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The smell of sage

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#1 ·
Smell of sage is unique and most of you will never really understand. The smell of it on your dog after a walk. The smell of it on your jeans because you've been hiking through the brush. A wonderful part of summer.
 
#3 ·
I understand.
I have a perfume made from a place in Whitefish, MT....its sagebrush, sweetgrass and cedarwood. I smell of a Rocky Mountain forest and meadow in the sun.
Name, please?
Pretty, pretty please.

It's funny. We lived in Rock Springs - no shortage of sage there. But it must be a different varietal or grow different because of the weather or something because here in the Basin the smell of sage seems to hang in the air and back on the Divide it seemed there was no smell unless it was disturbed.
 
#10 ·
We used to live int the desert part of Canada and there was sage brush growing everywhere. Driving with the windows open or just standing by a field or road on a hot summers day and all you could smell is hot sage brush. Beautiful. A heady scent.

We moved away but returned to live there 12 years later and nearly all the sage brush that grew in the fields and on the side of the roads or mountain slopes had disappeared. It was absolutely shocking. The main cause seems to have been the use of chemicals in the expanded orchards and especially the vineyards . Possible climate influence but it should have gone the other way as the climate had gotten warmer and less rain.
 
#16 ·
I too have a habit of smelling my dog. At first, after a bath, she smells lightly soapy, with an aura of strawberries. The oiliness is muted. Then, as a few days go by, the oils start to come forth, and the ode de douge spice becomes more bespoke. After a few weeks of rolling in dead fish, dirt, grass, brambles, and everything else outdoorsy, the odor is complete. The companionship of the smell-dog is one of life's best gifts. I have learned many great lessons from this and also from extensive conversations with police officers and fellow jail mates, discussing the virtues of dog sniffing and people's lack of appreciation for "strange and unsettling public behavior." Apparently holding a dog over your face constantly is considered a bit strange.
 
#17 ·
I like the smell of sagebrush. I planted three of them in my yard. If you dig them up when they are less than 6" tall and get as much roots as possible they transplant pretty well.
Our best one was over 4' tall and quite bushy, the neighbors sprayed it through the chain link fence and killed it. They denied it, but they are out there spraying every couple of weeks
 
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