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indignatio · 07/03/2022 20:39

Plumbing solder for me

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Laiste · 08/03/2022 19:31

Summer air at dusk in the city
(weird mix of summer air going cold, car fumes and pubs takes me back to being 14/15 out at night and that wild, mad, free feeling)

The smell on your hands after you've stroked horses.

WeirdlyKind · 08/03/2022 19:35

@MinglingFlamingo Petrichor is the word you're looking for!

Glaciferous · 08/03/2022 19:38

Creosote
Tarmac
Busy traffic on a hot day
Libraries (specifically ones with lots of old leather-bound books)
The inside of a greenhouse, pref one growing tomatoes
Petrol

JolkienRolkienRolkienTolkien · 08/03/2022 19:46

Another vote for creosote

Geranium leaves in a greenhouse

The inside of a church

1980s My Little Pony

Vampirethriller · 09/03/2022 07:10

Pre-smoking ban old man's pub
Jeyes Fluid

StillMedusa · 09/03/2022 08:51

Deep Heat rub on
New out of the packaging Crocs
Aviation fuel (I live at an Air base :D )
Tomato leaves

LetsGoCrazyPurpleBanana · 09/03/2022 09:26

Play doh how it smelled in the 80s,tomato stalks, wet leaves and the ground in the summer when it hasn't rained for ages. Leather and cigars.

LetsGoCrazyPurpleBanana · 09/03/2022 09:27

The smell when you open a new catalogue.

LetsGoCrazyPurpleBanana · 09/03/2022 09:27

Strawberry shortcake doll.

LetsGoCrazyPurpleBanana · 09/03/2022 09:28

New York city,the smell of smoke,syrup,sweet nuts and donuts.

OddsNSodsBitsNBobs · 09/03/2022 09:40

Petrichor

SweetNcrunchy · 09/03/2022 10:24

The smell of the fair when it comes to our town (and all the roads are closed for a week 😠) But its the smell of fried onions with diesel generators and candyfloss.

Glaciferous · 09/03/2022 10:37

@LetsGoCrazyPurpleBanana

The smell when you open a new catalogue.
Yes! I would love this.
GrannyWeatherwaxsBroomstick · 09/03/2022 10:53

Cut grass
Dettol
My Grandad’s greenhouse
Creosote

GrannyWeatherwaxsBroomstick · 09/03/2022 10:53

And second hand bookshops

ShrigleyForty · 12/03/2022 20:56

@IveNameChangedAgain2020

Petrol Bonfire House paint Spent matchstick Play dough Goose down bedding Grin
The company who won Playdough own the patent for that smell!
Hebeee · 13/03/2022 01:32

Damp stone

The old timber smell on ships such as HMS Victory

Home grown tomatoes

Chlorine

Freshly mashed potatoes

NewYearCalavicci · 13/03/2022 01:41

@indignatio

Dettol. A ting yang smell
No you mean Ying Tang , the smell of Spike Milligan Grin Grin

for me putty / linseed oil and fresh damp plaster

TheBombThatWillBringUsTogether · 13/03/2022 01:44

Scotch tape
Those plastic pieces of protective film you peel off a new phone or laptop (it's pretty much the same smell as Scotch tape)
Carpet shop
Old, hardback children's books (e.g. my mum's hand-me-down Enid Blytons)
My Grandad in the 80s, when he smoked cigars
My watch strap (leather, perfume and sweat all mingled up)
The night air on holiday in Portugal
My house when I come home from a trip away

discoginsix · 13/03/2022 01:49

Nail varnish. Has come up in conversation with me and ds. Also spray paint. Love that pear drop smell

BookFiend4Life · 13/03/2022 06:40

Laundry steam
Wet rocks
Sun warmed car
Mown grass
New asphalt

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