Your favourite smells

[Taliesin]

A simple question really. What are your favourite smells?
For us:

*linden-blossom tea
*autumn leaves
*after the rain
*first frost in winter
*August nights
*meadows in the morning
*fresh-picked mushrooms
*wet dusty asphalt
*dry dusty gravel-road
*paper
*rye-dust
*birch and maple juice
*pine gum
*moss
*fire
*marsh

[RobinHood3000]

The smells of a fresh bakery, particularly those of Chinese pastries and cakes...one feels as if such smells could be one's sustenance for eternity...

[IrishCanadian]

Chocolate ... tea ... pizza ... fresh bread ... vanilla ... oranges ... (I should stop thinking about food) ... the blue scented candle that my sister has and we cannot place the smell, but it smells emaculate ... early spring ... turf fires ...
There definitely more ... but Turf fires are number one.

[Riesa]

Sweaty horse and leather tack.
Garlic and onions sautéing in olive oil.
Almost worn off cologne on my husband.
Freshly washed baby.
Puppy breath.
Morning Coffee.
Fresh cut grass in hot summer sun.
The coming rain.
Jasmine.
Hawaiian Gardenia.
New book.
Ocean.

[emily655321]

I agree with everything Taliesin said (except linden-blossom tea, because I've never smelled it), but especially Autumn and pine. In addition, I love:

~* snow
~* spring earth (I suppose this goes along with moss, but in spring it pervades the entire air and even inside the house smells faintly of the ground)
~* cat breath, and the really soft spot behind their little ears
~* marzipan
~* fresh laundry
~* verbena soap
~* vanilla
~* horses (I'm not going to say "horse manure," because that would be... weird, but I do like the way horses smell. EDIT:See, Riesa knows what I'm talking about. :p)

It's funny how smells affect you. While I was home for Christmas I took over the responsibility of cleaning the litter boxes, to give my parents a break. It's an awful smell, but this time I realized with shock that it almost smelled good to me, just because I had missed my kitties for so long.

[papayahed]

after rain
fresh cut grass
pineapple, actually most fruit
fried chicken
onions and garlic cooking
anything on the BBQ

hehe I just cooked dinner, what do you expect....

[Scheherazade]

Green apples

*toddles to the kitchen to grab one.

[Logos]

flowers that someone else gave me :D
fresh espresso in the morning just before the sun comes up
that dusty/sweet smell of a horse when you're hugging it with nose buried in their mane, and the leather tack, I agree!
car's leather interior
freshly sharpened pencils (I go through tons of them, smell reminds of grade 1 :p )
mossy damp earth smell of a forest after rain
smell of wet cobblestones on humid summer night
curry that's been simmering all day :D

[Koa]

chocolate...

[Anon22]

Pineapple... Bakery, fresh bread... fruits overall...

[IrishCanadian]

Oh the wet cobblestones on a humid night!! Oh i agree I agree I agree!
That and laundrey i would like to agree with ... but those cobblestones on a summer night! Small towns are the best!

[Outlander]

Pumpkin pie
Oatmeal
Bread

Riesa - Do you know why puppies breath smells like that?

[Virgil]

Favorite smell - My mother's kitchen when she's cooking anything. It's home, the home of my youth.

[Riesa]

Pumpkin pie
Oatmeal
Bread

Riesa - Do you know why puppies breath smells like that?

Uh, oh. I'm scared. I just read your Haiku about the Wren, I have a feeling that the answer to your question is not pleasant. ;) Let's have the gory details.


Logos: the sharpened pencil smell, what a great smell.
and Emily, oh, I absolutely love Verbena.

[Pensive]

*Pink Tea
*Simple Tea
*Mango
*Apple
*Rose
*Jasmine
*Rainy Ground
*Rainy leaves
*Fresh Cake or fresh bread and many more things that I can't remember at this moment.

Edit to add: Pages of books and novels. :D

[Aurora Ariel]

*I especially adore the aroma of rich coffee beans (though I don't drink coffee- only green tea ( my absolute favourite) , herbal tea, or fine black with no milk or sugar).

