Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 by Brian O'Brien
We had a logbook for people to use, immediately after leaving the Perry Room, to record their impressions of Perry’s odor (thanks to Kevin Oberg for suggesting that we do that). There are several hundred entries, and all of them are in the process of being entered into a word processing document. We plan to make almost the entire list (excluding a few for various reasons…) available, but meanwhile, here are a few comments as a preview.
dead rabbit
rotten sauerkraut
rotten fish
rotten chicken
a large, unwashed man
rotting fish + seaweed
road kill
The impressions changed as Perry’s inflorescence aged, and I plan to do an analysis of those changes once the full data set is available.
Here are some links for Perry:
three webcams (distant, top-down, and close) and Titan Arum web page
Adam Gurno said
on May 22nd, 2007
7:32 pm
I made a movie with my family’s account of what it smelled like.
http://gurno.com/dru/?q=node/162
Brian said
on May 22nd, 2007
9:54 pm
Adam,
Thank you very much for that excellent video - the spontaneity is great, as is the impromptu composition - I especially like the walk up the stairs. A wonderful record. You’ve made many people happy.
What Did Perry Smell Like? Installment #2 - Linnaeus Arboretum - Gustavus Adolphus College said
on Jun 25th, 2008
9:07 pm
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