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What smells do you love?

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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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Clevs · 02/06/2019 22:12

Posted too soon...

Bacon
Garlic (I love walking past Italian restaurants)
The smell of pavements when it's rained after a long dry smell.

Huggybear16 · 02/06/2019 22:14

Hold on - someone has said they like the smell of horse poo!

Norugratsatall · 02/06/2019 22:15

Books, paper, glossy catalogues and pamphlets etc... mmmm.

Also new wood bookshelves and new carpet.

carmat · 02/06/2019 22:15

Petrol

paranoiamumma · 02/06/2019 22:19

Newborn babies straight from Delivery,
Cut grass.
Johnson talc ,
Bacon,
Wax crayon,
My little girls feet ( don't ask why I can't explain it) ☔️

Ohnotanothernamechange · 02/06/2019 22:19

Petrol
Freshly cut grass
Rain on concrete
Play dough
Puppies. I was so gutted when my dog lost his puppy smell.

Wincarnis · 02/06/2019 22:20

Wild Garlic
Jasmine
Freshly baked bread
The Sea

MrsBobBlackadder · 02/06/2019 22:21

@Greenteandchives same here! My cats' paws smell of digestive biscuits and deliciousness Grin

cookiechomper · 02/06/2019 22:22

Baby's milky breath.
Top of my youngest child's head.
DH when we're lying in bed and he's fresh out the shower in clean pjs.
New carpet.

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 02/06/2019 22:23

Books
The smell outside on a night like tonight (warm but breezy)
Cat's paws (like pp)
The smell of my car when I get in it on a hot afternoon after a long or stressful day. Smells homely.
My sister's house always smells lovely.

PajamasnoDramas · 02/06/2019 22:24

Petrol
Tobacco (reminds me of dad)
Leather
Beaches (there’s something about the mingling of sea, hot sand, sun cream, faint whiff of fag smoke and fish and chips)
Laundry (after it’s been done, not before Envy not envy)

cshelp · 02/06/2019 22:25

The rapeseed fields when they're in season or whatever the expression is! Just smells like hay fever to my poor husband lol.

Starlive23 · 02/06/2019 22:29

New books smell just lovely!

AnnieOnAMapleLeaf · 02/06/2019 22:30

Tobacco. Not cigarettes, loose, earthy-smelling tobacco. Love it?

MBM18 · 02/06/2019 22:35

The smell after a candle has been blown out 😍

cshelp · 02/06/2019 22:45

@MBM18 childhood birthdays 😍

tobee · 02/06/2019 22:48

Second hand bookshops
Old churches
Coniferous trees in summer
Jasmine trees in summer

tobee · 02/06/2019 22:50

Oh yeah and someone smoking a pipe. Hardly smell that these days.

bingowingsmcgee · 02/06/2019 22:52

Nappy sacks, bleach, coriander, old dirty leather, acetone

Mumsymumphy · 02/06/2019 22:55

The smell of my dad's Christmas decorations & tinsel! He's still got some of the decorations from when I was small 40+ years ago. Takes me right back.

butterflykiss00 · 02/06/2019 22:57

Frying onions 😍

OhTheRoses · 02/06/2019 22:59

Warm peaches and melons
Rosemary
Lavendar
Hay & Horse
New baby head
Cinnamon
Shalimar - my mother
Bleach

puppylovebaby · 02/06/2019 23:08

I love the memories smells provoke.
A shampoo from a a holiday past
Flex shampoo reminds me of my childhood
Milton, clean and sterile
Coriander reminds me of a delicious salsa
Gucci Bloom perfume makes me think of my daughter
Freshly cut grass
Sea air takes me back to my childhood home by the sea
Ohh I could go on and on
Lovely thread

ladybird69 · 02/06/2019 23:14

@Topcat yes the fairground is a love it or hate it smell but I loved it.
Another one is cigar smoke! I hate smoking and cigarette smoke but cigar smoke is my secret vice! Very hard to find these days.

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