The smell of water

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:48 am

Ok, I am convinced that water has a smell and taste. Other people say that it doesn't. Discuss.

turk645 · Post by **turk645** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:54 am

the reason people say it doesnt have a taste is because they are so used to it that they think nothing of it. Water does have some taste to it though because i can definitely tell the difference between spring water and tap water.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:10 am

Water = Liquid Air.

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:36 am

MaestroMan · Post by **MaestroMan** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:46 am

You can really taste the volcanicity. Volvic gives you volcanicity.

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:50 am

My water definitely has a taste.. as does the lame city water. I don't believe water itself smells though. It's effect on certain materials in certain environments can cause a smell though.

neodos · Post by **neodos** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:58 am

Just like Shout said, water itself doesn't have a taste but minerals and shit that comes with it like the water that you get at home with a bit of chloride gives a "taste"

But its very light taste for pure water from the a natural sources.

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:58 am

Which leads me onto another thing. Can anybody else smell the rain? Like, when it's just rained, and there's a really earthy smell around?

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:58 am

SHOUTrvb wrote:My water definitely has a taste.. as does the lame city water. I don't believe water itself smells though. It's effect on certain materials in certain environments can cause a smell though.

+1

And the rain smell is, I believe, just the effect of things growing in grasses and trees rapidly when it's very wet, and the rain mixing them up.

kody1721 · Post by **kody1721** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:14 am

DrXThirst wrote:Water = Liquid Air.

H2O =/= O2

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:56 am

kody1721 wrote:
DrXThirst wrote:Water = Liquid Air.
H2O =/= O2

True

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:59 pm

Philly wrote:Which leads me onto another thing. Can anybody else smell the rain? Like, when it's just rained, and there's a really earthy smell around?

I know what you mean. There's a difference between the smell of rain in the woods and the smell of rain on asphalt, however.

And I used to be REALLY picky about how my water tasted. My old house had a well some 420 ft deep, and it tasted SOOO good. I didn't even like to drink bottled water I was so used to that taste.

Yodel · Post by **Yodel** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:10 pm

Quote time is now time:

The smell of a water often gives some indication of its character. But it frequently happens that wholesome waters have an unpleasant odor: this is the case with some mineral waters. In clayey districts, especially, water which is organically pure may have an objectionable odor, which is imparted by the clay. The waters of some lakes and rivers which supply some of our large cities, as Boston, New York, and Baltimore, have at times a peculiar "fish-like " odor. It generally begins in summer, but sometimes not until autumn. It is due, probably, to some condition of water plants - whether to a state of growth, or decay, is uncertain. Growing plants emit odors peculiar to themselves: so it is not necessary to suppose that the odor mentioned arises from decay. However it may be, there is yet no evidence that such water is injurious to the health of those who drink it.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:59 pm

All water tastes different to me.

Ragdoll · Post by **Ragdoll** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:06 pm

Pure water has no taste or smell (very little if any), the taste/smell you're experiencing is from any foreign contaminants.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:08 pm

Are you saying that hydrogen and oxygen don't have a taste or smell?
Wrong.
We just can't identify it.

Ragdoll · Post by **Ragdoll** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:11 pm

xbox wrote:Are you saying that hydrogen and oxygen don't have a taste or smell?
Wrong.
We just can't identify it.

Yes, but very little.
No.
No shit.

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:28 pm

Are you saying that hydrogen and oxygen don't have a taste or smell?
Wrong.
We just can't identify it.

Are you saying there are no leprechauns in the world?
Wrong.
We just can't find them.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:30 pm

OMG it's that dude with the duck.

Danke wrote:Thanks Doctor Cocks!

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:15 pm

kody1721 wrote:
DrXThirst wrote:Water = Liquid Air.
H2O =/= O2

Actually, air is composed mostly of nitrogen (N2).

Now here's the real question: Does air not have a smell, or are we so accustomed to always being in it that we don't think anything of its smell?