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What are your top 3 favourite smells?

147 replies

Coffeebiscuitsrepeat · 06/06/2020 17:51

I'll kick things off:

Chimney smoke
Tomato vines
Indian food

😍

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BrassyLocks · 07/06/2020 01:12

Apart from perfume:
old books,
new carpet,
petrol.

Zoflorabore · 07/06/2020 01:20

1- petrol
2- dettol
3- badedas shower gel

Now if I could find a candle incorporating all 3...... Grin

ozymandiusking · 07/06/2020 01:21

Fresh Lemon
Fresh Basil
The original Ambre Solaire

Kidneybingo · 07/06/2020 01:27

I'm obsessed with the smell of rhubarb. Plus coriander, and also roses. Or seasalt smell. Or fresh oranges juiced. It's too hard, I absolutely love scents.

MooseBeTimeForSummer · 07/06/2020 01:52

Petrichor
Freshly baked bread
Freesias

Blackredblack · 07/06/2020 02:15

My dh’s neck
Wet cement
Petrol

TheRattleBag · 07/06/2020 05:22

The original Nina perfume by Nina Ricci (not the apple-bottled abomination sold now) - discontinued.

Eucalyptus lamp oil by Ashleigh & Burwood - discontinued.

Pomegranate & Ginger hand wash/lotion by Molton Brown - discontinued.

Smells that should never change/be discontinued:
Petrichor
The Paris metro
Freshly laid carpet.

Coffeebiscuitsrepeat · 07/06/2020 06:44

Oh, I totally forgot about the smell of suncream! Just transports straight back to holidays every time. I've been putting it on in my garden and pretending I'm in Italy, haha.

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Millie2013 · 07/06/2020 06:50

Tack rooms/old fashioned saddle soap
Lemons
Freshly cooked donuts

Millie2013 · 07/06/2020 06:52

Oh and a slightly smoky smell I associate with alpine restaurants ❤️

WinWinnieTheWay · 07/06/2020 06:56

Hawaiian Tropics oil

Bonfire

Laundry just off the line

Aria20 · 07/06/2020 07:00

Clearly I'm in the minority... I hate the smell of petrol, tarmac, grass/trees, burning wood/smoke and coffee!!!

I like the smell of: freshly baked brownies, aveeno baby cream, Boss original aftershave on DH. Freshly washed bedding too tho.

Coffeebiscuitsrepeat · 07/06/2020 07:08

@Aria20 You do you! 😉

I'm undecided about petrol.

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Redwren · 07/06/2020 07:20

Breastfed babies
Fresh bread baking
Indian food

Vellichor · 07/06/2020 07:24

Brand new cars, bookshops, swimming pools.

sausagepastapot · 07/06/2020 07:27

Freshly cut grass, petrol, seaside smell. Hard to pick three!

Can I have more?

Neeks888 · 07/06/2020 07:27

Baby’s head
Vanilla
Cocoa butter

KatherineJaneway · 07/06/2020 07:28

Hay

Freshly baked bread

Bacon being fried

500BusStops · 07/06/2020 07:34

@Swingoutsistersledge2 yes! Dog's biscuit smelling feet are the best smell. It seems to happen more when he's asleep

Also:

  • a traditional chocolate/sweet shop
  • frying onions
GratitudeGoddess · 07/06/2020 07:52

Fresh baked bread

My partners armpits

The smell of newborn babies with a combination of Johnson's talcum powder

Bluesheep8 · 07/06/2020 08:03

Similar to a pp

Horses
Patchouli
Lavender

Somewhereinthesky · 07/06/2020 08:31

Asphalt. Always loved it since childhood.
Rose. Just heavenly.
Freshly baked cakes/scent of baking cake in the oven. Divine.
I used to love smell of my dc, but since they are becoming teenager, it's not so great anymore.

Nocti · 07/06/2020 08:34

Freshly cut, uncooked ginger
Tomato vines
Woodsmoke

weepingwillow22 · 07/06/2020 08:35

Freshly mowed grass
Coffee
Pritt stick!

Coffeebiscuitsrepeat · 07/06/2020 08:44

@Redwren What does a breastfed baby smell like? I don't have kids and don't think I want any, so I will probably never know Grin

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