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KosmosKitten
KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
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... 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.
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  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
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    Oh! I forgot: the smell of sandalwood.
  • doubleap77
    doubleap77 Posts: 47 Member
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    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
    crabbybrianna Posts: 344 Member
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    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. :confounded:
  • Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings
    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings Posts: 5,545 Member
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    CoffeeAndContour wrote: »
    I like the smell of basements and gasoline.

    Perfect ;)
  • 100_PROOF_
    100_PROOF_ Posts: 1,168 Member
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    I like the smell of sweaty musky men that wear too much cheap ax body spray at the gym.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
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    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
    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings Posts: 5,545 Member
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    I love the smell of coffee and diesel gasoline... reminds me of europe
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
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    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
    angel4732 Posts: 14,898 Member
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    Fresh laundered clothes
    Petrol... love those.
    Dislike unhygienic people
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    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
    jefamer2017 Posts: 416 Member
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    Bacon. It reminds me of my grandpa. He made bacon every morning.
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
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    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*
  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
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    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
    PrincessTinyheart Posts: 679 Member
    edited March 2018
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    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
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    Baked goods, lol.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,793 Member
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    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
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
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    Issey Miyake cologne - I love this scent on a man.

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