New Mexico wants to make the sweet smell of roasted chile peppers the official aroma of this US state, The Guardian reported.

If the lawmakers make such a decision, it will be the first such case in the US.

“Chile is in the hearts and on the plates of all New Mexicans, and the smell of fresh roasting green chile allows us to reminisce on a memory eating or enjoying our beloved signature crop. We like to call that memory a person’s ‘chile story,’ and each of us as New Mexicans have a chile story,” said Travis Day, executive director of the New Mexico Chile Association.

Having the state's official aroma could attract tourists, officials say.

Also, those behind this initiative joke that they will be able to have guests from Colorado, the second pepper capital of the US.