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Wherever I go my country's scent stays with me

French translation: Où que j\'aille, j\'emporte les senteurs de mon pays

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English term or phrase:	Wherever I go my country\'s scent stays with me
French translation:	Où que j\'aille, j\'emporte les senteurs de mon pays
Entered by:	John Farebrother

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15:10 Oct 11, 2011

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English term or phrase: Wherever I go my country's scent stays with me

Wherever I go my country's scent stays with me

Everyone loves to bring back souvenirs from their travels to remind them of the sights and sounds. But it’s not easy to bring back the smell of a destination.

Unless it’s Lithuania. In which case you can buy a “national perfume” that captures the country’s scent.

That’s right, Lithuania’s foreign ministry has come out with a fragrance that synthesizes the smells of the country into a single bottle.

And in Lithuania’s case, that smells like paganism.

We’re not kidding. The perfume is a blend of sandalwood, cedar, musk and moss, which is designed to recreate the scent of a pagan wood-burning ritual in the woods.

In other words, you’ll walk around smelling like a forest fire. And chances are this stuff is strong because the whole idea behind the perfume is that it’s supposed to reflect the “Lithuanian strength of character.” Strength of character means hard-working, and hard-working means lots of sweat… and that doesn’t translate into perfume form well.

So far the “Feeling Lithuania” perfume has only been sent to Lithuanian ambassadors and soldiers deployed to Afghanistan, but soon visitors will be able to take home the smell of Lithuania as embassies, hotels and airports will also distribute the perfume.

We guess the “I ♥ Lithuania” t-shirts aren’t as popular as they used to be.

Okay, this sounds like a terrible idea… but it could be worse. Just think what the national smell of other places would be. Like America. That perfume would smell like fried food and used tires. Kinda makes the smell of a pagan ritual seem refreshing.

John Farebrother
Austria

Où que j'aille, j'emporte les senteurs de mon pays

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jmleger
Local time: 00:34

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merci
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4 +10

Où que j'aille, j'emporte les senteurs de mon pays

jmleger

3 +7

où que j'aille, l'odeur de mon pays ne me lâche jamais

Annie DAUVERGNE

4 +1

où que j'aille, les effluves de mon pays m'accompagnent

bigmimi

Où que j'aille la trace de mon pays m'est impregnée

Timothy Rake

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me

Où que j'aille, j'emporte les senteurs de mon pays

Explanation:
par ex.

jmleger
Local time: 00:34
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 18

Grading comment

merci

47 mins confidence:

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me Où que j'aille la trace de mon pays m'est impregnée

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Timothy Rake
Local time: 22:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me où que j'aille, les effluves de mon pays m'accompagnent

Explanation:
plus poétique au plan rythmique/rime

bigmimi
Local time: 01:34
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 3

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

wherever i go my country\'s scent stays with me où que j'aille, l'odeur de mon pays ne me lâche jamais

Explanation:
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Note added at 20 minutes (2011-10-11 15:30:45 GMT)
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Comme Joachim Du Bellay en parlant de sa Normandie natale : " L'odeur de mon pays était dans une pomme..."

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Note added at 2 heures (2011-10-11 17:37:23 GMT)
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L'odeur de mon pays me colle à la peau.

Annie DAUVERGNE
Italy
Local time: 07:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French

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