What’s your favourite simple smell?

[Mildandcreamyricotta]

I have gnocchi bake in the oven right now but all I can smell is the absolutely divine smell of fresh rosemary smoking on top.

I don’t think I will ever tire of that smell.

What are your favourite ‘simple’ smells? Natural, non-processed or manufactured smells?

Freshly cut grass

Tomato plants.

Freshly cut grass.

Lavender.

Petrichor. It gives me a feeling of instant calmness and wellbeing.

Could you share your recipe for gnocchi bake please?

Showing my age here, but a newly creosoted fence…

Same here.

I also really like the smell of jet engines & aviation fuel you get at airports, but that probably doesn't count as natural, does it?!

And roses.

And the smell of crushed grass you get in a marquee.

250g nice cherry tomatoes, halved

bag of small sweet peppers (the pointy ones), deseeded and chopped into chunks.

bag of gnocchi, softened for 2 mins in boiling water then drained

mix the above with a glug of olive oil, some salt and pepper, sprinkle of chilli flakes and a couple of bay leaves

place couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary on top

bake for 30 mins at 200

dot with ricotta cheese before serving

Sorry meant to tag @limetrees32in the recipe

My horses. I breathe their scent in deep and it grounds me.

Freshly-ground nutmeg
Orange blossom
Cardamom

Lemon

I'm a sucker for vanilla x

peppermint

Vanilla.

So many of these are SO evocative.

Can I add: Bruised geranium leaf.

Roses, particularly my climbing rose on the side of my house, pure heaven.

And yes, the smell of horse, littlelightonly, it grounds me too.

Thanks @Mildandcreamyricotta , sounds yummy. I'm going to try that!

Cucumber. The smell of it while you're cutting makes it hard to concentrate, it's so fresh and amazing.

Rain (during at any time and petrichor after a dry spell)

All citrus fruits

New books

My woodburner

Runway tarmac when you disembark in a hot country.

Fresh brewed coffee

Fireworks

Rosemary

Bafedas bath foam.

It’s more baked gnocchi rather than gnocchi bake I suppose…but it is delicious

Lemon and ginger, or lime.

Vanilla & petrol

tomatoes, proper tomatoes

proper roses
lavender
rosemary

New car (leather) and petrol. Dettol too, weirdly