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What do you love the smell of?

226 replies

CarnageAtTheJanuarySales · 08/01/2021 08:36

Here are mine 👃.

Sudocrem.

Any kind of bread when it has just come out of the oven ( especially garlic bread)

Rosemary, dried or fresh from the plant

Thyme, dried or fresh from the plant. I grow this sometimes just to smell it 😊.

Can’t think of any more at the moment, so...what are yours?

So, what are yours?

OP posts:
mamakoukla · 08/01/2021 20:04

Beeswax
Rosemary, thyme, bergamot, basil
Sun ripened tomato
Clothes that have been in the -0 - clean and salty
Sea
Pine trees on a hot day
Wild thyme in the sun
Freshly baked bread
A cool brisk morning after being cooped up inside
Sun warmed skin
Peonies.... bury my nose in them!
Caramel being prepared in the kitchen
Freshly squeezed lemons
Horse and horse manure (a clean smell to me)
Candy floss
Laundry fresh in from outside, but not on a really hot day
The house after a good airing
DC’s first month - it reminded me of salty sea air mixed with something unique
Certain cake batters
Gosh. Life is such a sensory experience!

Mummylin · 08/01/2021 20:05

I have just remembered how I used to love the smell of my grandads pipe tobacco, it was called Erinmore mixture.

Brainygaga · 08/01/2021 20:06

Tarmac
Petrol
The garage
Christmas trees

SaltyTootsieToes · 08/01/2021 20:14

Fresh sea air

Fresh mountain air

Lavender (real lavender)

Fresh herbs such as thyme, basil, sage, rosemary etc

Jasmine on a summers night

Fresh brewed coffee on a cold morning

I still remember how my babies smelled after a bath when very tiny. They’re 20s now so long ago but still remember and lint for that smell

Bl3ss3dm0m · 08/01/2021 20:34

Wood smoke
Germalene
Wet dog
Just struck matches
Wood smoke
Pipe smoke
Opium perfume, but I hate the smell of
Black Opium!
Freshly cut grass
Rain
Sweet Peas, Jasmine, Orchids
Did I mention Wood smoke?

Claricestarling1 · 08/01/2021 20:51

Gunpowder
Rain
Fish food
Bread
Limes
Grapefruit
Sandalwood
The sea
Baby powder

AlexaStop · 08/01/2021 20:55

My baby's milky breath

GameofPhones · 08/01/2021 22:07

Fresh yeast being proved. The sweet delicate fragrance spreads through the house.

DipSwimSwoosh · 08/01/2021 22:18

Gorse
Matches just lit then gone out
Fresh air
Verbena
Lemons and limes
Skin of loved ones

CarnageAtTheJanuarySales · 08/01/2021 22:19

@Bl3ss3dm0m

Wood smoke Germalene Wet dog Just struck matches Wood smoke Pipe smoke Opium perfume, but I hate the smell of Black Opium! Freshly cut grass Rain Sweet Peas, Jasmine, Orchids Did I mention Wood smoke?
Is germolene still around @Bl3ss3dm0m ? I used to love that smell.
OP posts:
DipSwimSwoosh · 08/01/2021 22:19

And other people's washing powder.

GrapefruitGin · 08/01/2021 22:20

A blown out match

dayswithaY · 08/01/2021 22:30

Windowlene, white spirit, creosote, petrol. Clearly I have a problem.

Chutneymaura · 08/01/2021 22:37

Flicking a brand new pack of post it notes

Janedownourlane · 08/01/2021 22:38

Sweet peas
The pages of a new unread book

fataroundthemiddle · 08/01/2021 22:43

Fresh mint.Reminds me of my gran.Had a bush in her garden

fataroundthemiddle · 08/01/2021 22:44

@Eckhart

Shoe polish. Creosote. Coffee. Solvents.
Eckhart....do you have a problem?...
ginghamstarfish · 08/01/2021 22:46

Chamois leather
Germolene
Vicks
Fresh ground coffee
Hyacinths
Woodsmoke
Fresh homemade bread

FrauFreud · 08/01/2021 22:47

Deep Heat
Wood smoke

CeeceeBloomingdale · 08/01/2021 22:50

Germaline
Parma Violets
Cut grass
Sea Air
Babies heads
Toast, especially slightly burnt
Citrus fruit
Matches just after you blow them out
Fireworks/Bonfire night
Freshly baked bread
Bath and Bodyworks hand sanitisers
Sharpies

fataroundthemiddle · 08/01/2021 22:51

I also like to sniff the green bit on a fresh tomato. My grandad had a greenhouse full..

Bambam2019 · 08/01/2021 22:53

My horse
That ‘warm’ smell when you step off the plane
Petrol (more as a child, less so now I have to pay for it myself!)

BathroomWork · 08/01/2021 22:57

Comfort bluebell and bergemot, which has now discontinued.

I washed some clothes and put them in a vacuum bag, then 3 years later got them out for second child and the smell is just utterly delicious. I am gutted that, once the clothes are washed again, that smell is gone forever.

Please Comfort, bring back the most amazing smell I have ever smelled on this whole earth!

fataroundthemiddle · 08/01/2021 22:59

Since this COVID lark,wherever there is a hand sanitizer I do my hands then walk around sniffing them.Specially in the bank

Woahisme · 08/01/2021 23:01

Napalm in the morning....

Seriously, sticky labels (those white ones you get), new magazines, new carpet, old books, and the smell of my dentists.

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