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Something Whiffy This Way Comes

illustration of a nice two-story house with wavy cartoon smelly lines wafting up

oneirodynia asked about their persistent, shifty, Mystery House Smell, and answerers have offered an alarming number odorific tips, including sol's experiences with sewer or waste water/drain pipes and a great link to a related article (see the Metafilter post on Man Called Fran, the best article on forensic plumbing you ever likely to read), and samthemander's link to their own successful obnoxious odor outcome. Our noses await new news on this one!

04/08/24
by taz

love at first scent

ScentsScents by kuhnmi (cc by)

How do I figure out why I love a perfume? "I'm not well versed in perfumes and I can't figure out what exactly about this one made it catch my attention ..."

11/16/22
by taz

Wave if you know the answer!

Storm SurgeStorm Surge by Krystal.Hamlin (cc by)

In Ask Metafilter, cda is looking for the best products that smell like the ocean

06/11/22
by taz

Apartment AromaTherapy

Top view of lilac flower in a plate. Spring concept.Top view of lilac flower in a plate. Spring concept. by wuestenigel (cc by)

We are a fam of 4 living in an apartment on the first floor of a two story building with two cats in NYC, and we don't get a lot of ventilation...

In Ask Metafilter, RajahKing asks, "Beyond the basics of keeping our apartment clean," how do I make my apartment smell fresher and better?. DSime (among others) has answers.

08/11/18
by taz

Ley Lines III

diorama by Tatsuya TanakaLaputa: Castle in the Sky / 天空の城ラピュタ(バルス後) by Tatsuya Tanaka

Recently on Mefi, people and places around the world, enchanting, mysterious and magnetic:

World Jollof Rice Day, you say? Jollof rice is a traditional West African dish, but not a humble one

From the Persian for "eyebrow," Ebru (paper marbling) has a long tradition in Turkey

The villagers of Kannauj have inherited a remarkable skill: They can capture the scent of rain

Au Revoir, Mogadishu Vol. 1 — Songs From Before The War: '70s and '80s Somali sound

Since April 20, 2011, Japanese artist Tatsuya Tanaka has created tiny dioramas with common household objects as landscape for tiny people, one every day

Chiara Vigo is the last master of weaving the sea-silk cloth bysso and showcases her art at Museo del Bisso in Sant'Antioco, Sardinia

08/24/15
by taz

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