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I just opened up a drawer that I don't get into very often. It smells like crayons. I like that smell. It made me smile. :) I like to color. Thom says that I'm only a teacher because it gives me an excuse to read kids' literature (love when the Newberry's get announced. I buy them all.) and I get to do art. I stink at art though.
So what unexpected smells make you smile? (Not guffaw MP!)
V.
The smell of autumn - as in dead salmon and rotting cottonwoods and aspen. OK, OK, I love steelheading in Oregon in October!
I'm right there with you about the crayons, V. Oil paint also smells incredibly wonderful.
Burning leaves. One of my favorite smells, followed closely by a fire in the fireplace.
That smell in the air right before it rains.
The scent of slightly damp wool when I bury my face in my cat's fur.
Freshly ground coffee; sheets hung to dry on the line; onions cooking; copal incense burning.
V-my mom's a children's librarian. I have no shame in reading "young adult" literature. I would have missed His Dark Materials if I did!
Honeysuckle at night
Champa incense
Wet days
Puppy paws
Yes! The right before it rains one.
and snow. How can snow, which is just WATER, have a smell? But t does, and it is wonderful!!
A barley field in the summer. Smells like home.
I was hiking down this valley yesterday (Waipio) and there was this smell that was the most wonderful thing ever. Like spices and fruit all in one. It must have been some amazing tree. I wish I knew what it was.
Oh, yes, puppy paws! They smell like Fritos!
And snow. A snowy evening, early in winter, everything's so quiet and beautiful, and yes, smells so good.
I had a Somali patient come see me a few weeks ago who smelled so wonderful, like incense and spices. I wished she could just sit in my exam room all day. I had one lady from Ghana whose hair smelled sort of the same way--rich and spicy. She had her baby, and the baby needed to stay in the nursery for a few days. I was walking down the hallway near the nursery one day, and I smelled that wonderful scent--sure enough, there she was!
Baking bread.:)
That's ozone, and it's not good for you to breath it for very long. But you can still enjoy the smell if you want to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
Well, that put a damper on the conversation . . . :rolleyes:
Sorry.
So, what smells good to you and makes you smile, Deb?
But I'll die happy! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DebW
Okay, I'm not Deb, but I'll jump in here.
I love the smell of my bunnies heads! Bury my nose right between their ears! Sweet, fresh, hay and fuzz. Oh, and bunny breath after they eat cilantro or basil!
Okay, can you tell I've just been hangin' with the buns??
That one day in the first of spring, when the last of the snow is melting away and you can smell the earth coming back to life--and that's the day you KNOW winter is gone for good. I LOVE that smell, and I don't get to smell it anymore now that I live in the PNW. That's one thing I really miss.
I love the lingering smell of a campfire in my hair.
And the smell of lanolin on my hands when I'm knitting with good wool.
I love the smell of my husband's beard.
Smells I love:
1. The smell of old people cuz it reminds me of my grandparents who are no longer with us but I love dearly and miss terribly.
2. The smell of my hubby's shirts (not the ones he sweats profusely in; the other ones) cuz they just smell like home.
3. Garlic sauteing in a pan
4. Liver frying in a pan
5. The smell of the coming rain that has not yet fallen...........
I love the smell of my cats when I'm burying my head in their fur (thereby inhaling large quantities of cat hairs).
I like the smell of snow right when it's about to fall. :D When i was living in Colorado I would always be outside when it was snowing.
smell of a clear day after a rainy night
the smell of woodsmoke in the air
smell of rice cooking
smell of puppy breath
smell of sun dried clothes
smell of sunrise, that fresh, cool morning air
"these are some of my favorite things" .. ha.. may this song be going thru your head as it is in mine now!
puppy paws -- this reminds me that many years ago, the St. Paul, MN newspaper, yes, a paper paper, had a "bulletin board" area. Sort of a community free for all, and they had a thread that went on for quite some time about the delightful smell of puppy paws.
people say babies, but my Xander -- grandson #1 always smelled of sour milk, which wasn't especially pleasant. grandson #2 smells much better!
baked things -- particularly apple/cinnamon type smells!!
Karen in Boise
I like the smell of sizzling onions wafting from the roadside vendors... but i don't like the way the smell stays on the clothing :p
I echo liking the smell of snow and woodsmoke.
Noxzema face cream. Just a light whiff of this stuff reminds me of my great-grandmother who always used it.
Cinnamon bread. Reminds me of my mom's baked goods. Now I enjoy baking and making the house smell warm and sweet.
Pine trees. Love the mountains and the trees, but this reminds me of my grandmother.
