The Smells of Oaxaca

Specific smells like woodsmoke, toasting corn, and roasting coffee intrinsic to the Oaxacan experience.

We’ve lived in Oaxaca for slightly more than ten months, long enough for once-intrusive elements of life to fade into the background.

Mind you, when I say intrusive I don’t necessarily mean bothersome. It’s more that there are intrinsic elements of life in Oaxaca which, to someone unfamiliar with the rhythms of this place, assert themselves strongly enou…