Awesome Like a Vampire Bloodhound

[mishalak]

Right now is one of those moments when I wish I had a boyfriend, or a roommate, or a minion who had to take my calls even in the early middle of the night. I was standing here minding my own business letting the cool come in an open window, but with the curtains closed. It is vitally important that you know that the curtain was closed. Because I smelled rain. Which was confusing because there was no noise, but I definately could smell the distinctive smell like wet concrete and iron pipes rusting in dirt that says, "rain". I looked outside and there were like three drops visible on the pavement. Man, my nose is good at detecting things. So I am awesome like a vampire bloodhound. Because of my good nose.

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[kaffy_r]

I like that smell. Petrichor. And your good nose resonates with me, since I can often smell things that those around me can't, and which turn out to be really there.

[mishalak]

I would have looked up the word for it, but I was consciously trying to evoke the sense of it to someone who never notices the smells of things. I've seen petrichor before but I think I've never actually said it out loud and if I were writing a book I'd describe it as best I could and then use the word five times trying to make myself and other people start to use it commonly. In my head I get pictures when I smell things instead of words. Maybe I should have used that. In my head it smells like a little tiny thundercloud sprinkling over a mesa in the half light.

I'm a very smelly person. Wait..
Um.
Well I often notice the smell of weeds as I am crushing the life out of them in my yard. Also the plants that are good, but too enthusiastic. And the ones that caress your cheeks with their perfume for just brushing against them. Rosemary, lavender, sage, and thyme.