Apple Blossoms
Cherry Blossoms
Rose petals
Falling rain
Morning dew
Night mist
Strawberry
Raspberry
Mint
Pineapple
Grape
Blueberry
Green tea
Vanilla bean
Fresh white writing paper
or notebooks
New books
A baked roll
Jasmine
Pawpaw
Kiwi fruit
Lavender
Seashells
Ocean air
Sandy beaches
Woodlands
Ponds and pools of water
Lemons
Cupcakes
Fruit gelato
Coconut oil
Chamomile
Lily of the Valley
Passionfruit
The bark on trees
Autumn leaves
A beautiful piano

[Stanislaw]

an easy question!

1. New car smell (it smells so antiseptic and nice)!
2. Cutting/tapping oil (I like the smell of tapping oil in the morning :D )
3. There was this really weird smell that one could smell in the gasstation where I used to work, in the controll room of the automated carwash (the room that housed all of the sope and machinery that ran the carwash). It was a micture of machine oil, greese, sope and compunds used byt the carwash, and a sort of watery damp mould...it sounds gross, but is perhaps the most beutifle smell that I have ever smelled!

[Taliesin]

Remembered these:

*coffee
*narcissos
*lilac
*convallaria
*liverwort leaves
*sour quince
*pencil sharpening
*hay
*spring earth
*sauna
*bark of old trees
*willow
*shamrock blossoms

[smilingtearz]

...water on dry soil...
...almost all flowers...
...my mother...she always smells so comforting and...cuddly...
....my mother's cupboard....
...my sister's perfume...which she hates to lend...
...coffee...
...the pages of an old book.
...perfumed candles....

yeah I just remembered I love the smell of petrol and diesel too.... :D

[Koa]

Thinking about it, I love the smell of cellars... even if everybody says it sucks...

and Pizza of course :D

[Stanislaw]

I also enjoy the smell of old bookstores/libraries (well ones that still have the old books and furniture, they give off a sort of odd smell that is characteristic of antiquity. :cool:

[Darlin]

Most are smells that remind me of my past and also of how blessed I am to be alive.

Laundry fresh off the line on a sunny day
Lavender
Hyacinths
Dirt on a hot summer’s day (They even have a perfume called dirt)
Freshly mowed grass
After it rains
Leaves burning
Wood burning in a fireplace
Homemade bread baking in the oven
Creeks, brooks, small waterways
Eternity perfume and Channel No. 19
Leather bound books
Leather in general (I can't help sniffing a soft leather glove or coat)
Coffee and cigarettes and chocolate cake all together (reminds me of old family get together’s even though I don’t partake of the first two)

It's nice to see others enjoy some of the same smells - makes me feel not quite so different.

[rachel]

rain on parched prairie ground. rain dripping quietly in a dense wood in BC
the smell of a new born baby when you nuzzle against their tiny neck.
the smell of a brand new doll
the oil and grease mingled with dust in a machine shop
coffee, especially chocolate mocha blend
mountain air
newly carved and oiled saddle
new clothes
freshly baked bread
chinese food
early morning downtown when all the restaurants have fired up the grills and the oil is beginning to sizzle for all the deep fried goodies. must be my years as a child helping out in the family restaurant.

[Virgil]

the oil and grease mingled with dust in a machine shop

Cool. Have you been to machine shops? I guess you would have. I wouldn't have guessed, nor would I think that many at Lit Net have. Obviously I've been to many, small and large, and while the smell isn't bad I wouldn't however catagorize it as pleasurable.

[Outlander]

Originally Posted by Riesa
Uh, oh. I'm scared. I just read your Haiku about the Wren, I have a feeling that the answer to your question is not pleasant. Let's have the gory details.
The scent of Puppys Breath, comes from poop eating. :nod:

And as for the Wren - He had it comming.

[[unaffected]]

a coffee shop (the smell of coffee)
hot chocolate
freshly popped popcorn
my brother's cologne
just after it has stopped raining
little babies (so adorable and smells so divine!)
freshly baked bread
the smell of my cousin (i think it's the lotion she uses)
and I agree with Darlin: wood burning in a fireplace.

