What smells do you just love?

[AmyinPA]

Yes, weird question, but the news report about the 3rd grader in Colorado who was suspended for smelling a marker made me think of how much I LOVE the smell of permenant magic marker. In fact there's one in my cupboard that I use to label dc's things and I can't use it without taking a big sniff...I just love that smell.

I also love the smell of gasoline and will sniff my hands after filling up the tank.

I love the smell of new tires in the auto department of Sears.

Am I weird or what. If they made candles in any of the above scents, I'd probably choose them over the candied apple one currently in my kitchen:bigear:

[Parrothead]

LOL Everything you listed give me the biggest headaches. I don't have any thing weird that I like the smell of unless you count new books.

[Rich with Kids]

Baby heads. I looooove baby heads!

[Cheryl in NM]

All the stuff you listed gives me headaches, but I like the smell.

Rain is a smell that I love that doesn't give me a headache!

[genie]

I love the smell of gardenias. There were gardenia bushes on my elementary school playground. Well, actually, it was an asphalt parking lot. That is probably what made the gardenias so much more interesting. :o

[PrairieAir]

The smell of a campfire is my favorite smell, followed closely by the smell of crisp autumn leaves. I like many natural scents, but not so much when they are copied by man. Pine trees smell wonderful. Pine Sol makes me ill. Scents that are used in candles and bath products which I can tolerate and sometimes enjoy are cinnamon, apples, vanilla (if it's mild), and green apple. Many scented items give me headaches or make me sneeze. I do like the smell of bleach, though, and a faint whiff of permanent marker is kinda nice.

[Dawn E]

I remember the old copy machines, or mimeograph machines from when I was in elementary. The pages were somewhat damp when freshly copied, and had a distinctive odor that was somehow comforting. :001_smile:

My all time favorite smell, though, would have to be Grandma's cornbread cooking. Mmmmmmm.

[Maria from IN]

Usually it's the smells that bring back memories for me...

The smell of wet earth in the spring meant soccer season was on the way.

Dust and bubble gum meant softball season.

The combination of turkey, green beans, and au gratin potatoes meant running around Grandma's house at Thanksgiving in my hated dress and clunky shoes with my dozen or so cousins.

...and Old Spice? Let's just say it reminds me of a Tall Bald Guy...:D

[Mommieeeee]

I remember the smell of paste as a child. They don't make that paste anymore or I would have it out as room fresheners. I haven't smelled anything like it since!

I also like natural scents...lavendar, cinnamon, vanilla.

[Antonia]

Coffee, lilacs, fresh-cut grass, puppy breath! Forgot, old books - it reminds me of my grandma's attic.

[Jennifer in MI]

Vanilla!! I also love the smell of permanent markers!! Coffee.

[Stacia]

Freshly-cut grass (my favorite)
Coffee
The ocean
Freshly-laundered sheets
Bulgari's White Tea perfume & lotion, lol

[terrylee]

I love the smell of brewing coffee, fresh cut grass and hyacinths!

Terrylee

[mysticamethyst]

From nature, nothing is better than freshly cut, damp grass; the smell of a campfire going strong, and cool rain hitting hot pavement.

My weird smells, jet and diesle fuel, melting tires at the race track, and the liquid at the nail shop (this is my favorite)

I also love the many different smells that come from a kitchen while someone is cooking.

[Copswife]

I like all the smells you mentioned. I loooove new tire smell. New car smell. New carpet smell.

I loooove lemon. I think its a glade plug in lemon chamomile that I like.

I loooove gardenias, roses, and lots of other flowers.

I love lavender. I love my dh's cologne. I LOVE the way his shirt smells after he's worn it and its faint smell of cologne and 'man' scent. LOL

I love new born baby scent with that baby powder smell mixed in.

I love smelling my little ones hair after they have had washed it.

New books!! Yum. lol

Pumpkin muffins made with applesauce and cinnamon. mmmm

Walking in the forest full of pines, that's a nice scent.

Coffee!!!! Fresh and hot.. it gives me tinglies.

Freshly cleaned sheets on a newly made bed. heavenly

I could go on... but those are some of my favorites. Ohhh, Altoid peppermints. Actually ANY true peppermint scent.

Tracie

[Virginia Dawn]

I like the rain too, and honeysuckle, roses, pine, autumn leaves, cedar, garlic, and fried onions.

