Anoxia

Thanks! I used to walk my dogs in the alley behind my house, and I would always stop at my neighbors fence to smell his orange tree when it was blossoming. I hope he never noticed me; he probably would have thought I was some kind of stalker.

Thank you! I looked up acacia, apparently it is often called cassie (not to be confused with cassia) in perfumes. I learned that mimosa seems to be an almost identical substitute for acacia. The scent is described as "fresh, spicy, and sweet" which sounds about right to me. It is also described as smelling like violet leaf. I think you are right about "shittar" being the wood of the acacia tree. I can just imagine someone asking me what heavenly fragrance I am wearing, and myself replying, "shittar!" LOL.

I live in the desert, and this time of year the acacia and orange blossoms smell so good, especially after a storm. Orange blossom is pretty common in perfume, but I am having a hard time finding acacia blossom scents. Any desert-dwellers here know what I'm talking about? Those sweet little yellow puffballs that grow on thorn trees. I adore that scent.