Smells

KosmosKitten

... weird word typing that out.

Anyway, what are your favorite smells? Are there memories associated with them? Worst smell you have ever encountered? Smells that are weird and/or wild? Share your favorite scent here!

Favorite smell: Old books
Least favorite: Durian (sweaty onion and custard smell, it's terrible!)
Memory associated: Smell of rain in the countryside. Reminds me of home.

KosmosKitten

Oh! I forgot: the smell of sandalwood.

doubleap77

The smell of the air just before a snowstorm, especially if that happens to be the first snow of the season.

The smell of chili rellenos cooking.

And, not a favorite smell, but a unique one I will always have: new baby smell. It clings to you like you hope that baby always will.

crabbybrianna

Favourite smells: Coconut. Like, the old sunscreen coconut smell.
Passionfruit.
Cardamom.
Rain.
Fresh seafood.

Memory smells: The ocean. Reminds me of being a kid, I grew up on the beach.
Cedar. The house I grew up in had cedar wood walls that smelled amazing.
Campfires.

Least favourite: Dogs. The smell of dogs makes me gag.
Canned bamboo shoots. My husband loves these but I have to leave the room when he cooks with them.

Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings

CoffeeAndContour wrote: »

I like the smell of basements and gasoline.

Perfect

100_PROOF_

I like the smell of sweaty musky men that wear too much cheap ax body spray at the gym.

RachelElser

Fav smell- vanilla, and weirdly, cigar smoke because it reminds me of my grandfather who passed when I was very young.
hate- floral perfumes like Rose and Lavender.

Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings

I love the smell of coffee and diesel gasoline... reminds me of europe

Vikka_V

I love the smell of eucalyptus, my #1 favourite. Lemongrass and peppermint are next.

I like the smell of gasoline, sharpies and inhaled anesthetic.

I hate the smell of yeasty dog, think ear infections. I hate the smell of smoke in my hair or on my clothes (but I do like the smell of someone smoking in close proximity outside). I hate the smell of burning hair and teeth getting drilled too.

Off topic but when trying to thing of a nostalgic smell first thing I came up with is the sound of cicadas...reminds me of childhood summers, always, particularly at my grandparents house...playing under a giant blue spruce tree in their beautiful backyard.

angel4732

Fresh laundered clothes
Petrol... love those.
Dislike unhygienic people

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Lounmoun

Favorites- lilacs, bread baking, rain, baby powder, citrus, cinnamon, new clothes
Dislike- lingering bacon odor, sweat, mildew, baby spit up, gasoline, cigarrette smoke

Memories- When I was little we had a huge lilac bush. I would climb around inside of it. It was like my secret fort inside. I loved the smell of the blooms.

jefamer2017

Bacon. It reminds me of my grandpa. He made bacon every morning.

Just_J_Now

I love the smell of fresh coffee brewing also fresh bread in the oven.

The worst smell is cat urine right up there with vomit. *gag*

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Sunshine_And_Sand

Back when we were dating, my now husbands always smelled like cinnamon for some reason, so that smell reminds me of that.
I hate the smell of bacon and the way a kitchen smells if people cook bacon every day but don't run the vent fans and/or don't degrease after. Not a vegetarian but always thought bacon stinks...
Favorite smells: the citrus smell you get when pealing an orange, peppermint, baking cookies or brownies, the bread isle at the grocery store, pizza

PrincessTinyheart

Freshly cut grass on a hot summer day
Honeysuckle, jasmine and mimosa
I love the fresh smell in the air after a heavy rain
and INDIAN FOOD.... I love walking into an Indian restaurant and being enveloped in the spicy aroma!!!

My least favorite smell? Kitty litter that needs to be changed..... FEHHHHHHH!!!!

Francl27

Baked goods, lol.

TheRoadDog

My wife's hair and the back of her neck
Roasting Garlic
Cigars
BBQ
Fresh Cut Grass

Also, I have too much Rosemary growing in my garden. I like to pick it and throw it on the grass before I mow. The whole yard smells like Rosemary afterwards.

Just_J_Now

Issey Miyake cologne - I love this scent on a man.

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Motorsheen

Like: Coppertone Sun Tan Lotion

Hate: Nursing Home with the indoor temperature set at 80.

marissafit06

Caramelizing sugar and gasoline

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Sunshine_And_Sand

UrBaconMeCr8zy wrote: »

Clever_User_Name wrote: »

sarjenki wrote: »

Back when we were dating, my now husbands always smelled like cinnamon for some reason, so that smell reminds me of that.
I hate the smell of bacon and the way a kitchen smells if people cook bacon every day but don't run the vent fans and/or don't degrease after. Not a vegetarian but always thought bacon stinks...
Favorite smells: the citrus smell you get when pealing an orange, peppermint, baking cookies or brownies, the bread isle at the grocery store, pizza

@UrBaconMeCr8zy uh oh

Like I said...the smell of disappointment in the morning...I just knew someone would say that

Sorry man. We always had it growing up, but I've never liked the smell of bacon. My husband and kids love it so I do have to tolerate it but there's usually a lot of OCD cleaning and Lysol spraying happening after a breakfast with bacon.

huntersvonnegut

Fresh cut grass
Baking bread
Napalm
Sex

Motorsheen

huntersvonnegut wrote: »

Fresh cut grass
Baking bread
Napalm
Sex

At the same time?

iWishMyNameWasRebel

Favorite smells...my husband, baking bread, country hay, homegrown roses in the garden, that magnolia room spray sold at Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, bacon and onions being cooked together, barbecue.

Worst thing I ever smelled...one night, many years ago, I was driving to a friend's house in the next state. The interstate came to a standstill. There were cops, ambulances, and huge lights up. As the cops let us drive through slowly, I couldn't see evidence of anything having happened except what looked like a huge lake of blood that I had to drive through. The stench that permeated my car as I drove through that lake was the most repulsive, gut-wrenchingly putrid scent I've ever experienced. It was sweet and warm and rancid.

The next morning in the light, I saw what looked like blood spatters on my car and wheels from where I drove through it. Needless to stay, it got a thorough cleaning.

KyleGrace8

Loves: bread, fresh from the plant lavender, coffee, the smell of cold damp rocks and soil (think base of a waterfall), Moroccanoil, a fresh cigarette, the smell right at the top of a forehead

Hate: anything lavender scented, strong cinnamon, axe body spray, puppy/baby breath, old sweat

Memory based: There's some sort of sweet smell from a spring/summer's day driving through the country that I'm not sure of what it is exactly but it's amazing and reminds me of when I first moved to North Carolina.
Old lady rose scented things like potpourri take me back to my childhood but not sure where exactly. My grandpa used to smoke which is why I think I like cigarette smoke.

huntersvonnegut

Motorsheen wrote: »

huntersvonnegut wrote: »

Fresh cut grass
Baking bread
Napalm
Sex

At the same time?

Well...of course. Wasn’t it obvious?

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