Smells Like....

[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

[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..

[snapdragen]

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.

Or having a yummy cat poop snack!

[ladyfish]

#1 - The smell of the desert when it rains. This is one you can't get anywhere else. I miss it living in the NE. I was thrilled that it rained when I was home in AZ visiting last month!!!

#2 - the smell of babies

#3 - fresh mown grass

#4 - chocolate (If you've ever visited Hershey, PA you know what I mean!)

#5 - Coffee smell (even though I can't stand to drink the stuff)

I'm sure there's more, but those are top of the list.

[mtkitchn]

[QUOTE=HappyAnika;125493]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 understand your passing on the jet fuel smell.
I sure do miss the smell of autumn. I grew up in Pittsburgh and don't get that down here in Phoenix!!!
I also miss the smell of the honeysuckles back there....

[Raindrop]

Chickwhorips may agree with me on this one, since I grew up in Alaska and she's still there. In Winter there is a noticably absent "green" smell. In fact, I lived fairly close to a green house after I was married and I used to walk over there just so I could go in and smell the dirt and the plants. You miss that during the long, long winters.

[Kitsune06]

I'm very much a scent person... hardly anything smells 'bad' to me, but lots are better than others.

I love the hay/barn/horse/cow smell...
the 'green' smell of spring and the clear, clean smell of snow... wet sidewalks in summer and 'ozone'
I love the 'shop' smell of sweat, grease, rust, old iron, steel and WD-40; Gasolene and Diesel exhaust and old leather work gloves
I like 'clean' sweaty scents, and the warm, mineral smell of sweat meeting cool shower water
I very often like the smell of breath, but not mouth-breathing, just the warm smell of air just through the nose as someone sleeps beside you
I used to love the combination of sweat, oak sawdust, chain saw exhaust and gas as Dad and I logged in WI.
Bourbon and whiskey, the peaty smell of fine, aged scotch, brandy and cognac-dipped (expensive) cigars
Camp fire smoke and the smell of birch and sugar maple burning
The smell of venison, rich and almost waxy in the slow-cooker
Deer lures, esp. the kind with anise in them; so musky but 'right' in the chill November air
the dusty, warm smell of turkey feathers and fans on May mornings, combined with the brown call rosin/chalk and the smell of the sunshine on your old, musty camo clothes and the forest floor
the hot sulphurous scent of spent shells, sassafras bore butter and Hopps No. 9
the 'green' smell of healthy marshes, teeming with life in the summer; the kind I grew up in
The smell of post offices, b/c my dad's 'mail car' always had that dust/paper/adhesive smell to it
Chandans and Champas
sauteeing garlic, dark miso and soy sauces, nori and salmon...
mmm.
I need to go home and visit...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

The little toe pads of my two pugs used to smell more like popcorn than Fritos....my daughters pointed this out to me originally. "Mommy, mommy!! Kinky and Sukey's paws smell like popcorn, check it out!" It was true.

[RoadRaven]

Kipling wrote some great poems and one line from one of his poems really stands out and screams to heard in this thread.

"Smells are surer than sight or sound to make the heart-strings crack"

So true