cigarettes - unsmoked!
matches just after their struck (stricken?)
BUT…
I hate the smell of the combination of these two - cigarette smoke. Go figure!
Also…
rain on sage in the West
and, of course, Bacon!
I also drive home by a Melitta coffee factory most nights and the smell is just FAB!
I admit there aren’t many original entries on my list, but here goes:
Cloves
Pine
Line-dried laundry
Jasmine
Woodsmoke
Rain
Renaissance Faire
Sea n’ Ski suntan lotion
Warm maple syrup
Sandalwood
Grapefruit
Lavender
Homemade baked goods
Freesia – smells like a mother’s love
Bergamot – just a hint, like in Earl Grey tea
My boyfriend - Oh God, his skin, his clothes, everything about him smells so good!
Crisp October night - it does take a nose honed by a lifetime’s residency in Southern California to detect the extremely mild signature of autumn in the air here, but I have that kind of nose.
Leather
Guys (especially post-shower or post-cologning [sub]sigh[/sub])
Ala Moana beach at 6:30 in the morning
Rain
Certain brands of handsoaps and hand sanitizers
Crayons
Vinegar.
I love the smell of vinegar. Maybe it has something to do with those Easter morning as a child, dying eggs…no actually I think I like those Easter morning just because I love vinegar so much.
Some others I might actually share with other people:
Vanilla
The air after a big rainstorm (surpisingly, it even smell that way in Manhattan).
Autumn
Freshly baked bread
Musty bars
Sex