# What is your Favorite...... Smell? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 9, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585 "2000-09-09T06:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/41 "2000-09-10T16:18:43Z")
I like the orange blossoms on my orange tree. A divine creamy orange smell. Yum! If I found a parfum that uses that, I’d buy it for someone in an instant. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/42 "2000-09-10T17:08:29Z")
Ooh, I love smells. I love the smell of my husband when he’s just a bit sweaty. Heck, I love the smell of him when he’s just out of the shower, too. He wears Old Spice, and he wears it well. Mmmmm. As for me… I asked hubby to pick out a cologne for me for Christmas one year. He chose this wonderful Italian scent, _Dolce & Gabbana_. He has damn good taste. I love that stuff. I love lots of other smells, too. Real vanilla. Cedar wood. Pine needles. Chicken soup. Freshwater lakes. Cinnamon. Real ink. (Books don’t smell half as good as they used to.) Cookies fresh from the oven. Freshly bathed baby. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/43 "2000-09-10T19:35:13Z")
The wonderful scent of burning marijuana. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/44 "2000-09-10T20:00:01Z")
Jasmine is about the only floral scent I like. The rest are just too, uh, flowery. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/45 "2000-09-10T20:05:56Z")
Bacon toast coffee gasoline fresh bread homemade applesuace cooking ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/46 "2000-09-10T21:20:24Z")
My favorite scent to wear is Guerlain’s Vetiver, although I’ll also wear Drakkar or CK Be. My favorite of my wife’s are Sonia Rykiel and DKNY. We both like most of Aveda’s scents, and love to go the Aveda store just for the smell. And we both like patchouli, which seems to be a “love it or hate it” scent. Food smells - fresh baked bread, pumpkin pie, or grilling steak. Home scents - lavender or holly berry ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/47 "2000-09-11T13:10:35Z")
Obsession for women. Old Spice for men. (I guess it reminds me of my dad.) Burning leaves. Barbecue. Certain pipe tobaccos burning. Vanilla. Chocolate. Strawberries. Bread baking. Baby powder. Oranges. Limes. Lemons. Slightly sweaty husband here, too. It’s a light musky scent that’s irresistible! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/48 "2000-09-11T14:32:48Z")
Okay I didn’t even READ the o.p. before answering, obviously. My favorite male cologen? I have really never smelled one. I like the smell of cigars though. On women, I like carnations and Bath & Body Works Cinnamon pumpkin. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/49 "2000-09-11T14:44:21Z")
Perfume: Tabu. Smells prety 🙂 Food : Steak on the Grill Natural Aroma : That would be **Poontang** **Porcupine** , when I was a wee slip of a lad, we had night blooming Jasmines growing on a trellis by the front patio. It was lovely. Mixed with the scent of orange blossoms, it was bliss to breathe in the aroma. ---
**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/50 "2000-09-18T22:48:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Peyote Coyote \* > \*\*The wonderful scent of burning marijuana. \*\* WOW someone FINALLY mentioned it!!! I absolutely love that smell. Kinda like vanilla, but not really… mmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/51 "2000-09-19T00:23:30Z")
Fav cologne on a man: Preferred Stock, when worn in moderation. Also, whatever this one short, cute guy who is a regular customer at work wears. He doesn’t wear a LOT of it, it’s not overpowering when he’s there, but it lingers for hours. I love it. I keep forgetting to ask him what cologne he wears. (It would sound like a come-on if I did, wouldn’t it?) Fav perfume for myself: Bath & Body Works Body Splash in Flowering Herbs or Juniper Fav smells all around: Gasoline, engine, fresh-cut grass, pine tree air fresh’ners, clean laundry, racetrack (fuel + motor + exhaust + french fries + burnt rubber + hot asphalt) ---
**Author:** ![Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/52 "2000-09-19T00:41:08Z")
I love the smell of the woods and mountains during the late archery hunting season. Firs, pines, cedars, wood smoke from camp fires, the icy cold fresh air and the the musky smell of the elk. ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/53 "2000-09-19T01:33:11Z")
I like CKbe on my guy. For some reason a single and specific brand of vanilla peufume turns him on so damn much. I wear it sparingly… unless we’re alone :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/54 "2000-09-19T08:14:34Z")
Cologne: Obsession for Men Other: 1978 Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon as it was poured into the decanter, age 20. The wine, not me. ---
**Author:** ![Saturn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Saturn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/55 "2000-09-20T07:09:51Z")
Cologne for a man: Has to be Curve or Cool Water 🙂 For me: Curve Other scents: Lilac, Honeydew Melon, mum’s chicken (fried), steak, and other things I dare not mention 😉 ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/56 "2000-09-20T19:16:13Z")
Oh, I have a new favorite cologne. This guy in my French and Creative Writing classes had a little bottle of Eddie Bauer cologne that was really, really, really nice. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/57 "2000-09-20T19:20:05Z")
On a man, I really like Eternity. I literally stop and savor it. I don’t often encounter it these days, probably because it was very popular in the eighties. Scents in general I like are freesia, vanilla, and honeysuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/58 "2000-09-20T19:49:00Z")
Remember class, the human nose is capable of detecting more different smells than the eye can detect shades of color. Foods: Frying Bacon Barbecue Peaches Limes Roasting Turkey Nature: Freesia Violets Cedar Pine Perfumes: Chanel #17 Chanel #19 Jontue Cologne: Kouros (The **only** one I can stand to wear) Used to love the smell of gasoline when I was a kid. I guess I got over it after working on cars a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/59 "2000-09-20T21:25:25Z")
she smells like popcorn. But as for perfume, most of them suck hard. ALl men’s and 99% of women’s. I love “Fracas”, however, which is a combination of Gardenia and Tuberose, two of the most delicious flowers in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585/60 "2000-09-20T21:59:12Z")
I love the scent from real honeysuckles, not whatever bottled or scented candle crap you find littering stores. Also mountain laurel flowers. Mmmmmm. Cologne: I wear Jako, by Lagerfeld…I don’t think it’s too much of an overt scent. Perfume: I prefer scents that are not overwhelmingly flowery, and I detest musky odors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-smell/32585.md?page=4)