Smells Like....

[Lise]

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!

[snapdragen]

Honeysuckle at night

Champa incense

Wet days

Puppy paws

[maillotpois]

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.

[Lise]

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!

[Trekhawk]

Baking bread.

[cherinyc]

[QUOTE=Lise;124930]Oh, yes, puppy paws! They smell like Fritos!
QUOTE]

yes yes yes - paws smell like Fritos. What's up with that? I would definitely say that (crazy as it sounds) the smell of my dog is one of the most comforting to me.

[DebW]

That smell in the air right before it rains.

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.

[SadieKate]

Well, that put a damper on the conversation . . .

[DebW]

Sorry.

[SadieKate]

So, what smells good to you and makes you smile, Deb?

[7rider]

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??

[salsabike]

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.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

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.

[pepe6599]

I like the smell of snow right when it's about to fall. When i was living in Colorado I would always be outside when it was snowing.

[DebW]

So, what smells good to you and makes you smile, Deb?

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 of

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.