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121 replies

indignatio · 07/03/2022 20:39

Plumbing solder for me

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anothernamedoesntsmellsosweet · 07/03/2022 21:46

Paraffin heaters

HouseofHolbein · 07/03/2022 21:46

TCP 💕

36degrees · 07/03/2022 21:51

Dusty parquet flooring.

MinglingFlamingo · 07/03/2022 21:52

@Watto1

I just love that farm smell!
Yes Rich manure That smell when it's just rained for the first time in ages. The special name it has escapes me old antique books
AhhWoof · 07/03/2022 22:00

Horses
Hot earth in the rain (abroad)
Pears soap

gingerhills · 07/03/2022 22:05

Pencil shavings
Turpentine and linseed oil
Garage forecourt
1970s health food store
1970s cobbler's shop (shoe menders - leather and glue)

SarahBellam · 07/03/2022 22:06

Fire lighters
Bag of barbecue coal
First barbecue on the beach (I live at the beach)
Big newspaper
Cordite
Petrichor (the smell of rain after a dry spell)
The beach
Unfolding a fresh towel

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 07/03/2022 22:08

Yes - Linseed Oil!

Reminds me of my dad replacing window panes in his greenhouse, a long time ago.

LittleEsme · 08/03/2022 05:43

Play-doh
Pledge wood floor cleaner

LabraDabraDoo · 08/03/2022 06:29

Petrol station forecourt
Labrador ears
Sauna

MrsDThomas · 08/03/2022 06:44

Petrol
Shoe polish
Firelighters
Coal fire smoke
Daffodils
Sheep
New born baby then their milky breath

Vampirethriller · 08/03/2022 06:49

Newspaper and firelighters, hint of coal
Coal smoke and autumn evening
Horse neck and privet
Chlorine and a touch of Impulse 02

Cloe78 · 08/03/2022 06:55

Horse breath

Afonavon · 08/03/2022 07:10

Sparklers/fireworks

Dh’s armpit

My cat’s smelly head

TopTabby · 08/03/2022 07:14

The school PE cupboard.
A body spray I had in 1986.
The neighbours' house in the 1970s.

drumandthebass · 08/03/2022 07:39

Washing off the line on a cold day when it's still a bit damp and the house is nice and warm.

New carpet
Gin

ChateauMargaux · 08/03/2022 08:06

Hardware shop has taken me right back to 1983! Parrafin takes me to my granny's house and does the smell of a garden centre greenhouse.. its geraniums for me!

puffylovett · 08/03/2022 08:07

A new magazine
Unwashed spaniel
Petrol

gingerhills · 08/03/2022 08:20

@ChateauMargaux

Hardware shop has taken me right back to 1983! Parrafin takes me to my granny's house and does the smell of a garden centre greenhouse.. its geraniums for me!
Oh yes paraffin! My granny's conservatory in 1960s.
TheLongRider · 08/03/2022 08:57

The smell of the U-bahn in Stuttgart.
Creosote
Hay barn
Freshly dug earth

TheLongRider · 08/03/2022 09:02

Tinsel and glass Christmas baubles
1980's Irish post office, it was the smell of penny sweets, dust, glue and envelopes.

puffylovett · 08/03/2022 12:05

The tube as it comes at you through the tunnel (spoken like an ex Londoner Grin)

Vampirethriller · 08/03/2022 13:41

Green Lanes, London, in the evening (fried food and warm fruit, car exhaust and tarmac)

FooFighter99 · 08/03/2022 14:04

Fireworks
just blown out birthday candles

FooFighter99 · 08/03/2022 14:06

My mum's old Christmas deccies stored in Roses tins (the good kind, that were absolutely massive!)