Comments on: Aromatherapy: Dirt Smell… or Is It?

By: e

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:42:17 +0000

Is it bad to eat it? Cause I really enjoy eating wet dirt daily…

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:17:55 +0000

Smelling dirt is something I have always loved to do. An apartment I lived in long ago had an enormous window in the kitchen. I used every inch of the space hanging above the window for hanging plants and dozens more on a very large shelf in front of the window. It sounds crazy, but I spent so much time going around to each of my plants with a spoon to loosen up the potting soil and sniffing to my heart’s content. Ahhhhhhhhh, there is nothing like it.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:38:40 +0000

Huffing dirt is exactly what I do. My wife thinks I am crazy, especially when she walks in and I have a brown nose. No jokes please! Lol, but there is some kind of escape in doing it. Call it a ritual in natural aroma therapy. When the Geosmin have died I find myself going to my secret spot of clean untouched dirt and refreshing the batch. You could say I am almost addicted to it. When that “dirt smell” starts to fade, I just spritz on some filtered water and start that Geosmin dying process up for my nose again. In fact, I sift and filter the rocks and debris out of the dirt just to have the cleanest dirt possible. I love it and will never stop.

By: britt

britt — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:14:38 +0000

Just to add something oh so disgusting to your awesome post. When I was little I had pica or pika (weird urge to eat weird things). Some people crave chalk or something, I craved dirt. I would go to our gravel driveway, scoot away the rocks and faceplant right into the yummy dirt. I still love the smell, but thankfully I grew out of the urge to eat it. With that said who knows if I will want some more if I ever get pregnant

By: Mary t

Mary t — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:50:10 +0000

Great article! I liked it so much I put a link to your blog on my blog! Made me chuckle to think I’m sniffing dying bacteria! LOL, mary