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What smells do you love?

151 replies

sleepismysuperpower1 · 02/06/2019 20:23

I love the smell of tennis balls. Incredibly random smell to like! Grin what slightly unusual smells do you love?

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Rustyigloo · 02/06/2019 20:40

Panini stickers. Takes me right back

Greenteandchives · 02/06/2019 20:40

Cat’s paws.

fourquenelles · 02/06/2019 20:41

Creosote fences on a hot summer's day. I am 15 again delivering leaflets to make some pocket money in my summer holidays.

Prokupatuscrakedatus · 02/06/2019 20:42

Warm tar that has been freshly rained on
petrol
coffee

dudsville · 02/06/2019 20:42

One of my dogs shells like wheat / meadow / outside and I love it.

Also at the moment lots of roses are blooming and that's fabulous.

Soola · 02/06/2019 20:44

New car.

BettaSplenden · 02/06/2019 20:44

Weird - The smell your arms get when you've been outside (when its dry but not necessarily sunny)
Nor weird - Lavender

TixieLix · 02/06/2019 20:44

Damn, @fourquenelles beat me to it! I came on to say creosote fences. I just love that smell! Jayes fluid is a similar weird smell I like.

iklboo · 02/06/2019 20:45

Creosote
Hot tar
Medical alcohol
Xylene
The old marker pens we used to have at school

ProperVexed · 02/06/2019 20:47

Rain on a hot summer day
Log fires
Roses
Line dried laundry

woahtherehorsey · 02/06/2019 20:47

Paraffin heaters. My dad always had one in his greenhouse in the spring and so paraffin brings me back to him

fedup21 · 02/06/2019 20:48

The smell your arms get when you've been outside.

Just your arms?!

I like the smell of...
Freshly cut grass
Rain
Lillies
Fresh bread
Bacon
The sea

Laurajjj · 02/06/2019 20:49

Cut grass
petrol
Bleach
Tarmac when it rains

weebarra · 02/06/2019 20:50

Figs
Gorse bushes

EleanorLavish · 02/06/2019 20:51

The smell of cow parsley. Particularly after the rain. It takes me straight back to my childhood days of freedom and fun on a relatives farm with cousins.
I love when a smell sparks nostalgia

Dhalandchips · 02/06/2019 20:51

Canvas, as in tent. I have a beautiful bell tent, I love its smell!

foxyknoxy30 · 02/06/2019 20:53

I love the smell of freshly printed leaflets

SimonJT · 02/06/2019 20:55

Fresh mango skin
The smell of a partners neck in the morning

Landfilly · 02/06/2019 20:55

Celeriac

I find it very hard to walk past one in the shop without picking it up and inhaling deeply

If I see a photo of one my nostrils flare Blush

sleepismysuperpower1 · 02/06/2019 20:56

Cut grass

ooh yes, I love this smell too

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Discobabe98 · 02/06/2019 21:01

Suncream
When you’re buying a baguette in the shop and it’s still warm and smells like it’s practically straight out of the oven
Smokey smells from campfires or
Purple shampoo/conditioner
Chlorine in swimming pools sometimes Confused
Feel like a warm bath towel hanging on the radiator has a scent and that I like it..
Some variations of wood polish

Oh and now you’ve said tennis balls OP, those too Grin

Discobabe98 · 02/06/2019 21:03

Lol smokey smells from campfires or bbq’s, not or purple shampoo or conditioner that is a separate entity Grin

LesLavandes · 02/06/2019 21:03

Creosote, the sea, freshly cut grass after it has rained

nandaandm · 02/06/2019 21:05

Freshly cut grass
Petrol
A struck match
New carrier bags
Leather

Grumpymug · 02/06/2019 21:09

Horses, not the pissy stable smell that most horse people smell of in winter, but the smell of an actual horse that's out in the field and you rest your head on their neck and inhale horse. Lovely.
And the smell when a horse is hot shod, smoky with a metallic tang.
Fresh hay.
I may miss not having a horse any more.......