I had an interesting fragrance experience today. Having bought some celery for the first time, I think, in my entire life - I was traumatized by too much of it as a small child, its stringy, Cheez Whiz-filled stems being de rigueur for snacks back then - I noticed, for the first time, just how much I like its smell.
I think it says something about either how smell-obsessed I am, or how tolerant my friends are of my hobby, that a friend thought nothing of me taking a bunch of celery out the fridge and asking her to smell the base of it.
"Doesn't that just smell great?" I said.
She commented that it reminded her of some curry spice, and I volunteered that it might be fenugreek ( I smell a resemblance between the two ).
I've only smelled a recognizable celery note in one fragrance, Lutens' Mandarine Mandarin, but there it's combined with fruit in such a way that I'm honestly reminded of ketchup.
Now, I'm not entirely sure this is the case, but if there are tomato-leaf and carrot-flower fragrances, surely the celery plant has had the same honor at one point or another?
I think it says something about either how smell-obsessed I am, or how tolerant my friends are of my hobby, that a friend thought nothing of me taking a bunch of celery out the fridge and asking her to smell the base of it.
"Doesn't that just smell great?" I said.
She commented that it reminded her of some curry spice, and I volunteered that it might be fenugreek ( I smell a resemblance between the two ).
I've only smelled a recognizable celery note in one fragrance, Lutens' Mandarine Mandarin, but there it's combined with fruit in such a way that I'm honestly reminded of ketchup.
Now, I'm not entirely sure this is the case, but if there are tomato-leaf and carrot-flower fragrances, surely the celery plant has had the same honor at one point or another?
