Smells Like....

[mtkitchn]

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.

Those are exactly my favorite smells!
I also love the smell of a peaceful lake and the worms (or leeches) when I'm out fishing...
and the smell of jet fuel in the morning.....

[Aggie_Ama]

#1 smell- Gardenias. My Pawpaw had such a green thumb and would have the most beautiful Gardenia bushes. He would cut a bloom off to send home with me, by the time I drove the 20 miles home my car would smell so lovely. Everytime I smell a real (not the silly fragrance junk) gardenia I think of my Pawpaw.

I also like:
-Fresh cut grass (if I have allergy medicine)
-The smell before rain
-Fresh Roses (not the florist kind)
-My DH right after he showers.
-Spice Cake baking (especially my Mammaw's recipe)
-Mammaw's cornbread

[Lise]

Last January I was in Florida, near Largo, for a conference. I went for a run, and came to a park. At the entrance, people had dumped their Christmas trees. The smell was unbelieveable. My Grandma had these little "balsam pillows", stuffed with pine needles. I would hold one up to my nose and smell and smell it. This park was like being inside a balsam pillow. I just stood there and took the deepest breaths I could. What an unexpected delight.
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Other lovely smells--Aqua Velva (Grandpa), Brut (my first boyfriend). I agree about Noxema, and Cover Girl makeup! They were "grown up" smells--when I first got to wear cosmetics. That rich, warm cow/horse/hay smell of a barn. Apple pie baking. Someone else said pot roast. The smell of Lake Michigan (in a non-alewife year!), and very differently, the smell of the ocean.

[short cut sally]

a few normal things i like to smell
pine trees, lavender, the smoke from a campfire and how it lingers on clothes, peony flowers, fresh brewing coffee, leaves in the fall- esp. getting chopped up in the mower, and the smell of cedar chest or closets, reminds me of my grandparents. The 2 oddities are silicone and anti-freeze (husband has a garage and thinks they are the oddest things to like to smell) So i'm not right...

[Raindrop]

I love the smell of babys' necks, the smell of hot summer pavement when there's a sudden summer rain, the smell of snow (yes, there is a smell), the smell of a simmering pot of spaghetti sauce, and rosemary.

Every once in awhile we take a vacation to Northern California, or Tahoe and I smell the sugar pines and it reminds me of being a kid living in Lassen, Calif.
Or, the smell of clay takes me back to school and rolling out snakes of clay.

Good Thread!

[Lise]

Playdoh! And that kind of paste glue that kids used to eat. I never ate it, but I loved to smell it. Sea & Ski lip balms.

[Hub]

Puppy breath- it only last so long-

fresh coffee ( Barnes and Nobles stores always smell good),
Krispy Kreme donuts
chocolate (duh! )
Olive oil poured over hot pasta
New Car (Yum- I love a Lexus!)
Vanilla extract
gardenias, honeysuckle and magnolia- 3 scents that cannot be recreated

and diesel engines ( we used to have a Monaco diesel motor home with a - Cummins ISC 230)

[Denise223]

You all reminded me.....

I love the smell of pine trees, too!

The smell of "coppertone" sunscreen reminds me of summers in the late
1960's down the Cape with my family! (I don't go into the sun anymore... "Pale is the new tan!" ).

Peace & Love,

Denise

[crazycanuck]

Favorite smells-

The smell on Sheets & clothing after they've dried on the line. (no fabric softners, just from the washing machine to the line that's all)

The smell right after a match is lit..(no i'm not a pyromaniac & don't light matches very often)

Miso soup
The fresh smell after you've cleaned & aired out your house
Roobois tea & honey
Roast with fresh garlic
Hot water & soap
Seaweed & the ocean


I don''t understand how a baby smells nice....

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[carback]

Silly Putty (takes me back a lot of years)
Plasticine (see above)
Gas (as in when you're filling up your car - not as in a substance-abuse problem)
freshly cut grass
BBQ hamburgers (and I'm a vegetarian!)

[CyclChyk]

Lise reminded me of this, but for some reason every FRICKIN' time I smell Playdoh I want to EAT IT!!!! It smells YUMMY to me!!!

Just another one of my weird idiosyncrocies I guess...

[salsabike]

I spent my CHILDHOOD eating Playdoh. The kid equivalent of a salt lick. Still love the smell.

[Xrayted]

Mmmmm... playdoh. Oh, yeah.
I went on a binge one time when I was around 4 y.o. and got really sick. Actually, now that I look back, it wasn't the actual playdoh that made me sick. It was whatever my mom had to give me to release it when it got "stuck in there". Still love the smell of it though.

the smell of...
Early morning breeze off the ocean
Orange blossoms
Fresh cut grass
Honeysuckle
Fresh brewed coffee (don't drink it though - hate the taste)
Steak sizzling on the grill
Wild mint tea on the edge of my yard
Strawberries

[HappyAnika]

Those are exactly my favorite smells!
I also love the smell of a peaceful lake and the worms (or leeches) when I'm out fishing...
and the smell of jet fuel in the morning.....

How funny we like the same smells (although I'll pass on the jet fuel). I used to live in Tucson and Phx. and I never realized how much I loved fall until I moved back to a place with deciduous trees! You just don't get that nice autumn smell in Phx.

I don't understand this thing about puppy breath. Ever since my dog was 7 weeks old she's had less than pleasant breath, not horrendous, but definitely not enjoyable! My other dog was 16 weeks when I got her and her breath has always been very neutral.

Oh, and I'll have to have DH smell their feet to see if its like fritos. I have an issue with feet, including my own.

[Nashville Mish]

PUPPY BREATH.. just love it. Then they grow out of it and it is definately not so good, especially when they have been trash can diving.

Plumeria and Pikakii flowers. I lived in Hawaii for almost eight years..yum.

Coffee, helps me get going in the morning

Camp fires and wood fires, I just love the fall

Polo for men, first boyfriends and all that

Warm sheets from the dryer and warm Man after...erm..well you know..