Originally Posted by
Sewnoma
You are all going to think I'm totally insane, but I sort of LIKE the smell of skunk. Not if it's so close and/or fresh that it has that sharp edge that makes your eyes water, but the old or distant skunk smell...I actually like it.
It makes me think of puppy breath, and dark coffee. I will take skunk smell over freshly-fertilized-field smell any day!! Or even worse, the "fragrance" that comes from the local dairy cows.
I live in a suburb that's right on the edge of where town ends and the country begins, so I get to smell both on a regular basis. When the wind changes and starts blowing towards my house from the dairy, you would be amazed at how quick DH & I can get all the windows in the house closed!
Sewnoma, I belong to the secret society of folks who like the smell of skunk, too! I always thought I was a weirdo because I liked it. It reminds me of puppy breath and fresh dark roasted coffee, too. (Two of my favorite smells.) Those are exactly the examples I used as I tried to explain to my DH why it didn't bother me when we had a family of skunks in the neighborhood sharing their aroma.
Also agree that dairy, pig and chicken farms smell MUCH worse! Thanks for keeping me in good company!