Gabonese Jasmine. No indolic character, just a pleasant white clean floral. Sometimes simple is best.

A purple alamanda. Not a distinctive scent: faint petaly green stem. Maybe I caught it in the wrong time of day? I've found that some flowers have VERY specific windows in which they smell (like only 430-5am specific, I learned this by reading Roman Kaiser but then started to notice it on my hikes)

Straight-up Gardenia. I know the perfumers out there will think this is basic, but hey, a guy can enjoy a nice clean white floral. Picked up in my travels in Gabon.

Summer Snapdragon, I didn't catch a local name in Gabon. Very much a fruit smell, not a classic floral! Notes of Tropical-y grape candy. One of my faves there.

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The Blue Butterfly Pea has a simple green stem scent, but a very beautiful shimmering set of petals. These are from my scent log in Gabon, but I'd love to know what y'all are smelling!

Alamanda is poisonous, but the scent is a fresh lemon with a little muguet. Found in Gabon.

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I will continue to post pretty flowers regardless of world events. Not unique to Gabon, but found in my travels. A Guava flower, with a very clear and strong indolic (poopy) note.

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Continuing our exploration of Gabonese floral scents with Rangoon Creeper (I think). It's a 50/50 blend of freshly dried laundry and tart fruit.

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This Gabonese flower has the local name Duvuvugue. The scent is pure gourmand: powdery, chocolate, almond macaron. It's used in a tea for stomach aches in Gabon. One of my favorites.

This is Dialum lopense, no local name that I got. It tastes like a Smartie! Or rather, since the fruit of this nut has likely tasted like this for tens of millions of years, Smarties tastes like Dialum lopense. #scentpost #gabon #smelladay #smelltheworld

This is a special tree in Gabon, called the Okume tree. The tree sap is where the good scents are at — notes of strong camphor, citrus, pine. The resin is used to purify water, make cosmetics, and for Buiti religious rituals as a slow-burning fragrant fire that serves as the center of the ceremony.

A #scentpost from Gabon, the "Lungs of Africa". I had the great fortune to travel there with last year. The smells across the forest were unique, and also woven into the local religion of Buiti. This is Lantana. Notes of passion fruit and mango. A flower that smells like a tropical fruit!

Scentpost: A few small bushes in Sedona, AZ. Mostly herbal notes.

1. Broom Snakeweed — nice crisp sage
2. Mormon Tea (I think?) — sage meets rosemary
3. New Mexico Rubber Plant — a napthalenic/plasticky rosemary, pretty interesting combo! Plasticky and “artificial” smells show up often in nature.

Symphyotrichum near Anthony’s Nose off the Hudson — smells like Cinnamon Toast Crunch 

Scent post : a Red Columbine, found in the Zion narrows while hiking with friends. Notes : celery, white floral, lime.