The smell of water

MoDFox · Post by **MoDFox** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:18 pm

Ask a Baby.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:34 pm

I would assume that we use air as our standard for the distinction of other smells.

latinomodder · Post by **latinomodder** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:43 pm

My regular drinking habits consist of only water...

I only drink water, nothing else except when partying

I can say different waters have a taste, some don't its like water in the US tastes like shit, you can tell the imense amount of chlorine they put in it.

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:07 pm

City water in the US tastes like chlorine. Well water all the way! Woo!

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:29 am

That's why all new houses in Tampa have filters built in to them.
But there is definitely a difference in taste between my tap water and the water I get from the refrigerator, which comes from the same water line.

Rockymods · Post by **Rockymods** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:17 am

Luckily I live in one of the best places for tap water

Personally I think it tastes better than the fridge filter water.. So I say it has a taste

Xeno2 · Post by **Xeno2** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:53 am

I dont drink water on its own at all but i do notice a taste in both distiled, natural and tap water.
Tap water in the UK has different tastes depending where you are.
In the midlands in some cases it almost has a nut kind of texture and taste as little as it is yet in the south it has a more chlorine taste.
I think in the midlands the companies use more floride which gives it that taste.
as for distilled water.
it seems too....acidic to me almost like your sucking on a copper coin that kind of taste or even a little bit of iron.

Hawaiian Modder · Post by **Hawaiian Modder** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:40 pm

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?

I'm sure if you put someone in a room full of O2 (I believe the difference between O and O2 is that O is not breathe-able/healthy

) then released them into the outside of that room they would say that there's a different smell, and vice-versa.

Helium, Nitrogen and most other gases have a smell.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:02 am

Water DEFINITELY has a taste, and a feel that differs from source to source. You can tell the difference between Sparkletts Bottled, and Arrowhead bottled, and Even moreso in the more expensive water you buy, (Figi, Voss, Volvic, etc.) Voss tastes like clean snowmelt, Figi has a lighter feel and taste to it, and Volvic is pure bottled awesome. I strongly dislike tap filtered water, like the ones from Brita and PUR. the Charcoal purifies it to the point where it's flavorless, and at times makes me more thristy after I drink it. Not to mention the bits of charcoal the end up through the mesh screen and into the bottom of the glass.

-DeToX- · Post by **-DeToX-** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:11 am

If water is the same formula, why would it taste different than other water..? I'd say you guys aren't feeling the taste of water as much as the garbage that's thrown into it.

But yes water has a taste itself

[IA]Paul · Post by **[IA]Paul** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:53 am

Technically water does have a taste, but it is, as previously stated, looked over as we are so used to it.

So yeah, ask a baby.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:54 pm

Wikipedia says oxygen is an odorless gas. Nitrogen, too. However, I have no idea how anyone could really scientifically confirm that. Smell can't be dealt with in any sort of measurable units, as far as I know.

And New York City actually has some of the best water in the United States.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:03 pm

RaVNzCRoFT wrote:And New York City actually has some of the best water in the United States.

Not from my experience.

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:18 pm

But the best water World-Wide is clearly Mexico's. It's no contest what with the "special surprise". I mean, who doesn't love Montezuma's Revenge.

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:25 pm

-DeToX- wrote:If water is the same formula, why would it taste different than other water..? I'd say you guys aren't feeling the taste of water as much as the garbage that's thrown into it.

But yes water has a taste itself

'Perfect' water actually has a balance of minerals (such as salt and calcium). Pure H20 is actually bad for you, because it leaches these nutrients from your bones and whatnot.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:21 pm

xbox wrote:
RaVNzCRoFT wrote:And New York City actually has some of the best water in the United States.
Not from my experience.

Is that single experience, or several experiences? Because both my parents lived in New York City for 25 years, and they've told me it's the best water in the country. I'm not being sarcastic.

[IA]Paul · Post by **[IA]Paul** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:16 pm

Los Angeles tap ftw.

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:33 pm

RaVNzCRoFT wrote:I'm not being sarcastic.

Maybe your parents were.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:16 pm

SHOUTrvb wrote:
RaVNzCRoFT wrote:I'm not being sarcastic.
Maybe your parents were.

Haha, no.