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    Hi,
    Recently bought a place with what looks like a bay tree out back. When you scrunch the leaves up they smell faintly of fragrant bubblegum, but I'm not sure. Here's a picture... can anyone confirm or not please? [​IMG] 20220326_151043.jpg
     
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    It certainly looks like a Bay to me :smile:
     
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      And to me. :blue thumb: Although it should have more than a faint fragrance. :noidea:
       
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        It certainly looks very similar to ours.:)
         
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          That's what I thought... could it be anything else? I don't know any other leaves that smell like that, even slightly...
           
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          Is it possible that you had Covid recently and it has affected your sense of smell?
           
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            Hey! Good point! Had it in September.. taste and smell totally vanished... most of it is back now (I think...) but coffee, for example, is still very, very bland. I can make it really strong but all that happens is that it tastes more bitter, and not more coffee-er... you could be right..
             
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