Gothamist: Mmm, Maple Syrup Smell

Danielle

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:25:34 -0500

We smelled it in Park Slope a few weeks ago.

Now Im Hungry

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:15:05 -0500

Coming home late last night from a bday bash, me and my prettier half smelled maple syrup very clearly around 4:30am in Carroll Gardens. Seems manhattanites dont get all the fun.

Not Amused

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:09:21 -0500

Hmmmmmm, Funny I didn't smell any maple syrup in the air ! Damn Manhattanites ! Always smelling shit , I think the outer boro's should get there own scent and teach you city dwellers a lesson! ; ' } LOL

TLC

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:39:39 -0500

I am in Houston right now and I can smell it. Is Gothamist now a scratch-n-sniff site?

Gwin

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:57:39 -0500

I wrote a song about the maple syrup smell - weirdly, I just played it last night at a gig out in Brooklyn... and I was wearing a Gothamist t-shirt...

Esther

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:59:36 -0500

Meth ain't gonna make itself

Mel Gibson

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:12:21 -0500

My room mate (facetiously) suggested that it could be esther from drug manufacturing. I knew somebody would try to blame the jews.

Adam

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:36:34 -0500

I smelled a curiously sweet aroma while riding past south Brooklyn on the Staten Island Ferry. My room mate (facetiously) suggested that it could be esther from drug manufacturing. Anybody?

Miquel

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:08:52 -0500

No, seriously... The majority party has always controlled the weather. I believe they also determine how much 'nationalist pride juice' to mix with the rain. Low amounts in the forecast these days.

s

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:45:31 -0500

Smelled it on the "cherry walk" bike path on Riverside from 103rd street to 125th street a few weeks ago.

sean

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:14:53 -0500

know that last year you reported on the mystery maple syrup smell of the city and I think it is back! At 4:30am this morning I was walking from the crosstown M96 to my apartment on 102nd & 1st when I got the hugest sensation to have pancakes (I thought it was from have a few glasses of wine last evening). It wasn't any craving but an overwhelming smell of maple syrup. Is it back?? 4:30am after having a couple of drinks the night before?....I smell walk of shame maple syrup

Jenn Wang

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:35:53 -0500

The maple syrup smell appeared as early as 2002. I first smelled it on Chambers St, around 10am. I thought it was IHOP's scheme to allure customers. Wonder what it is.

Sternel

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:34:24 -0500

I noticed it briefly on the Queens College campus a few weeks ago while walking to an evening class, fwiw.

Matt

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:15:15 -0500

Yup -- Ditmars Blvd in Astoria at around 1:30am.

m

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:11:31 -0500

now does it smell like maple syrup or like that crap that poses as maple syrup but is really just sugar(as in the Mrs. Butterworth photo shown above)? If it smells like real maple sugar, that can't be too bad a thing. Especially this time of year. Beats the usual smell of urine, feces and trash.

EricGewiz

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:10:31 -0500

mmmmmmm.....syrup!

ulrike m.

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:58:55 -0500

Yeah, my guess is it's the cops trying to figure out wind patterns at street level so they can (a) react better to bio/chem attacks, (b) more effectively direct tear gas at the next neighborhood protest. Take your pick.

Satorical

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:41:19 -0500

Could be testing of a chem/bioweapons dispersal unit. Hopefully by our side. :) NOTE: THIS IS UNINFORMED SPECULATION ON THE INTERNET. DO NOT FREAK OUT. It also could be some artificial flavoring plant in Jersey going nuts.

bryan

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:31:37 -0500

i smelled it on the F train around 9:30 this morning, or maybe that was just the guy passed out on the seat.

Shira

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:14:51 -0500

We smelled maple syrup at Columbia around 3am.

Miquel

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:01:56 -0500

You should ask the Democrats now that they control the weather...

mat

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:01:21 -0500

72nd and 3rd Ave at 5.45am -- the maple syrup smell was intense