Mr. Tater's neck. Smells clean...like soap, aftershave, sometimes his leather motorcycle jacket and just HIM.
I love the smell of the sun in my tortie cat's fur.
I love the smell of frying garlic in olive oil and the smell of cooking artichokes.
I love the smell of burning eastern cedar
and believe it or not, what makes ME smile is the smell of a skunk.
We don't have a lot of skunks here in NW washington, so whenever I smell
a skunk i think of years ago when I lived in Idaho .. or further years ago when I lived in NJ.
and I LOVE the smell of chocolate! and if someone else is eating it I can smell it.
It doesn't make me smile though; unless they share it with me.:rolleyes:
Eew, BF loves skunk smell. It gives me a headache.
I like mown hay. Horse smell. Pigeon smell. Lilacs. Citrus blossoms.
Except for the pigeon smell, I love all those too. we have skunk cabbage all over the pacific north west. It smells like skunk too.. ummmQuote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
(Pigeon smell?? makes me think of downtown, litter, and homeless people.. urban pigeons are the only ones I've ever made the acquaintance)
Cloves, cardamon, cilantro, garlic, fresh basil, pot roast, tomato right from the garden (ooh - I'm getting hungry!)...
Fresh cut grass, hay, my horses' skin, my tiger cat's nose (I had better like how it smells, since he spends his time touching it to mine, and purrrrrrring!)...
a branch of applewood in my woodstove, rich hot chocolate...
I've been wracking my brain over this, because I'm really not very tuned to smells except as things to be avoided most of the time. Maybe I'm missing the gene for olfactory appreciation. But I do like the smell ofQuote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
Balsam fir in the mountains of New England.
I also like the smell of bike grease and WD-40, but when the smell has been on my hands for 24 hours I've had enough.
Wet wool clothing has a smell that reminds you that you'll be warm even when wet, but other than the practical value it's not that good of a smell IMO.
I like skunk smell, too. From a distance.
we knew you liked the smell of bike grease, Deb!Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
KY, of course, when I've been really really in deep in the skunk smell i didn't like it anymore either :D
I love the smell of: puppy breath; my dogs after a bath; burning sugar cane; chocolate. (I know, it IS an environmental hazard, but I grew up in South Louisiana, and the cane that was being harvested was burned to remove the leaves before going to the mill, so that smell reminds me of my childhood!)
KB
It's not the pigeon POO smell, it's the dusty, clean birdy, warm smell of their backs.
I was trying to think if there was _any_ breath smell I like, and came up with horse breath, you know, if you put your nose in their nose and breathe. I think they like that too. Dog or cat- yuck!
I don't like any smoke/fire smell. But how about a pile of leaves?? Or pine. Or that smell that ice gets in the spring when it's all melty and muddy and dirty.
Pigeon POO - LOL!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
I'm with you on horse breath - both sweet and, well, clean-smelling!
Lise, I never would of thought that puppy paws smelled like fritos - to me they smell like, well, feet. (note to self to smell dog paws when I get home:p ).
Fresh coffe, cookies baking, homemade bread, pine trees, my doggies, a clean baby, jasmine and vanilla, lilac, a nice manly scent, mulberry, the smell of a new book, new money....I could go on and on...
Garlic, lemon thyme and rosemary....mmmm time for dinner.
Wet sage and pinyon after a rain. Reminds me of my family's road trips through the southwest.
Surprise, surprise, surprise! Did that sound like Gomer Pyle? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DebW
Though I am surprised you don't have blue Loctite on that list.
We get fresh mixed evergreen garlands at Christmas time. The smell in the house when you walk in the door is amazing.
lime, jasmine, lemon, line-dried laundry, male pollens (eg date flowers, henna flowers), fresh milk (cow, goat or sheep), Bombay Sapphire gin, Glen Fiddich whisky, sacramental wine, rain, new shoes, winter soup, melted butter.
Actually, I read that the smell was caused by the low pressure that moves in before it rains. The lower pressure in the air draws up the higher pressure air in the ground, creating an "earthy" smell. I can't remember where I read this, so I'm not sure if its true, but it makes a lot of sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
Anyway, my favorite smell that always makes me smile is fallen leaves in autumn. I also love: pine trees, especially ponderosa, in the summer the trunks smell like butterscotch; onions and garlic sauteed in olive oil, fresh basil, a newly opened bag of coffee, the bouquet of a fine red wine swirled in my glass. :)
puppy breath
sawdust/fresh cut wood
new tennis balls
dirt/earth
snow
lilacs
What great memories this thread is bringing up!! :)