[rachel]

Virg,
When I was little and had to go to my uncle and aunties for a week or two each summer if our parents were abroad I would wander about the ranch after chores were done. My uncle ran that ranch like a military commander, rather his father in law who owned the property made him. There was an actual smithy where a man in apron with massive arms forged beautiful horse shoes and other strange and awesome items.
And there was the tack/harness shop where I could smell to my heart's content all that had been recently oiled and hung up.
And then there was the machine shop. Huge,cement, impersonal. But those smells that I mentioned mixed together were to me quite intoxicating and spoke of the wonder of how one could put together steel and bolts and all sorts of things and create something almost living, well to me a child. I loved tractors and earth diggers, I even loved watching milking machines and milk separators. I had to see how t hings worked, the sound was music to my ears. sounds silly I suppose but oh well.
I also love the smell of something else most people loathe, the smell of chlorine in an immaculately kept swimming pool. And oh I forgot, the smell of genuine, expensive paste wax that is applied by hand to beautiful wood and then buffed with a soft cloth.
I used to spend hours scrubbing the wood floors and furniture just so I could apply it and buff it up and stand around smelling it all and basking in the soft glow of the exquisite wood.

[Virgil]

Virg,
When I was little and had to go to my uncle and aunties for a week or two each summer if our parents were abroad I would wander about the ranch after chores were done. My uncle ran that ranch like a military commander, rather his father in law who owned the property made him. There was an actual smithy where a man in apron with massive arms forged beautiful horse shoes and other strange and awesome items.
And there was the tack/harness shop where I could smell to my heart's content all that had been recently oiled and hung up.
And then there was the machine shop. Huge,cement, impersonal. But those smells that I mentioned mixed together were to me quite intoxicating and spoke of the wonder of how one could put together steel and bolts and all sorts of things and create something almost living, well to me a child. I loved tractors and earth diggers, I even loved watching milking machines and milk separators. I had to see how t hings worked, the sound was music to my ears. sounds silly I suppose but oh well.
I also love the smell of something else most people loathe, the smell of chlorine in an immaculately kept swimming pool. And oh I forgot, the smell of genuine, expensive paste wax that is applied by hand to beautiful wood and then buffed with a soft cloth.
I used to spend hours scrubbing the wood floors and furniture just so I could apply it and buff it up and stand around smelling it all and basking in the soft glow of the exquisite wood.
What a great post, Rachel. I love everything you say. I think I'll copy and save it.

[RobinHood3000]

The feel of the first deep breath of cool air after a hot shower...

[rachel]

Thank you Virgil
and I am waiting to get an autographed copy of your book. So get writing.

M'Lord,
I never thought about that before but that is a beautiful smell. How perceptive you are. who ever thinks about such things in the hectic day or exhausting night. But as I read it i could actually feel that burst of cooler air and the excitement of it, the promise of something to come.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

The smell of freshly picked, wild mushrooms. Especially when you've gone out at dawn to get to them before anyone else and they're newly sprung and still dewy-wet.

[Riesa]

The scent of Puppys Breath, comes from poop eating. :nod:

And as for the Wren - He had it comming.


I've never seen a brand new puppy eat poop. I'd think if anything the smell would be from mama's milk. They barely poop, and then mom cleans it up right away. Now her breath may indeed smell of poop.

[baddad]

freshly
mown
hay.
the
earth.
babies skin.
the
sweet
cloying
scent
of
skunky
marijuana. * (not a proponent of drug use)
rain.
wet
jungle.
flowers.
grass.
freshly
chopped
firewood.......

[Outlander]

Riesa - It would be nice to think of it that way.

But, I have worked with Dogs for years,
and puppies just can't resist the tasty little morsels.

-I should point out that I am not refering to the freshly born, Yes, mother will eat the poop then, but, once they are able to crawl around - The puppies, get to it first.

[rachel]

hey Baddad,
How are you, hope your life is awesome. It is great to 'see you'

I also love
new mown hay
burning apple wood
roses roses roses
olive oil candles

[Themis]

I love the smell of lavender. Grass too and flowers in general..

[Cherub]

Love the smell of;

Coconut
Cinammon
Freshly baked bread
Coffee (first thing in the morning)
Horses
Puppies
Nail varnish!!

[Riesa]

Riesa - It would be nice to think of it that way.

But, I have worked with Dogs for years,
and puppies just can't resist the tasty little morsels.

-I should point out that I am not refering to the freshly born, Yes, mother will eat the poop then, but, once they are able to crawl around - The puppies, get to it first.

Well, if it's true that that is what makes their breath smell that way, then I guess I'll just have to go with it.

One man's poop is another man's perfume, eh? :D

[higley]

the smell of vanilla right before you pour it into the cookie batter...

the clean smell in the air that tells you spring is coming...

and pickles.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Paprika! I just remembered how much I love the smell of paprika.

