It's amazing that such a petty topic found its way into the hearts and minds of us folks, the topic of a BMW scent. i was so amazed when i read what some of you had to say because this is EXACTLY what i have been thinking to myself which is "I Love My Car's Scent" !!! It's the first thing that hit me like a strong gust of wind when i viewed my E39 from its previous owner, the scent of a BMW (not scent of a woman). it's just this very distinctive scent that makes you open up your nostrils to take in a little bit more of it than you normally do breathing. and when it 'hits' your brains, it's like you've just come home to where you're always meant to be....
Sometimes, i hit the button on the A/C airflow to direct it to the vents underneath the windscreen and you could get a slight whiff of the unmistakable scent.
I can fully relate to what you guys mean when you described your thoughts and if a scent can be 'shared' just as pictures, shapes or anything tangible can be seen or touched, it would be swell. but a scent is just something that can only be described intricately but cannot be 'drawn' for another to experience....something intangible yet so REAL and that's the scent of a BMW.
I love the scent of my car and i absolutely agree with you Guru when you mentioned our nose gets desensitized to it day in and day out but sometimes, just sometimes when our olfactory has been neutralised by some other substance, or stepping into our car after a few days away or even mere hours and breathing into our system that peculiar scent only a BMW has makes us come alive all over again and we know why we fell in love with the car ever since we stepped into one.
I just cant get enough of it............
