spring smell

[farmgirlsuz]

I think you are spot on with the Sweet Acacia. I haven't seen any fruit trees anywhere near where I live. Definitely putting one of those on my landscape list.

[adriver]

Could be the cherry blossoms. The little white ones that have just started blooming.

[RubyJune]

Originally Posted by BIG CATS

Sweet acacia... it has those little yellow flower things all over them and they smell pretty good.

This is it. I went outside my office building where I get this smell the strongest and found these trees. I looked up pictures online. I wish my apartment complex had these!

[Jukesgrrl]

I only wish I still had a sense of smell. I'm so stuffed up from allergy reactions to desert plants that, honestly, I am now almost completely about to smell anything. I can't even smell my coffee.

[ScottsdaleMark]

Originally Posted by Gunluvver2

As an owner/operator in the trucking business I saw all 49 of the U.S.A. and most of the Canadian Provinces and Territories during all the seasons. Some of my most sensual experiences from all those travels were from trips across Arizona. Usually in February or March and after a rain shower. One special moment was waking up in the sleeper of my truck after a night of gentle rain. Not only was the Sunrise fantastic but the smell of all the Cactus Flowers and other desert plants that had blossomed overnight was unforgettable. I set up my camp stove and coffee pot on a convenient picnic table, provided by the taxpayers of Arizona, and enjoyed one of the most perfect mornings of my life.

Thank you for this, great positive post.

In terms of desert smells, I hate the way creosote bushes look, but they smell amazing after a rain.

There is also a general "fall" and "spring" smell in the Valley, although I couldn't pinpoint all the factors that go into it!