With the help of Kickstarter, author Amber C. Jones is going to publish a scratch-n-sniff book for children (and New Yorkers) highlight the city’s wide array of aromas. She raised over $20,000 for New York, Phew York, which will include scents such as: garbage, pizza, hot dogs, sewer steam, fish, peanuts, horse manure, shish-kabobs, smoke, bagels, and we assume maple syrup, among many others.

– Animal New York.

People from outside New York City often joke about New York City smelling foul, but I find that it’s mostly a surprisingly pleasant-smelling place. It depends on the neighborhood obviously, but in most areas the aroma of street meats and those Nuts for Nuts carts overpower anything less desirable. I hope this book reflects that.

Also, the nuts from those carts aren’t half as good as they smell.