[rachel]

the smell of vanilla right before you pour it into the cookie batter...

the clean smell in the air that tells you spring is coming...

and pickles.

agree, agree and agree,
welcome to the forum you little Norman Rockwell girl.(hope I didn't insult you if you are a guy with a face full of piercings and sixty tatoos)
Post away and join the fam. :D

[higley]

thanks, rachel :) I love Norman Rockell.
and no tattoos or weird piercings, just the ears ;) actually, the little Rockwell girl description fits better than most do..

[rachel]

I used to have a huge picture of the one with the girl in her slip looking into the mirror. That spoke so much to me, you can't know.I guess I am part norman rockwell girl and part tolkien elven. which makes for someone who doesn't exactly fit into this world. but oh well.....

[Virgil]

I used to have a huge picture of the one with the girl in her slip looking into the mirror. That spoke so much to me, you can't know.I guess I am part norman rockwell girl and part tolkien elven. which makes for someone who doesn't exactly fit into this world. but oh well.....
You fit quite well, Rachel. If not, it's the world's loss.
Welcome higley.

[rachel]

You fit quite well, Rachel. If not, it's the world's loss.
Welcome higley.

oh dear Virgil,
you say that because you have a tender heart and don't mind picking up wounded birds or straggly kitties and taking care of them before sending them on their way. I often think it was a good thing jrr did not have to grow up now. He would die of a broken heart before he was twenty I think.
I am not a time traveller but if I could be one I would not be here now. Only God knows why I am so I carry on. but thank you.

[RobinHood3000]

Make no mistake, rachel, we love caring for you, but we imagine you are even nobler than the adjective "straggly" would suggest.

[rocktheworld]

Freshly baked bread
Coffee (even though I dont like the taste)
Peppermint
Orange zest essential oil
Opium

[Logos]

this time of year.. the intoxicating scent of lilacs surreptitiously stolen from the park's bushes at dusk, now sitting on my desk :lol:

[Idril]

Coffee brewing in a church is my favorite smell, I like the smell of coffee brewing anywhere but especially in a church because it reminds me of my childhood and coffee hours after church and lutefisk suppers and pancake breakfasts. My dad is a lutheran pastor and I literally grew up in the church and I have nothing but warm, happy, comforting memories of that building and that community. Since the town I grew up in was about 90% lutheran, all my school friends went there and since I was the pastor's daughter, I had the run of the place, we would play 'business' in the office area, 'school' in the sunday school rooms, 'house' in the nursery or the lounge, we would sneak into the kitchen and steal sugar cubes and plan our future weddings in the chapel and my best friend and I would often stop by the church on our way home from school, to say 'hi' to my dad and beg off a couple lemon drops or maybe find our way into the kitchen again to sneak more sugar cubes, I really do have ridiculously happy memories of that place so whenever I smell coffee brewing in a church, I get a smile on my face and I feel like I'm home.

[rachel]

how lovely Idril, just like you. My best friend was Lutheran and I too have those beautiful memories of the rich smell of coffee before youth classes started.

My favorite smells, some of them, are roses early in the morning when the sun is still weak and the petals are heavy with dew, the smell of a new baby-so gorgeous and the smell of chocolate cake and fresh bread when I take them out of the oven and the aroma permeates the house.

[sdr4jc]

The smell of crayons floods me.

[Dirt McKert]

mary jane.

[imthefoolonthehill]

Cherry Blossoms

[IrishCanadian]

Last night I stepped into the backyard to look for the cat before bed and everything smelt like Lilacs. There are two lilac trees in my backyard ... it smelt great!

[AimusSage]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning
Kilgore, Apocalypse Now

[imthefoolonthehill]

oranges on your love's hands, and peach shampoo in her hair

[Lily Adams]

That smell in the air on an overcast morning. I think it's damp earth. It smells wonderful. My absolute favorite.

[Granny5]

There is a certain plastic smell that I love. Plastics usually don't make me smile, but that certain Christmas doll smell always does.
Also, my Mom always wore Occur by Avon. I love it on other women. I have her old bottle and sniff it every once in a while when I'm really missing her.

