It smells awesome. You can also buy creosote oil creosote leaves and olive oil that's supposed to be great for your skin because it's a natural antibacterial. Put it on your face and you'll smell like monsoon season. Pro tip: Whenever you see a creosote bush, cup some of its branches to your nose, take a deep breath in and be reminded of the rain. You'll most definitely run into a bush on your walk up Tumamoc.
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It's a plant unique to Tucson and other dry regions like the Mohave Desert and the Chihuahuan Desert. The plant releases that familiar musky, earthy smell from a coating on its leaves that helps it conserve water.
Tucsonans love it. It's nostalgic because it smells like monsoon season. Ironically, the Spanish name for creosote is hediondilla , which loosely translates to little stinker. Jackrabbits occasionally eat creosote leaves and dozens of insects call the bush home.
Some Indigenous people used it to treat colds, wounds and skin infections. Pro tip: Whenever you see a creosote bush, cup some of its branches to your nose, take a deep breath in and be reminded of the rain. You'll most definitely run into a bush on your walk up Tumamoc.
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Fill a clean glass with cold water. Step away from the sink and swirl and smell the water.
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