Only natural please. Artificial scents give me a headache too. I almost made myself sick sniffing dozens of Yankee candles trying to find a scent I could tolerate. I found one: Cranberry chutney.

[Jenny in Atl]

Coffee (even though I can no longer drink it :tongue_smilie:)
Fresh spring earth ready for planting (garden supply stores)
The lumber dept at Home Depot or other hardware spots
Bookstores (both old and new)
Babies hands and feet
Indian food stores (the smell of incense and spices all mixed together)
BBQ!
My cat's fur

Someone said Jet fuel (JP5)... Yes, smells like a trip!

[Copswife]

I found one: Cranberry chutney. __________________

OHHHHHH My absolute favorite candle!! I almost posted that, too. So,add that to mine. That is my favorite candle. I see there is a new one. Garden herb or something. It's green. usually those smell pretty natural.

Tracie


I like the rain too, and honeysuckle, roses, pine, autumn leaves, cedar, garlic, and fried onions.

Only natural please. Artificial scents give me a headache too. I almost made myself sick sniffing dozens of Yankee candles trying to find a scent I could tolerate. I found one: Cranberry chutney.

[Mary H]

Coffee, lilacs, fresh-cut grass, puppy breath! Forgot, old books - it reminds me of my grandma's attic.
except for the liacs, and puppy breath. I just love Vanilla!!!! My dh hates the smell of vanilla!! Says it reminds him of his p#mp days:lol:
Mary H

[Shelly in IL]

babies, Play-Doh, gardenias, pipe tobacco, hyacinths, yes, puppy breath!, cake baking!

[E_Edgerton]

Smells I love:
Coffee beans, new leather gloves, impending rain, baking bread, crayons, and cocoa butter.

[Dee22]

Roses, coffee, lavender, lemon, vanilla, & fresh baked apple pie :)

[Susan in TX]

When I was little, I loved the smell of permanent marker too. My older brother caught me sniffing one once and had to tell me it was dangerous.

I love the smell of skunk. It's because it reminds me of going on road trips and brings back good memories. I grew up in CA and the only time I smelled skunk was on road trips. Now I live in TX and I sometimes get to smell skunk in my own backyard! Sometimes we can even smell it in the house if the windows are open, LOL. I joke that they should make skunk scented air freshener.

Susan in TX

[one l michele]

HERSHEY's Chocolate, HERSHEY's Chocolate . . .

[Bess]

Favorite odd smells: lumber aisle at hardware store, old books

Favorite other smells: lilacs and cabbage patch kid heads

[Rich with Kids]

When I was little, I loved the smell of permanent marker too. My older brother caught me sniffing one once and had to tell me it was dangerous.

I love the smell of skunk. It's because it reminds me of going on road trips and brings back good memories. I grew up in CA and the only time I smelled skunk was on road trips. Now I live in TX and I sometimes get to smell skunk in my own backyard! Sometimes we can even smell it in the house if the windows are open, LOL. I joke that they should make skunk scented air freshener.

Susan in TX

I'm gonna have to get me one of these markers. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/cool11.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/) Skunks, huh. :001_huh: I liked the smell of new Barbies and the cases used to store their clothes.

[Virginia Dawn]

OHHHHHH My absolute favorite candle!! I almost posted that, too. So,add that to mine. That is my favorite candle. I see there is a new one. Garden herb or something. It's green. usually those smell pretty natural.

Tracie


Isn't it delicious? Our preacher's wife makes a desert that tastes just like that smells. :001_smile:

[Sanguine]

Here's my top 10:

1. brand new, sticky, baby cottonwood tree leaves (BEST SMELL IN THE WORLD!)

2. a new box of Crayola crayons

3. rain

4. the air in the alpine

5. sheets and towels dried on a clothesline

6. sawdust and chainsaw exhaust combined (reminds me of my dad)

7. roasting turkey

8. oil skin canvas jacket (in the rain)

9. coconut scented sunscreen

10. popcorn

[Pajama Mama]

I love the smell of the ocean. We had a trailer in Wildwood, NJ during the summers I was growing up. We live outside Pittsburgh now so we don't have a beach to go sniff:crying:

[JFS in IL]

I used to be able to smell - and still remember how salty the air got the closer we drove to the ocean when I was a wee tot in S. Calif. But I have no other memories of odors, and have had anosmia (no sense of smell) for over the 40 years.

