Pipe tobacco.
Some kind of salve that comes in little yellow disc-shaped containers–Blistex? Kinda vanilla-scented.
Boiling wort.
Roasting turkey.
Chinatown on a good day and no I can’t explain that one.
Carmex. Yeah, that smells good. Cocoa butter. I only use Carmex when I’ve been skiing, but I love the smell.
Pipe tobacco also smells good. So does a good cigar, like an Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva.
Which, of course, smells like victory.
I like coffee, puppies, new cars, bacon, and Mrs. RickJay.
A freshly-opened bag of Cheetos
Fresh Cuban cigars (don’t ask me how I get them!) 
The electric ozone smell of rainstorms
Cordite smell of ignited gunpowder (A smell I’ve lived with most of my life)
Salt smells of the ocean
Bacon, indeed
Toast
coffee
(I hate coffee, jsut like the smell)
baking bread
gasoline(sometimes)
some library books
juicy fruit stripe gum
When I started typing my reply, I could only think of candle scents. It’s like Yankee Candle Company has co-opted my sense of smell. I think I feel a little betrayed.
That said, I love the smell of:
A plowed field after a rainstorm
Cinnamon buns
Toasted hazelnuts
Toasted almonds
Tea roses
Christmas trees
Oatmeal raisin cookies
Black cherry juice
Toasted marshmallows and woodsmoke
I have a hard time explaining this one, but I really love the “man smell.” Not cologne or aftershave or soap or anything, just the smell of a man a few hours into the day. It’s strongest around the neck and ears, and I always try to catch a quick dose when I give and receive hugs. There are some men I could just stand and…inhale. ::sigh, sappy look::
Play-Doh
Saddle leather
Carnival (combination of sautéd onions & peppers, animal smells and diesel fuel)
Hollyhocks
New carpets
Freshly laundered sheets and towels
New shoes
Juniper
Musk
Fresh bread
Just-cut grass
Elmer’s glue
Sandalwood
Calvin Klein’s “Obsession”
The seashore
Non foods:
The smell of the air right before it snows
My husband’s skin - no matter how grimy and unwashed he is, his skin always maintains a slight smell of Snuggle, whatever cologne he’s wearing and baby powder
The smell of the beach after you haven’t been there in a while
The bark of Ponderosa Pine trees in New Mexico
Breaking open a needle from my Christmas tree and smelling it - Douglas Firs always smell like ripe oranges
When leaves first start to turn and fall
Shalimar perfume - will always remind me of my mom until the day I die
Getting into my bed after I put just-washed sheets and comforter back on… I get between the covers and just inhale
My bulldog after a bath… she smells like a newborn baby 
Food smells:
Cinnamon
Pineapple and Coconut - reminds me of my honeymoon
Chilis roasting
Spaghetti sauce on the stove
Earl Grey tea
My house on Thanksgiving Day
When my husband smokes a pork roast outside all day… you can literally taste it in the air
When I was a very young child we lived across the street from a feed company - horse feed that is. Those oats smelled better than anything in the world!
A just extinguished birthday candle
Camel brand cigarettes (only because my friend Lynne smokes them)
baking bread
my pillow after my (hypothetical) girlfriend sleeps on it
blood
rainy air
On both my work computers lives the sound file that I ‘startup’ with. It’s from the “I Robot, You Jane” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, courtesy of Joss Whedon/Mutant Enemy Productions/20th Century Fox:
“Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower or a whiff of smoke can bring back experiences long forgotten. Books smell… musty, rich. The knowledge gained from a computer… it has no texture, no context. It’s there and then it’s gone. If the getting of knowledge is to last it should be tangible… it should be smelly.”
Mmmm. Giles is my man.
I love the smell of old books. Well, old books, new books, any kind of books. And sawdust… I find every excuse I can think of to go out to the new wood shed at work. And campfires, or wood stoves/fireplaces. Horses, especially after you’ve been out riding for a while. That smell in the air just before it snows. Oh, and lavender. I wash my sheets and pajamas in lavender soap, and it’s just heavenly.
Food… BBQ always makes my mouth water. And fresh garlic bread. And lamb. And Earl Gray tea.
sigh I feel all warm and cuddly now.
-BK
Smells I love
Food.
coffe
a charcoal grill(almost anything smells good on a grill)
oranges
Non Food
Gunpowder (smokless, not black powder)
Oil tanned leather
Horses (I dont ride, but i still like to smell them)
Dogs, as long as they arent wet
woodsmoke, especialy live oak.
pine trees
…and the strange one…
I like the smell of a diesel semi-truck when its owner starts it up first thing in the morning. As long as the wind direction isnt blowing directly on you, its not an overpowering smell.
Smells i absolutely hate.
Onions…they stink…not mater what you do with them
Celery…Same as onions
Ducks…If kept in a pen, they will rival a sewage treatment plant in stench.
