Skip to content
aroma class club
EN · FR About the club

brynn.pine

Minneapolis · member since January 2026

2 posts · 7 comments

I work for the city parks in Minneapolis. Pine, snow and woodsmoke all winter long, and I love it.

Favourite families

Woody

Signature notes

Pine and fir Cedarwood

Circles

Woods, Mosses & Roots Seasons & Celebrations

Posts

Rows of numbered oak brandy barrels resting in a vaulted cellar in Yerevan Raking the parkway before the first snowFirst cold morning raking the parkway. Wet leaves like a tea bag left in the cup, and somebody's woodstove down the… Scots pine with twisted roots exposed by sand on a Dutch heath Wet maple leaves and balsam at the nurseryRaking leaves at the park nursery after a night of rain. Wet maple underfoot, balsam fir along the fence, and…

Latest comments

Piñon smoke and a school bus in Santa FeWoodsmoke all winter here in Minneapolis too. Welcome from further north. Describe a wood without saying 'woody'Snowmelt, sap on mittens, a Christmas tree lot in the rain. Balsam fir, from the park nursery. Pumpkin guts smell more like cucumber than pieWe carve on the porch, so for me it's cold air and pumpkin. Best night of the fall. Advent smell swap: pick a week, pair upOutdoors week: crushed balsam fir needles. Happy to swap a bag with anyone in Minneapolis. Which Christmas tree actually smells of something?Balsam fir, every time. The whole parks crew says so. My grandmother's cedar chest, opened for the winter blanketsOurs had a cedar block in the sweater drawer instead. A bit of sandpaper brings the smell right back.