[Shalot]

Smells I love:

Coffee Brewing
Patchouli candles and oil
Berry scented candles
Bounce dryer sheets
bread baking
freshly laundered T-shirts
aveda shampoo and massage oils
Mary Jane (he he - it smells great)
the way it smells before it's going to rain
bacon frying in the morning
a clean house
dawn dishwashing soap
Cool Water cologne :D
cinnamon gum (grandma chewed it)

I'll think of some more

[Zelly]

Horses.
The old bead store in Mountain View.
Garnier Fructis conditioner.
Clean cat.
Leather Tack.
Liquid clothes detergent.
Kenneth and Jason, lol.
Coffee.
Rain.
That's all I can think of for now. More later. =)

[Pretty^Athens]

his perfume...
the rain
my mom's perfume
mine after having....

[symphony]

The smell of the spirit in a Marker (I particularly prefer the one in Redleaf's) drives me nuts! Todely!

[livelaughlove]

Seems like a lot of people like the smell of horses.. I do too.. it's one of the best smells in the world -
I like the smell of hay, too - grain - roses - grass - tea - laundry - baking cookies - faint cologne - coffee - new books.
There are more, I just can't think of them. Great topic idea!

[Zelly]

The general smell of Autumn leaves.

[applepie]

Cool fall days (no kidding in Ohio they have a very clean and earthy scent), my children after a bath, my husband's aftershave, peanut butter, lilies, chai tea, Earl Grey Tea, most any type of tea I drink I find the scent soothing, cookies and pies baking, fresh bread in the oven, and red wine. That's it for me at the moment.

[motherhubbard]

I like to sniff baby heads.

[manolia]

The smell of rain

[miss tenderness]

the smell of coffee :D

[Sancho]

Fiberglass resin

I don't know why

[Zelly]

Kenneth's hair. o.O

[applepie]

I like to sniff baby heads.

I think it must be a mom thing:lol: I do the same even if they are not mine and I'm just holding them. I will confess that I've yet to hold a baby belonging to someone else that smelled as good to me as my own. When Victoria was really little I could have picked her out of a bunch by her smell alone. It reminded me of jasmine with a touch of an earthy smell and vanilla. I bet there used to be a good reason for your babies smelling a certain way to you.

[amanda_isabel]

the smell of him.
the smell of my mom.
sauted garlic.
hungarian sausages cooking.
my favorite food being cooked.

[LadyWentworth]

I like to sniff baby heads.


I think it must be a mom thing:lol: I do the same even if they are not mine and I'm just holding them. I will confess that I've yet to hold a baby belonging to someone else that smelled as good to me as my own. When Victoria was really little I could have picked her out of a bunch by her smell alone. It reminded me of jasmine with a touch of an earthy smell and vanilla. I bet there used to be a good reason for your babies smelling a certain way to you.

:lol:

So there are others in the world!! I am not a mother but I am guilty of this with my brothers' kids! :p

For me, it is:

*McDonald's (I always like how it smells when you can smell the cooking from the outside)
*Anything baking (particularly gingerbread or something being baked with cinnamon)
*Turkey on Thanksgiving (I have that to look forward to next week :) )
*fresh apples
*rain
*cold air on a fresh, snowy day (it always smells so clear and clean)
*the lilac bush that used to be outside my mother's bedroom window (have NO idea what happened to it :confused: )

The absolute BEST scent ever:
*cooking Vanilla - in the bottle!!! That stuff is FANATASTIC!!!!

[Niamh]

herbal teas
fresh sea breezes.
Peat
A peat fire
Honeysuckle
flowers

[*Classic*Charm*]

Horses
Leather
Old Books/ Parchment
Bread
Lilies

[SleepyWitch]

English/British train stations/city halls/arts centres/libraries with their typical mix of tea, grease, carpets... it's indescribable, but if you've been to one of them you'll know what I mean


the Mongolian steppe, you always know who camped there before you, whether it was horses, sheep, yaks... yes, I'm talking about their droppings, but they smell nice in the steppe, plus they leave a general smell of horse/sheep/ yak around...

[Dori]

Old books (granted they're not too dusty) and cooking food (who doesn't?). I especially like the smell of cheese :D .

