# Smell you later **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359 "2011-10-21T14:27:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/21 "2011-10-21T16:03:47Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I don’t think weird and inappropriate has a scent. Chocolate-covered dill pickles. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/22 "2011-10-21T16:43:22Z")
Summer - orange blossom scent. Surprisingly hard to find, straight orange blossom spray, kept in the refrigerator, is what I douse myself with after every shower on a hot summer day. (it doesn’t last, though). Winter - Nantucket Briar perfume from Crabtree & Evelyn. I wear it and use scented oil on a light bulb ring. Incensey cinnamon rose. Those are the nice scents - more typical, I probably smell like cooked hamburger, bacon, and fries since that’s ALL anyone wants to eat around here. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/23 "2011-10-21T16:52:16Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I don’t think weird and inapproriate has a scent. I’m pretty sure it does (old urine, cigarette smoke, and jujubes, maybe?). 🙂 I think my signature scent would be grapefruits. I \*adore \*the smell of grapefruits - go to the supermarket and take a big whiff of the grapefruit bin next time you’re there - they smell wonderful. Or maybe tomato plants - I could live with being associated with the smell of tomato plants. They smell great, too. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/24 "2011-10-21T17:07:09Z")
My scent is probably burning rosin. Actually, it’s quite a pleasant smell, and I generate it all the time when soldering. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/25 "2011-10-21T17:10:12Z")
Bergamot. A really fresh, high notes only preparation. The trouble with these is they only last a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/26 "2011-10-21T17:13:47Z")
Me, personally? Seaweed, dead fish, and sunblock. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/27 "2011-10-21T17:44:01Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I don’t know TriPolar…Moldy cheese comes to mind. :0) Too French. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Chocolate-covered dill pickles. Actually sounds appealing. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m pretty sure it does (old urine, cigarette smoke, and jujubes, maybe?). 🙂 Replace jujubes with Hostess cupcakes and that might be what I do smell like. Blackjack is a super sniffer and could tell me, but for some reason he chooses not to verbalize in English. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/28 "2011-10-21T18:05:08Z")
High desert at midday - hot granite, sage, a hint of creosote, a little pine, maybe a background of water running over granite river rocke. ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/29 "2011-10-21T18:06:03Z")
Probably pink grapefruit; really wakes you up in the morning… The scent that takes me to a certain person every time is hairspray. Boom! I’m in grandma’s house getting ready to go out to… anywhere. The park, the post office, the corner store… Any time we went outside, she had to frenshen her lipstick and spray her hair. Even her car smelled like hairspray. Mmmmmm… hairspray… ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/30 "2011-10-21T18:26:55Z")
I guess I’d want my scent to remind people of freshly baked bread. (pause) Is it just me, or has anyone else ever noticed that some guys’ B.O. smells like a MacDonalds quarter-pounder with cheese? (I’m serious.) . ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/31 "2011-10-21T18:49:18Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Summer - orange blossom scent. Surprisingly hard to find, straight orange blossom spray, kept in the refrigerator, is what I douse myself with after every shower on a hot summer day. (it doesn’t last, though). I use orange flower water. You can get it in some Middle Eastern specialty stores and baking catalogues, and it is one of the few fragrances that does not give me a migraine. I don’t keep it in the refrigerator, but that’s a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/32 "2011-10-21T18:56:41Z")
> [@maisoui](#): > > Probably pink grapefruit; really wakes you up in the morning… > > The scent that takes me to a certain person every time is hairspray. Boom! I’m in grandma’s house getting ready to go out to… anywhere. The park, the post office, the corner store… Any time we went outside, she had to frenshen her lipstick and spray her hair. Even her car smelled like hairspray. > > Mmmmmm… hairspray… Oh yeah, you reminded me of one - my mom’s purse always smelled like Juicyfruit gum when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/33 "2011-10-21T19:18:21Z")
Honeysuckle. My favorite scent in the world is the smell of the night air in the summertime, which is mostly honeysuckle, green foliage, and asphalt. I’ll leave smelling like asphalt to any salty truckers around here, and keep the honeysuckle. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/34 "2011-10-21T19:19:00Z")
Rain ---
**Author:** ![Clumsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Clumsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clumsy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/35 "2011-10-21T19:22:59Z")
I smell of vodka and regret. I do like the smell of Old Spice, although I suspect most find it cheap and tacky… it reminds me of schooldays, the 6th form boys used to reek of it. If I smell it on a grown man now, it makes me think he is a bit clueless and eager-to-please. Which are very appealing qualities, in my book! ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/36 "2011-10-21T21:05:14Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > The smell of (what was)dry earth after it rains Ooh! Petrichor! (See, you can learn something by watching Doctor Who.) ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/37 "2011-10-21T22:05:52Z")
> [@Clumsy](#): > > I smell of vodka and regret. > > I do like the smell of Old Spice, although I suspect most find it cheap and tacky.. it reminds me of schooldays, the 6th form boys used to reek of it. > > If I smell it on a grown man now, it makes me think he is a bit clueless and eager-to-please. Which are very appealing qualities, in my book! It also makes a great 40th (50th, whatever) birthday gift. “Here. I couldn’t find any Ancient Spice, so I got you this…” :0) ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/38 "2011-10-21T22:31:26Z")
I used to use some perfume that smelled like honeysuckle; somebody liberated it. So I got some called “Vanilla Summer.” Smells like coconut oil and very beachy. If’ve got to get something else for the winter…fast. These aren’t perfumes but I still have my mother’s face powder and it’s “her smell.” My grandmother smelled like camomille. They say memories are most strongly triggered by sense of smell, and I believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/39 "2011-10-21T22:38:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If you could pick a scent that would cause people to remind them of you, what would it be? Also, what scents remind you of people you’ve known? > I think my scent would be anise. I thought it was spelled “anus.” ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359/40 "2011-10-21T22:45:34Z")
my favorite lilac bush herbal essences shampoo and maybe sugar cookies [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359.md?page=3)