# Poll: The smell of freshly cut grass **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 12, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287 "2008-01-12T15:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287/41 "2008-01-15T16:38:54Z")
Freshly cut grass is a great smell, especially when the damn mower started without trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287/42 "2008-01-15T16:42:21Z")
It smells much better when you’re not the one who has to mow it. ---
**Author:** ![Labelless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Labelless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labelless)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287/43 "2008-01-16T04:17:02Z")
For anyone who might be crafty enough, [here](http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/ProductDetail.aspx?CatalogID=1&GroupID=3&CategoryID=130&ProductID=576&ProductName=Crafters+Choice%e2%84%a2+Fresh+Cut+Grass+Fragrance+Oil+153) is a fragrance oil. I’ve used it for making soaps and candles. It’s very accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Sockmunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Sockmunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sockmunkey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287/44 "2008-01-16T05:10:14Z")
[QUOTE=Ms. Pumpkin] I love that smell, just not the same way you do. To me it’s _the_ smell of my early childhood summers, and going to my grandparent’s house in the country and playing in the fields with my cousins(and maybe the dog) until it got dark out… The city version is the smell of the pavement getting wet when it first starts to rain during a thunderstorm. [/QUOTE] Bingo. It’s the same reason I love the smell of burning fireworks, pool chlorine, and the non-environmentally-friendly exhaust smell of dad’s old boat. Nostalgia-gasma-riffic. Hey, I invented a word! Oh, add pine trees and oranges to the list. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287/45 "2008-01-16T21:54:04Z")
I love the smell. I have been known to mow the neighbors lawn if mine is not in need of it just to be able to get a wiff when I have a yearning for that relaxing smell. I will pour a glass of lemonade and sit on the porch and look at and smell the new mown lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287/46 "2008-01-17T05:35:01Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] I love the smell. It reminds me of baseball. [/QUOTE] Yes! Very much so. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287/47 "2008-01-17T11:54:52Z")
[QUOTE=Labelless] For anyone who might be crafty enough, [here](http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/ProductDetail.aspx?CatalogID=1&GroupID=3&CategoryID=130&ProductID=576&ProductName=Crafters+Choice%e2%84%a2+Fresh+Cut+Grass+Fragrance+Oil+153) is a fragrance oil. I’ve used it for making soaps and candles. It’s very accurate. [/QUOTE] Ooo, thank you for the link. I do make soap, lotion, and the like. How are the shipping rates? (Typically that’s what kills me when placing orders.) ---
**Author:** ![Labelless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Labelless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labelless)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287/48 "2008-01-17T12:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] Ooo, thank you for the link. I do make soap, lotion, and the like. How are the shipping rates? (Typically that’s what kills me when placing orders.) [/QUOTE] No problem! As for shipping, if you spend under $25.00 they have a $6.95 flat rate ship. Thats not too bad. For a 40.00 order recently, I paid about eleven bucks to ship. And if you’re near a warehouse, you can pick up for free apparently. Have you ever checked out Bramble Berry? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass/433287.md?page=2)