# Smells that trigger memories **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-that-trigger-memories/577402 "2011-04-06T15:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 62
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> [@aruvqan](#): > > opened up a sea bag that had been closed since mrAru retired back in 2003 - could still smell ‘sub funk’ - I really miss that [machine oil, diesel, ozone and body odor and that cheap Navy laundry detergent] Right, I mentioned this before as well. > [@Sub Funk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-funk/812036/3): > > I know that smell. It mostly comes from the amine (from the CO[sub]2[/sub] scrubbers), along with diesel fuel, hydraulic fluid, and BO. 😉 > > Last year, I went on a submarine tour with my son’s Boy Scout troop…some two decades after last serving on a sub. As soon as I got near the topside hatch and smelled the air blowing out, old memories just about overwhelmed me… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-that-trigger-memories/577402)._