[kiz_paws]

I like the crispy fresh smell of sheets that have dried all day on the line.
I like the smell of dough that has been divided up into loaves and they sit rising, waiting to be baked.
I like the smell of a doggy after the Grooming session :)
I like the smell of fresh early morning coffee.
I love the smell of the forest in the early morning in the summertime.
I love the smell of wet juniper and cedar after a refreshing rain.
I like the smell of fresh carpeting that has just been layed.
I like the smell of a baby's hair.
I like the smell of a raspberry bush after a morning rain.
I like the smell of apple crisp baking in the oven, with lots of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Sorry, I am going on and on... but this was fun! :)

[TEND]

Seawater
Fresh snow
Anything on the barbecue :D

[Bakiryu]

I like the smell of......
violets
old books
rain and lightning
winter
fruits
chocolate!

and the list goes on.....

[bouquin]

freshly-baked bread.
the pages of a new book.
lavender.
rain falling on parched earth.

[asilef73]

orange blossoms
jasmine tea
asiatic lilies
a coming rainstorm

[Weisinheimer]

Olive oil
Lavender
Fresh coffee
Clean sheets
Wood fire
Pine
Honey suckle

[vheissu]

French bakeries
Cinnamon
Mint
Melting chocolate
Good coffee
Parmesan
Basil
Rosemary


why am I getting hungry now?

[dramasnot6]

Vanilla
Rain
New books
Old Books
My dog
Clean laundry
Just-washed hair
Curry

[naomi moon]

I love the smell of:
*Chocolate.
*Vanilla.
*Lime and Orange
*fresh bakery
*freshly sharpened pencils just like Logos,:lol:!!
*Papaya and Hibiscus.
*roses.

[LadyW]

Petrol
Baking Bread... and cakes
Raw Spaghetti Hoops in a Can
New Books
Old Books
Recently developed photographs
Freshly washed clothing
The Tarmac when its been raining but the sun's out
When the candle has been blown out
Permanent markers - worry now
Wine - worry more

[Dori]

*Papaya and Hibiscus.

*Vomits* :sick:
That stuff smells like vomit!

[Weisinheimer]

Petrol
Baking Bread... and cakes
Raw Spaghetti Hoops in a Can
New Books
Old Books
Recently developed photographs
Freshly washed clothing
The Tarmac when its been raining but the sun's out
When the candle has been blown out
Permanent markers - worry now
Wine - worry more

:lol: I started worrying when you said you like the smell of petrol :p

[livelaughlove]

Horses
Tarmac on a hot day
Grass
Sweet feed/horse cookies
Freshly baked cookies
Laundry

[alakungfu]

spaghetti bobgnese
fresh puff pastry
foliage at dawn
farmers' market
chocolate milk
espresso

[Chava]

Paint
colour pencils
paper
my apartment
the smell in the air before snowfall

[LadyW]

:lol: I started worrying when you said you like the smell of petrol :p
:lol: Haha, I just like the smell wafting through the car windows whilst in the petrol station. I'm a strange strange girl.

[Sir Bartholomew]

My mom keeps reminding me, and my relatives, to my embarrassment, that when I was little, I loved cuddling beside her and smother my face under her armpits, seriously.

[V.Jayalakshmi]

Dear All,

*Sir Bartholomew.....I understand these moms.:)

Anyway my list includes 1)After Rain...The Earth.2) A silent night.3)Jasmine flowers4) A nice warm bath with Lavender.5) Freshly stitched dress.6) A good hot mmmmmmmm eatable.

[SilentMute]

I once read that our favorite smells often reflect the year we were born in. I guess it makes sense to some degree, because certain things do change over the years. For instance, home cooking or baking may be a favorite smell of someone born in a time when mothers stayed at home...whereas when mothers started entering the workforce and we had TV dinners--those children probably had different favorite smells.

However, as it turns out, my favorite smells actually reflect an earlier time than the one I was born in.

My favorite smells are chlorine, sandalwood, apple cinnamon, coconut suntan lotion, and oranges. The chlorine, coconut suntan lotion, and oranges were around when I was growing up. Swimming pools (chlorine) and beaches (coconut suntan lotion) were a big thing when I was growing up. Oranges...well, I live in Florida, and that is one of our main produce.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Suntan lotion is a good one, it reminds one of holidays. I'm not keen on the chlorine as it irritates my eyes.

I like: freshly brewed coffee, maltly beer, freshly baked bread, garlic and onion one minute after they have been dropped into a hot pan, just picked mint/basil, red wine and melted cheese, ginger, honey, lemon, curry.

