka yang berteriak dari ujung peron, mereka yang lirih memuja Tuhannya. Pemuja malam yang tidak mengidolakan jabat tangan dengan orang asing, apalagi beramah tamah dengan musuh berselimut teman, atau rekan kerja mungkin? Kadang akrab, sering menikam dari belakang, tapi saling tersenyum kala jumpa. Menakjubkan. Sandiwara siaran langsung. Menatapnya, mendengarnya bicara, menganalisis mana perkataannya yang sesungguhnya. Aku bukan pemudi yang cekatan menebak ekspresi wajah. Namun, Psikologi mikroekspresi memang menarik dikaji.

Pemuja malam mengisi energi jiwa dengan berlama-lama menatap biru tua ke hitam pekatan, menyatu dengan dinginnya udara. Panas matahari berganti kala warna biru keungu-unguan menuruni celah awan. Perlahan, namun pasti, malam dalam genggaman. Ia menggapai pundak yang lelah. Ia memeluk jiwa yang lemah. Senyap dalam kegelapan yang teduh. Menangis pun tak ada yang tahu. Menggugu malam mengambil alih. Bernapas lega saat kaubuka jendela, dengan aroma malam membara (19/07/2020).

I also haven’t done one of these in a while, thanks for the tag!! Flower: All, but I really like hydrangeas Fruit: Strawberries Colour: Purples and Greens, preferably light/bright shades Scent: RAIN!! & WHEN IT RAINS AT NIGHT!! Season: Spring Tea:         - Green w Lavender         - The Green Silk Dragon one (I think that’s what it’s called)         - Jasmine         - Chamomile     And I would like to try more, so if anyone has any recommendations feel free to reply/ send an ask with suggestions, I appreciate it!

Edit: Almost forgot to tag someone lol it really has been a while I’ll tag @dewdack @bucky-barnes-is-jesus @felixslatinagf and @zaynismybestieworld  Have fun!!

favorites tag

tagged by the lovely @drivenbybri

flower: buttercups

fruit: honeydew

color: hunter green

scent: fresh baked sweets

season: fall

tea: peach and raspberry

tagging: @demo-wise @not-john-watsons-blog @punkgeekcryptid @gloomydeadpoet

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The places where you have left your emotional mark will emanate the scent of your soul and affect everyone who is there. -M.

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