Did make changing all those diapers easier!:)

[RoughCollie]

My dog
Shalimar perfume
Gardenias
Crayons
Play-Doh
Campfires
Spring
Forests
Ocean
Freshly cut grass
Baking bread
Coconut anything -- shampoo/conditioner especially
Limburger cheese

[Hikin' Mama]

lavender

cilantro

pine trees

freshly watered earth

roses

my babies' heads (I haven't smelled that for nearly 11 years!)

garlic in butter

Kim

[Momto4kids]

The ocean, all the smells on the boardwalk. aaahhhhhh

When I was a little girl I used to sit next to my daddy on the couch and loved to smell his "Dove soap" smelling arm. My parents used to laugh about how scent crazy I was . Ahhh I miss my daddy thats for sure.

Fresh cut grass.

Steaks, hot dogs, and hamburgers cooking on the grill.

[Jennifer in MI]

Oh - how could I forget - GARLIC!!! I LOVE the way my fingers smell after I cut up garlic.

[Rich with Kids]

Oh - how could I forget - GARLIC!!! I LOVE the way my fingers smell after I cut up garlic.

I'm thinking Mary Katherine Gallagher. Anyone else?

[crazycoffeechic]

Puppy breath
Black and Mild Cigars (used to work in convience store)
Old Spice
Rainy Days
Fresh Cut Grass

[paula j]

Hmmmm, lilacs, roses, rain, freshly plowed dirt at night, babies, and wild onions.

[Jenny in Atl]

The ocean, all the smells on the boardwalk. aaahhhhhh

OK, I left this one off... to painful to even think about.
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[Momto4kids]

OK, I left this one off... to painful to even think about.
http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/merv/pirate.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Why? :001_smile: :bigear:

[Audrey]

Two weird smells I like are Lysol and cats. I would lock myself in the bathroom and spray a whole can of Lysol if I could get away with it. (just kidding) It reminds me of my grandma's house which was always CLEAN!

I also regularly scoop up our kitties, stick my face in their fur and breathe deeply the soft scent of warmth, blankets and purrs. That is the. best. stress. relief. ever.

[Elisabeth in IL]

I love the smell of pine at Christmas time. Partylite used to have a candle called Balsam Pine - Yum!!! :)

[CheerMom]

I love coffee, lavender, vanilla
I have a weird one- diapers, clean of course!

[tmkclscroggins]

Fresh lemons, another vote for puppy breath, a freshly bathed baby, cinnamon, vanilla and that new car smell!

melissa

[~Tara~]

Weird:
gasoline
exhaust from 4-wheeler and the like
ok, I kinda dig marker smell too

Not as weird:
my newborns heads (having a SERIOUS hankerin' for that right about now, just so ya know!)
light vanilla (strong stuff makes me queasy)
coffee (but can't stand the taste of the stuff)
this spiced plum cobbler candle I have

I had thought of others, but now I've lost them. Darn pregnancy brain anyway! :p

[cin]

I have too many nasal allergies to be able to enjoy most of the scents posted. I do NOT enjoy the smell of my mom's perfume. I do, however, enjoy my dad's piper tobacco. (Both deceased--11 years & 14 yrs).

Flowers, cut grass and most perfumes & aftershaves send me to allergy he//. I can, however, handle food smells and pine. My favorite Yankee Candles are: Winter: harvest, pine, vanilla, cinnamon. Summer: Peach, orange, honeydew melon.

[Mekanamom]

Horse Sweat & Leather tack
Books (either new or used... but not mildewy)
Baking Bread
Coffee
Jasmine,Honeysuckle,Gardenia... the real thing, not perfumes
Rain

[Liz CA]

Usually it's the smells that bring back memories for me...

The smell of wet earth in the spring meant soccer season was on the way.

Dust and bubble gum meant softball season.

The combination of turkey, green beans, and au gratin potatoes meant running around Grandma's house at Thanksgiving in my hated dress and clunky shoes with my dozen or so cousins.

...and Old Spice? Let's just say it reminds me of a Tall Bald Guy...:D

nt

[mcconnellboys]

I like freshly mowed grass and the after rain smell.....

[Sandra in NC]

Oh my...how I love that smell!

