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gus_saltmarsh

Auckland · member since May 2026

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Boatbuilder in Auckland. Kauri gum, varnish and salt spray, not exactly floral. Curious how fragrance does the sea.

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Pale green-fleshed melon cut in half, seeds visible, on a dark wooden table Auckland boatbuilder wondering how perfume does the seaI build boats in Auckland, so my days are kauri gum, varnish and spray off the harbour, not exactly floral. What I… Why can't I smell my own house any more?Mates walk in and say the house smells of varnish and kauri gum. I smell nothing. I was away up north on a job and when… Small brown western red cedar cones at the end of a scaly green spray Boat shed cedar: the same tree as perfume?We plane a lot of cedar in the boat shed and it smells sweet and sharp, nothing like pencils. Is the cedar in perfume…

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Auckland boatbuilder wondering how perfume does the seaIntestines. Right. I'll stick to kauri gum. Cheers for the links. Flat viewings when my coats smell of peat smokeWhen I sold my place in Devonport a mate walked in and said boat shed. I'd stopped noticing years before. Kia ora from the Wellington ferry terminalAnother Kiwi. Up in Auckland it's more salt spray and wet kauri than bush, but I know that southerly smell. A citrus that smells like the beach?Salt isn't citrus, mate. The sea note people mean is calone, a lab molecule with a sea-breeze smell and a hint of melon, as the page on calone, the sea-breeze… Fog and low tide on the Halifax waterfrontFunny thing, the sea in a bottle is mostly a lab molecule. The calone note says Pfizer found it in 1966, a watery sea-breeze smell with a hint of melon.… Kawakawa leaves after a southerlySame up in Auckland, the bush behind the yard smelled like pepper and rain. Kawakawa every time. Boat shed cedar: the same tree as perfume?most cedarwood oil is distilled from junipers and cypresses Ha. So half the cedar I know might not be cedar either. Why can't I smell my own house any more?smell it again from the doorway Did it after the shed today. Varnish, wet towels and the dog's bed. Not proud of the last one.