[OrphanPip]

I think the scent of bergamot is pretty sublime.

[Lokasenna]

In the summer, our garden is always alive with roses - the perfume on the air is a really magical experience.

At the other end of the scale, I love the smell of petrol and diesel - having grown up on a petrol station, they always make me feel nostalgic.

[L.M. The Third]

I'm a complete country bumpkin. I'm terribly fond of the smell of fresh cow...uh... poo... and horse poo. There's definitely childhood nostalgia for days spent chasing cows or freezing my fingers "training" horses. But I don't think it has anything to do with prenatal influences. I was born in the city.

[JuniperWoolf]

Lily of the valley is my favorite smell. They only bloom for a week in the late spring unfortunately.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

1. The aroma wafting up from the pages of 100 + year old books (a characteristic that E-books will never replicate)

2. The smell of wet Arches water color paper. That's "wet" mind you, not dry.


Gilliatt

[Helga]

I love the smell in the beginning of seasons, in the spring it's freshly cut grass in the summer it's the roses in my garden, autumn is the smell when the leaves are falling and the first sign of frost and of course rain, and in the winter it's frost and snow and just the smell of the cold day...

[prendrelemick]

freshly bathed babies.

[Ome]

smell of trees :)

[MystyrMystyry]

With you there - especially in a forest/jungle!

You been to the Amazon?

I've always liked citrus in it's various stages. In fact I love acidic things like lemon, orange, lime, acid lollies and coca cola (but don't forget to clean your teeth!)


Back to smells - there are two airfresheners I've come across that possess aromas I haven't sniffed in the real world - one is called Ozone-Fresh, the other No-More-Tobacco - wonderful, and somehow not artificial (perhaps they're a combination of a lot of other smells)

Also the smell of fresh baked bread - yummmmm...

[Lokasenna]

What about the flip-side - smells that have an adverse effect on us?

There's this smell - I'm not sure what it is, but I think it must be some kind of chemical cleaner - that for some reason seems to inspire terror in me. Everytime I catch the smell, I break out in a cold sweat, and have to resist the urge to get away. It's weird, as it's not like the smell itself is unbearable or anything...

[Maryd.]

1...The aroma wafting up from the pages of 100 + year old books (a characteristic that E-books will never replicate)... Gilliatt

Oh the most beautiful smell of all.

There is a second hand bookstore not far from me... The fellow who runs the place has some books stored in a glass cabinet under lock and key... :smash:

What I wouldn't do to take them out and smell them... Just once. :nopity:

[faithosaurus]

My taste changes with the seasons:

During the summer, I like clean or flowery scents. During fall, I like spicey type scents. Winter, it's all sweet and sugary scents. then spring is pretty much like summer.

One I love year-round: The smell of new car.

[MystyrMystyry]

Oh the most beautiful smell of all.

There is a second hand bookstore not far from me... The fellow who runs the place has some books stored in a glass cabinet under lock and key... :smash:

What I wouldn't do to take them out and smell them... Just once. :nopity:

Beautiful!

How could I have omitted old-book aroma?

Yeah, even old (obviously not antique) penny dreadfuls and yellowed acid pulp fiction pages. Delicious!

Fusty musty dustiness you could eat with creamcakes!


What about the flip-side - smells that have an adverse effect on us?

There's this smell - I'm not sure what it is, but I think it must be some kind of chemical cleaner - that for some reason seems to inspire terror in me. Everytime I catch the smell, I break out in a cold sweat, and have to resist the urge to get away. It's weird, as it's not like the smell itself is unbearable or anything...

I think I know the one you mean - smells like parsnips taste, inspiring fear and dread and night terrors [shudders]

There's also one that goes right through your body worse than freshly skinned rabbit - it's this sick and sickening evilitude from new nylon carpet - don't get too close to that one, matey!

[iamnobody]

dried leaves(that's my favorite, not the flip-side)

[Maryd.]

Beautiful!

How could I have omitted old-book aroma?

Yeah, even old (obviously not antique) penny dreadfuls and yellowed acid pulp fiction pages. Delicious!

Fusty musty dustiness you could eat with creamcakes!

Well spoken sir... Yes I am trully taken back by the smell of an old book, regardless of it's state. I also like to see the yellow pages and pressed in writing... As though someone had typed out each page and bound it themselves. God bless old books.