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Eau de car park

Posted by Robin on 28 March 2009 11 Comments

You might call it Eau de Car Park - the distinctive scent that assaults the nostrils as you enter the stairwell of a multi-storey[*].

Redolent of the urinal, it makes parking the car a less than fragrant experience.

But the days of taking a deep breath before dashing up three flights may be numbered.

— From Mmm... the fresh aroma of car park: How one company plans to pump out perfume at its multi-storeys at the UK MailOnline.

* The term "multi-storey", so far as I know, is not used in the United States. I would call it a "parking garage", but according to Wikipedia that usage is regional as well. Who knew.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: public space scenting

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  1. joliefleur says:
    28 March 2009 at 11:21 am

    We call ’em parking structures here in SoCal….I cannot fathom wanting to smell like one, though perhaps the civet fanciers experience the odour in a better way?

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    • Robin says:
      28 March 2009 at 11:34 am

      Ah, but they don’t want *you* to smell like the car park, they want to make the car park smell better :-)

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  2. Joe says:
    28 March 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Some of the comments on that original article are a hoot and reflect how I feel: I can think of nothing more disgusting than an attempt to cover up the nasty scent with an air freshener. But who knows, maybe it will help.

    Also, I do think it’s funny they’re called “parking structures” here in So Cal — it sounds so architectural or something. “Parking garage” is much preferred.

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    • Robin says:
      28 March 2009 at 1:19 pm

      Thanks, I didn’t even notice that they had comments there!

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  3. LaMaroc says:
    28 March 2009 at 1:24 pm

    I live in the Midwest but ever since I started listening to/watching Eddie Izzard stand-up, I now refer to parking garages as “car parks”. I’m not trying to be pretentious, I just like the fewer syllables. :P

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    • Robin says:
      28 March 2009 at 7:25 pm

      Gosh, “car park” does not sound pretentious to me at all.

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  4. lovethescents says:
    28 March 2009 at 3:29 pm

    Somehow I think CdG and their master noses will come up with an Eau de Car Park fragrance soon enough, to complete the Synthetic series!

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    • Robin says:
      28 March 2009 at 7:24 pm

      All they’d need to do is add urine to the Garage scent, I guess!

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  5. vinery says:
    28 March 2009 at 7:51 pm

    The article suggests petrol as a pleasant smell. I can’t think of a more frightening scent in the context of enclosed car parks. Also, they don’t say they will clean the car parks first, they’ll just perfume the stairwells. Isn’t this like spraying a nice fragrance onto a long unwashed body?

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    • Robin says:
      29 March 2009 at 9:32 am

      Sounds like it to me…but some people do seem to love the smell of gasoline.

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      • asuperlongusername says:
        29 March 2009 at 5:05 pm

        Me being one of them; I love filling my tank. =D
        Exhaust is nice too.

        I’ve never been to a urine-soaked parking garage (or, at least, one that smelled as such) but I do like the general garage smell. It’s cool and calming.

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