I smell the rain
the ocean
the campfire
the tent
the MG
the wine
the wood chipper
the wife
… new car
… new construction, new baby, puppy, fresh tomatoes, scotch tape, box of Crayolas, coffee… this is endless…
Obviously inspired by the “sounds you like” thread that is currently running. I LOVE my ears and my nose!
Gunslinger
mown grass
gas station
racetrack
lit match
sun-dried clothing
crayons
fresh berries
ripe apple
wet fallen leaves
sawdust
leather
rain
kitten
chocolate chip cookie
I guess I need to smell Gunslinger
-Subway stations (the train smell, not the puke and rotten food scraps one)
-Books
-The road after a brief downpour
-Diesel fuel and salt water (reminds me of catching ferries as a kid)
-The vinyl smell that new cars had in the 70s
-Coal fires
-Eucalypt forests
-Gunpowder
-Unburned tobacco
-Sawmills
Geez, didn’t mean it to get so blokey.
Cotton Candy Bubble Gum smells good, but then again it also drives me crazy.
Oranges
Opium cologne
My best friend
My shampoo
Baking cookies
Pizza
Gasoline
Roses
Freshly mimeographed papers
Coffee
cedar
blueberry muffins baking in the oven
vanilla
the air after a good rain
can’t believe I forgot this:
2 different smells of leather
Freshly-mowed grass.
Hay.
Chocolate chip cookies baking.
The desert of the American southwest. More of a non-smell this, dust and heat and zero humidity.
Used bookstore.
Outdoors after the rain.
Leather.
Vanilla.
Summer night at the lake.
A camp fire.
That soft baby smell of a clean happy baby.
Bread baking.
Cookies right out of the oven.
Men. Sweaty or fresh out of the shower.
Women. See above.
Roses and honeysuckle
Old books
Fresh cut wood.
That’s all I can think of at the moment
Been there, done that here…
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=89250
too.
One I forgot in the earlier thread was warm bread.
yummmmmm!
sauteeing onion & garlic
coffee
pipe tobacco
computer rooms (reminds me of my dad–he retired just a couple of years ago, after almost 30 years as a hardware guy)
spring–you know, that first day when most of the snow is melted, the trees are just starting to bud, and it’s just cool enough that yous till need a jacket, but just warm enough that you can leave it open.
The Snuggle Junction
Peppermint
Limes
The Snuggle Junction
Coffee
Bread Pudding with caramel sauce
This leaf that Korean people eat, I don’t know what it’s called
The Snuggle Junction
Hey tater!!
You mean the one that’s kinda shaped like a spade? Tastes a bit like peppermint?
If so, it’s called “Kay-nip” in Korean… don’t know what to call it in English.
Asphalt and Tar.
Yes!!! That’s it, I think…I always ask my mom what it’s called and then promptly forget. They kind of kimchi-fy it with red pepper and scallions and soy sauce then eat it with rice, right??
Heck, I might as well add that I love the smell of kimchee, the older and more sour the better…mmmmmm, fermented cabbage (and radish and cucumber and other yummy delights)
Here’s one most people hate but I absolutely ADORE!!!
I grew up on an active volcano. The caldera was just a few miles from my house. And the smell of sulfur would occasionally fill the air. We’d also go on awesome visits to the sulfur pits where the ground was all yellow and steam was being emitted. Makes me think of childhood and good times.
Yup! That’s the one! They kim-chi-ify it, and also use it as a wrap for pieces of bar-b-qued meat, and other things… pretty tasty once you get used to eating meat using a wrapper that tastes vaguely like candy…
One for me: the smell of skunk musk (as long as it is FAR away!) on a summer night…
I’m to busy laughing at the fact that this thread was right above “Cartoon Animals You’d Like To Boink” before I posted this. I think that’s number one on my list.
Ahem…make that “too busy”. I was too busy to spell it properly, there.
Yeah, that’s it.