Me too!!!111!!!OMFG! heeee
One smell that has been my favorite and will probably get me arrested one day is …you know flip flop sandals that have a thick foamie base.? Yesteryear, those smells faintly fruity and I just loved smelling my flip flops. I’ve discovered that sometimes Old Navy has shoes with that smell…oooooooooohhhhhhh. If I ever find a pair again I am buying them just to sniff.
I also like to smell the gum in the impulse section while waiting in line. That always gets a few :dubious: .
And, since the hurricanes a couple of years ago have decimated the citrus production in florida, I have lamented, as one of my favorite rituals is sticking my face down into a display of Big Naval Oranges and inhaling deeply. AHHHHHHHHHH.
Apple blossoms in the spring. It isn’t all trees ( usually crab variety) but that smell brings back my childhood like a brick to the head.
My scalp is less itchy since I started using the Neutro with coal tar. I wash my hair everyday so I don’t usually see flakes anyway – but scratchies are better.
My skin starts to give off this really nice smell when I’m standing in strong sun. I think it’s more than just hot skin, because I smell it when I’m skiing in the sun but my face is still freezing. It smells a bit like moisturizer, although I never put anything on my face.
Additionally, I also love the smell of multi-story car parks, humidity, neoprene and diesel (perhaps not as strange as I thought, looking at this thread).
Horse manure and skunk are both great smells in the right situation: gently wafting through a balmy breeze. Skunk is the smell of the summer evenings of childhood, horse manure of a green spring day. Just a hint floating in the air. Not face-first in it, not a direct hit with skunk spray. It’s almost just a memory of the scent.
I also love the smells of wet dog and puppy breath.
Well, we are obviously cut from the same cloth because these are the two smells I came into this thread to specifically mention. I don’t mind the smell of skunk as long as it’s very, very VERY faint and very far away.
I love the smell of jet fuel, leaded gas, and racing fuel.
The stink of steel mills. It smells like prosperity!
That sweetgrass smell while out on a ride in the country.
The smell of coca cola (w/ real sugar) as it fizzes when you pour it into a tall glass w/ ice.
Oil of Olay. Reminds me of my grandmother.
Faint smell of mothballs. Also reminds me of grandma.
Leather. I love walking into leather stores and taking a big whiff.
Freshly cut beef. I guess I just love dead cows!
The smells of some BBQ ribs on the grill.
Freshly squeezed orange juice.
That new car smell of all the various materials outgassing.
The way my wife smells about halfway through the day.
That wet dusty smell during the first moments of a rainshower.
There’s plenty more but I’m going to stop there. I’m hearing impaired AND wear glasses, so my sense of smell is quite acute. I often drive ppl crazy when I smell the slightest concentration of something and they have no idea what i’m talking about.
Horses- I love horses, so the smell of them doesn’t bother me. It’s just part of the whole horse experience.
Gasoline- I don’t know why, but I used to breathe deeply whenever we went to the gas station. I loved the smell. The odd thing is that my daughter now does the same thing. Weird.
Machine oil- My grandfather always smelled like machine oil before he retired. The smell of it is pleasant to me, and reminds me of him.
Babies- You know that smell of brand new baby skin? Honestly the best smell in the whole world.
Question re babies. Is it the actual baby you’re smelling, or hints of what is put on the baby to cleanse, powder, lotion it etc.?
I like smelling:
• a laundry-starched shirt, extra stiff
• fresh lumber in an unfinished room or house
• ditto concrete on a new road
• woodsmoke
• Colorforms
• cocoa butter
•(TMI?) the inside of my watchband
It’s the actual baby. This is the best smell on Earth. Someone on these boards said there’s actually a perfume reminiscent of new baby smell. If I find it, I’m buyin’ it.
Of course, complete strangers willl probably talk gibberish to me and pinch my cheeks.
Freshly laid asphalt (reminds me of when I worked on a paving crew)
Mothballs (reminds me of giving my grandma a hug)
Driving into downtown Milwaukee from the west just after passing the stadium. Not sure if it’s the Miller Brewery or the RedStar Yeast factory but it smells great.
Going to work in the morning next to the NOVARTIS plant where they make chocolate Ovaltine. Smells like I’m working next to the Wonka factory.
Wear a tight cast for a few weeks, take it off and then you’ll know. I found this odd love while recovering from a basketball wrist injury in middle school.
I too like the smell of vinegar, but only because it makes me think of Salt and Vinegar chips.
Ah, I know the ones you’re talking about. I think my dad was stationed on one of those in the Mediterranean for a few years.
Me too! This is one of the great fringe benefits of owning a leather jacket.
I used to, also…and then I went and ruined it in basic training in San Antonio. I saturated the thing with sweat and now it’s nasty; I keep washing it with soap and I’ve gotten most of the smell out but it’s still there a little bit.
Here’s another entry: Driving by In-N-Out on the way to the 8. Really makes my day! I’m thinking of driving over there right now and getting myself a burger, actually.
