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Very nice image of Osmoderma eremicola. They supposedly give off the odor of "Russian leather," but no one I know is familiar with what 'that' smells like!

and you certainly never know where the discussion will take you on this website. Quoted from this website:

http://www.peredepierre.com/search?q=russian+leather

"Russian Leather is generally understood to be distinguished by smoky birch tar,. . . It also has a pronounced meaty odor at first; it conjures an image of wearing an old black leather coat while frying pork over a wood fire.

There is sweetness underneath the meaty smoke, though, and spice, and as the meaty accord wears off, it is more the sweetness, spice, and amber that one notices suffusing the leather."

(I also found that, at one time, only the Russian aristocracy had access to such a scent.)

(If my memory serves me right, I believe I saw "Russian Leather" on the USA market many years ago; but for some reason it had been discontinued.)

Now if I can get some smoky birch tar - or an old black leather coat - I'll know for certain. (Does conjure up some intriguing images already.)

Perhaps v belov will see and comment. I know only Engllish Leather :-)

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