Smells Like....

[CyclChyk]

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...........

[salsabike]

I love the smell of my cats when I'm burying my head in their fur (thereby inhaling large quantities of cat hairs).

[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.

[roguedog]

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!

[Kano]

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

[Melstar]

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

[Tater]

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.

[mimitabby]

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.

[Nanci]

Eew, BF loves skunk smell. It gives me a headache.

I like mown hay. Horse smell. Pigeon smell. Lilacs. Citrus blossoms.

[mimitabby]

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.. ummm

(Pigeon smell?? makes me think of downtown, litter, and homeless people.. urban pigeons are the only ones I've ever made the acquaintance)

[Haudlady]

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...

[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.

[KnottedYet]

I like skunk smell, too. From a distance.

[mimitabby]

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I also like the smell of bike grease and WD-40, IMO.

we knew you liked the smell of bike grease, Deb!

KY, of course, when I've been really really in deep in the skunk smell i didn't like it anymore either

[kaybee]

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