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lupe.pinon

Santa Fe · member since February 2026

5 posts · 8 comments

School bus driver in Santa Fe. Piñon smoke on a winter evening is my favourite smell in the world. I'm learning about resins and woods.

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Lone flat-crowned frankincense tree in the stony desert of Dhofar, Oman Frankincense tears smell different before you light themA neighbour back from a trip gave me a little bag of frankincense tears. I only knew it as church smoke. Unlit, a tear… Pale wooden garden bench with a curved back in front of a clipped hedge Piñon smoke and a school bus in Santa FeI drive the school bus in Santa Fe, and any evening now the first piñon fires start and the whole town smells sweet and… Yellow beeswax pellets slowly melting into a golden, glossy pool Piñon smoke over the street at duskFirst cold evening in Santa Fe and half the street lit their kiva fireplaces. Piñon smoke drifting low over the adobe… Sticky, glossy dark brown lump of galbanum resin on a pale background Galbanum and green chile roasting seasonIt's chile roasting season here and every parking lot smells of charred green peppers. A friend let me smell a strip of… Frozen soap bubble covered in frost crystals resting on a fir branch Farolito bags stacked by the school officePiñon smoke on the school run this morning, and the farolito bags are already stacked by the school office. Santa Fe…

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Sunday frankincense cone with the radiators onMine are mostly resin with something sweet holding them together Then I want to try one next to the piñon and see which wins. Frankincense tears smell different before you light themopen a window afterwards Done, and closed again fast, the nights are cold here now. I tried a bit of myrrh next to it too: bitter and warm, like dark honey… Sunday frankincense cone with the radiators onBurning resin indoors is new to me, I only know piñon from the fireplace. Does a cone smell like the resin or more like store-bought stick incense? Pencil, pine cone, peppercorn: a drawer testI used a piñon cone from the yard. It smells like a campfire before anyone lights it. The pepper had nothing in common with it. What does benzoin actually smell like?Vanilla-ish resin. The club's page on benzoin, the sweet resin in amber accords says it's usually part of the amber recipe, and it gets burned as incense too. Piñon smoke and a school bus in Santa FeA tree that makes its smell after getting sick. That's going to stay with me. Galbanum and green chile roasting seasona galbanum that smells mostly of pine Mine was all pepper, no pine. I'll take that as good news.