Weird smells you love!

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  • tannyasawyer
    tannyasawyer Posts: 106 Member
    - Lit matches and candles
    - Paraffin
    - Spray paint
    - Newborn babies
    - Sea air
  • NatGnat
    NatGnat Posts: 13 Member
    New books
    Old books
    New crayons
    Puppy's breath
    Fresh cut grass
    Coppertone sunscreen
    Leather
    Beautiful perfume, dust, and cigarettes (must be together because this is how my grandmother's house smells)
    Rain (ozone smell)
    Lumber
  • Sierra_419
    Sierra_419 Posts: 201 Member
    auto repair shop... my dad used to smell of oil & such when he came home...
    a lot of the times i would stand around and watch him work on cars outside. asking questions & trying to help . lol
  • Sierra_419
    Sierra_419 Posts: 201 Member
    rain. before & after storm. so fresh smelling.
  • rmkramer003
    rmkramer003 Posts: 115 Member
    Skunks
    Horse barns
    Rosemary plants and herb plants in general
    Coffee (I hate the taste, but I love the smell)
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    babies. makes me want to have more.
  • ExplorinLauren
    ExplorinLauren Posts: 991 Member
    Gasoline and My husbands armpits :)
  • mowu
    mowu Posts: 245 Member
    The smell of diesel exhaust on a frost cold morning (preferably just before break of dawn)
  • marshmallows. I buy them just to take them out of the cupboard and smell them once in a while.
    gasoline
    hot asphalt after a good rain
    diesel exhaust on a really REALLY cold frosty morning
    my bunker gear after a house fire (ridiculous, but true)
  • The smell of diesel exhaust on a frost cold morning (preferably just before break of dawn)
    wow, that's insane that you posted this just as I was posting mine :D
  • Definitely gasoline. Oh and the smell of asphalt after rain.
  • kburns0709
    kburns0709 Posts: 297 Member
    gasoline
    car exhaust
  • Skeebee
    Skeebee Posts: 740 Member
    Gasoline, sawdust, and car exhaust.
  • Newborn baby's hair, just after being washed.
  • the smell of gun powder on your hands
    tyre rubber after a few wheel spins
    subway (the sandwhich shop) as you walk past
    and of course the petrol station forecourt
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Photographic chemicals.

    Darkroom smells. Mmmmmm
    Formaldehyde
    Rubber cement
    Oil paints
  • Icelandic_Saga
    Icelandic_Saga Posts: 2,926 Member
    The first time we light the wood burner up in the fall, and Gasoline. that's kind of a weird combo there, I don't mean at the same time :S
  • allisonmrn
    allisonmrn Posts: 721 Member
    Hawaiin Tropic the suntan oil....I wish it came in a perfume
  • This is kind of sick - I have always loved the smell of skunk - unless it gets too close , like spraying one of my pets. Just passing through , I am fine with it , love it.
  • I absolutely LOVE the smell of tomatoes in a can. Soon as the can gets opened I can't help but to sit there and smell them..for a few min lol. My family thinks i'm crazy lol!!

    Edit to add: books of matches.. oh man, lol... I've liked that one for YEARS. I don't smoke either.. so good luck explaining that one
  • I picked skunks too - had to go look to see if anyone else liked it :)
  • ashlensmomma
    ashlensmomma Posts: 124 Member
    Libraries
    butane lighters
    Fresh cut grass
  • Gas
    Matches
    chicken coops/barns
    exhaust from snowmobiles
  • larrys2112
    larrys2112 Posts: 35 Member
    Gunpowder
    New Car Smell
    Freshly Cut Grass
    Rain

    And, from the past, those sheets of paper fresh off of the mimeograph machine in school. I could smell that all day long. LOL
  • brand new beach balls and pool floaties
  • Creosote -- which is the chemical they use in the tar around train tracks, for those who don't know!
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    Oil paints

    Freshly sharpened pencil shavings

    New books

    Damp rainforest smells

    Hen coops
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    Gunpowder-
    Diesel fuel-
    Those old mimeograph master copies(ammonia?)-
    Cocaine-Can't believe 9 pages went by and i'm the first smart *kitten* to show up!
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    Fresh tennis balls
  • sweetchildomine
    sweetchildomine Posts: 872 Member
    I just thought of something else! I had an ex boyfriend that always smelled like cigarette smoke, marijuana and spaghetti. Don't ask me why, but I loved the combination of the smells. As you probably guessed, he was a total loser haha