# The Smells of Summer: Green Mosquito Coils!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smells-of-summer-green-mosquito-coils/666095>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 13, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smells-of-summer-green-mosquito-coils/666095 "2013-08-13T01:06:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smells-of-summer-green-mosquito-coils/666095/1 "2013-08-13T01:06:49Z")

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Fresh water at the beach?

Newly mown lawn?

Steaks on the grill?

Naw - nothing smells like summer more than the smoke from green mosquito coils, delicately wafting on the evening air.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smells-of-summer-green-mosquito-coils/666095/2 "2013-08-13T01:18:26Z")

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The smell of freshly turned-over rich, black dirt. That one goes along with the smell of sweat and bugspray and suncreen, too. 🙂

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**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smells-of-summer-green-mosquito-coils/666095/3 "2013-08-13T02:07:50Z")

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I really dislike those green coils. I have had to leave restaurants because of them. Nasty!

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**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smells-of-summer-green-mosquito-coils/666095/4 "2013-08-13T02:37:48Z")

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No bug coils around here. The prevailing summer scents are fresh-mown hay and manure.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smells-of-summer-green-mosquito-coils/666095/5 "2013-08-13T03:29:44Z")

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When I was a kid, I thought those were incense.

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smells-of-summer-green-mosquito-coils/666095/6 "2013-08-13T04:09:47Z")

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The maroon coloured ones smell just the same.