I have a bad sense of smell. It's always been like that. Strong allergies in the spring along with an already weak nose makes it so that it's always hard for me to easily pick up on the little things. The smells that go on near me. I’ve never had this medically checked, smelling has just never come naturally to me. I have to focus on the smells, what the car smells like, or what the person in front of me reeks of. I’m very capable of smelling, I just have to focus on what it is I’m paying attention to.
However, I’ve never had trouble smelling the air. I’ve always found it easy to smell air. The temperature of it, the feeling of, even the humidity. Maybe that's why I enjoy it so much, it's extremely recognizable to me. It's all fresh when I walk outside, especially at night. It hits you like a brick, occasionally it even smells like bricks, but in a positive way. The scent that the cold pavement radiates is one of my favorite smells. You can somewhat taste it. It feels like the start to something, like the beginning of an adventure, even if I’m simply walking down the street to the corner store. I can picture it all very easily, the opening of the door, light creeping in, as the smells tag along.
I’m still not completely sure why this is so important to me. Maybe because it's consistent? Because I've lived in the city my whole life? I could feel nostalgic about this smell? But I notice it in grass and on dirt as well. It's extremely difficult to describe smells and their details. The best description is through living it yourself. I believe it's possible I just enjoy the smell of air. I don’t always have reasoning for what I enjoy.