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first.sniff

Exeter · member since September 2026

3 posts · 13 comments

History of art student in Exeter. Total beginner, mostly here to read and ask the odd question.

Favourite families

Florals

Signature notes

Rose Tea

Circles

Welcome to the Club Learning to Smell

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Art history student in Exeter, starting from zeroStarting from zero. I can talk about a painting for ten minutes, but not about a smell. My gran's house smelled of… What do people mean by indolic white flowers?Total beginner. I keep reading "indolic" about jasmine and other white flowers and I have no idea what it's supposed to… How do I work out which scent family is mine?Total beginner. Everyone here seems to know whether they're woody or floral or whatever. How did you work out which…

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Four citrus peels, eyes shut, two rightOne right out of four. Trying again tomorrow with fresh peels. What was on your nan's dressing table?Gran again for me: roses, tea, and a hairspray I can't name. Coffee beans between sniffs: does it work?I always assumed the coffee was there to make the shop smell nice. Art history student in Exeter, starting from zeroA clay tablet, that's me hooked. Tea bag and rose petal tonight. The vocabulary Class, read like a glossarySillage was the one I kept nodding along to without a clue. Reading it now. How do I work out which scent family is mine?Right, starting a page per smell and seeing which family fills up first. Sweet to sharp: rank your fruit bowl citrusOnly had a lemon. Sharp. Does that count? Thread of the week: describe rain without saying freshExeter drizzle is wet hedge and a bus going past.