# Smells you like **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851 "2001-09-26T02:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pessor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pessor)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/1 "2001-09-26T02:57:12Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/2 "2001-09-26T03:02:26Z")
**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 ---
**Author:** ![Pessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pessor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pessor)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/3 "2001-09-26T03:04:21Z")
I guess I need to smell Gunslinger ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/4 "2001-09-26T03:08:10Z")
-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. ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/5 "2001-09-26T03:18:09Z")
Cotton Candy Bubble Gum smells good, but then again it also drives me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/6 "2001-09-26T03:20:18Z")
Oranges Opium cologne My best friend My shampoo Baking cookies Pizza Gasoline Roses Freshly mimeographed papers Coffee ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/7 "2001-09-26T03:21:20Z")
cedar blueberry muffins baking in the oven vanilla the air after a good rain ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/8 "2001-09-26T03:22:59Z")
can’t believe I forgot this: 2 different smells of leather 1. a leather jacket 2. the smell of an old, well-used baseball glove brings back pleasant memories ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/9 "2001-09-26T03:33:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/10 "2001-09-26T03:36:21Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/11 "2001-09-26T03:38:21Z")
Been there, done that here… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=89250](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=89250) too. One I forgot in the earlier thread was warm bread. yummmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/12 "2001-09-26T03:46:43Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/13 "2001-09-26T10:10:20Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/14 "2001-09-26T10:17:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tatertot \* > \*\*This leaf that Korean people eat, I don’t know what it’s called > > \*\* 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. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/15 "2001-09-26T10:21:14Z")
Asphalt and Tar. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/16 "2001-09-26T10:21:56Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/17 "2001-09-26T10:21:58Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/18 "2001-09-26T10:32:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tatertot \* > \*\*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) \*\* 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… ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/19 "2001-09-26T10:33:47Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851/20 "2001-09-26T10:35:18Z")
Ahem…make that “too busy”. I was too busy to spell it properly, there. Yeah, that’s it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smells-you-like/83851.md?page=2)