Roast cumin seeds
Grilled lamb
Roast chicken
Oranges
Coffee (fresh ground)
Chocolate and vanilla
Toasted almonds
Les Belles de Ricci perfume in Liberty Fizz
Pines
Sea air
My armpits
My partner
Roses, Lilacs, Poplar trees. Fresh baked molasses cookies. The earth after a rainstorm. Hot bread from the oven. “Sand and Sable” perfume. Gasoline. Those really smelly felt tip pens, the ones with the really big tips.
Reminds me of being a little girl and visiting my Grandma’s house. One of my very best memories!
My homemade brownies right after they come out of the oven.
New car smell.
Juniper, I agree with you wholeheartedly on that “man smell” thing. Some guys just smell plain good. mmmmm…
My list[ul]
[li]Horses. I love sticking my face right onto a horse’s muzzle and inhaling deeply. Mmmm, horsey-smell.[/li][li]My pillow. I love my pillow. I take it everywhere I stay overnight.[/li][li]Spring dirt[/li][li]Sycamores. My favorite tree - I can always tell if one’s around just by the smell of the air[/li][li]Polo by Ralph Lauren. Gotta go light on it, cause it’s strong, but I just love that piney smell.[/li][li]Pine oil. Reminds me of the gazillion times I and my buddy Kurt mopped the floor at the clinic in Oki.[/li][li]Grapefruit and patchouli essential oils. This is the mix I use in my bath at night - 3 drops of grapefruit and 1 drop of patchouli. Divine[/li][li]Baking bread[/li][li]Wood smoke. My dad heats with wood and this reminds me of him and his house[/li][li]Jet fuel. Reminds me of Kadena Air Base and watching the fighters take off.[/li][li]Jasmine at night. Again, reminds me of rainy nights on Okinawa.[/ul][/li]It is strange how certain smells trigger memories, isn’t it?
I guess you can’t miss what you never had, but still, that’s sad.
I love Winnie’s list. Descriptions are terrific.
I’ll add: Coppertone suntan lotion – reminds me of my childhood.
I’ll second the whole day of Thanksgiving. All the smells of turkey, chestnut dressing, pumpkin and apple pies, etc. all smooshed together and permeating the entire house.
I distinctly remember taking my son to his first day of kindergarten (he’s 22 now!) and being overwhelmed by the memories and feelings of nostalgia when I smelled the kindergarten classroom. The smell of crayons and paste brought me right back to my own kindergarten days!
And Feynn, your post brought tears to my eyes.
Food smells:
Roasting peanuts
Popcorn
Fresh baking (doesn’t matter what)
My mother’s meatballs and red gravy simmering
Crabs stewing in red gravy (a Philadelphia thing?)
Non-food smells:
New cars
Sun-warmed old car interiors (especially GM products for some reason)
Gasoline
New tires (I can stand in that aisle at Sam’s Club and breathe deeply all day)
Creosote. When I was a kid we used to live near the Frankford Elevated Line car shops in Philadelphia and SEPTA used to store the wooden ties for the tracks outdoors. They were treated with creosote to prevent rot. When the wind was right you could smell the creosote blocks away, especially in the summer when it was hot and humid. Till the day I die the scent of creosote will remind me of bike riding, going to the pool, eating ice cream in the afternoon (the height of decadence when I was 10; everybody knew ice cream was a snack to eat at night while you watched TV, if you had been good), and being a kid with almost 10 weeks of vacation and nothing to do.
Swimming pools (chlorine, water, and humid heat)
The Jersey Shore boardwalks (the sea, fried food, fudge, and candy)-I feel like I’m 9 again.
Fishing boats-Reminds me of my dad taking me deep sea fishing for bluefish and flounder off Brielle, NJ
Liz Claiborne perfume, Sea Breeze skin conditioner- they remind me of my wife and they always will.
Noxzema (sp?) skin cream- smells like summer. It’s what my mom used to put on our sunburns when we were little.
OK, gotta stop. I could do this all day.
Zappo
Non-food smells:
[ul]
[li]The ocean - reminds me of playing in Mission Bay with my sister and mom when I was growing up.[/li][li]Sand and Sable perfume - reminds me of mom and of the ocean, maybe with a dash of horse smell too.[/li][li]The way it smells before it rains.[/li][li]The way it smells right before it snows.[/li][li]My kids after they’ve shampooed their hair with conditioning Baby shampoo.[/li][li]Turbo Dog when he wears Old Spice or Brut - He smells like fresh baked cinnamon sugar cookies with a dash of man thrown in, is about the only I can describe it.[/li][li]Grey Flannel cologne.[/li][/ul]
Food smells:
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[li]Fresh coffee.[/li][li]Tequila.[/li][li]The way the house smells when your making a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.[/li][/list]