[WTMindy]

apple blossom trees in spring
the smell right before it snows
baked apples
fried onions
fresh limes (I go all Mary Catherine Gallagher with those!)
Christmas trees
old books
new books
cilantro

many more!

[Denise in IN]

I remember the old copy machines, or mimeograph machines from when I was in elementary. The pages were somewhat damp when freshly copied, and had a distinctive odor that was somehow comforting. :001_smile:

Yes! I still remember that smell too, even though it's been 20+ years. :ohmy: Not exactly my "favorite" smell, but it brings to mind good memories.

[fishnoises]

lavender, lilac, vanilla, coffee, french soaps!!! Leather. Anything baking. Sauteed onions. Not that I like this smell, but I think of my grandmother whenever I smell moth balls. Cedar, roses, just after it rains in the summer.

Who needs scrapbooking when you have your nose to bring back memories???? (Way less time consuming and cheaper!)

[Dana in OR]

A baby's head after a bath with Baby Magic
baby feet
Fresh green tomato plants
Turkey roasting
bread baking
cake baking
brownies baking
coffee beans
laundry in the washing machine with bleach
orange blossoms
play-doh
puppy breath
horses
and oh yes, freshly printed memiograph paper - I think teachers had a whole generation of us mesmerized with that stuff.

[Michelle T]

DH's smell, roses, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, clean linen.
Michelle T

[Tea 4 Three]

Vanilla, a campfire...and basically just about anything that reminds me of spring right now...We are in the middle of a blizzard and I am just about crazy! Lilacs, dirt, rain...I can't wait!!

[Janet in WA]

Tea -- especially tea leaves
Alfalfa hay
New books
New cars

[Gamom3]

Babies(clean of course), puppies, grills (in use of course), fresh cut grass, gardenias, tea olive bush, magnolias, jasmine, warm laundry washed with downy, new car, new carpet, new clothes, vanilla, coffee, fresh baked bread, rain, someone smoking a pipe(love that smell)

[jail warden]

my freshly baked bread! And it smells wonderful!

I also love the smell of springtime and sheets hung out on the washline!

That's all the come to mind immediately, but I'm sure there's more!

[Melanie in WI]

My favorite for candles is lilac, with gardenia next.

[Jenn in Mo]

I loved the paste comment - that brought up memories!

I also love the smell of Rave hairspray and of a particular sunscreen, the name of which eludes me at the moment. Memories, I guess.

Cigars and pipe smoke. Especially the sweet cherry kind. I don't smoke, but I've always loved those smells.

Popcorn.

Cloves.

Hyacinth & Lilacs

My grandma on my dad's side used to have an old red lip-rouge pot on her dresser that I used to sniff and sniff as a kid. It smelled like a sweet red wine. Drats - now I've got a song stuck in my head.

Red, red wine, ya make me feel so fine.....

[Doran]

Smells that work my culinary side:
Fresh herbs of almost any variety: rosemary, lavender, sage, lemon balm, basil, cilantro (and its seeds...fresh coriander) -- etc.
Garlic sauteed in olive oil
Roast chicken
Baking bread
Warm Brownies
Cucumber

Smells that work my earthy side:
Dirt
Burning leaves/wood (this includes marijuana...and NO, I'm not incriminating myself by saying so ;))
Freshly sawn wood
Linseed oil
Hay
Animals of all kinds
Clay
Tomato plants


Smells that work my romantic side:
Patchouli
Sandalwood
Vetiver
Gardenia
Mock Orange
Clove
Hyacinth
Narcissus (though some, like Paper Whites, are too strong)


Smells that bring back memories of childhood (not because I love them but because they evoke strong associations):
Afta
Jasmine cologne
Cured tobacco
Estee Lauder
Model glue
Jean Nate
McDonald's fries
Grass
Jovan Musk


Sorry...I got a little carried away. I'm definitely an olfactory kinda girl! :D

[Krista in LA]

I love the smell of a man whose been working in a box plant all day. I loved the smell of my dad when he came home from work everyday after being around paper and boxes all day. My dh happens to work in a box plant too and I still love that smell.

[Lizzie in Ma]

Grey Flannel cologne, and a ton of Partylite stuff...
Elderflower, Wild fern, Spiced vanilla, Fig and Olive Grove
Amy at the Foil Hat's soaps and linen sprays, Berries and Figs
My Mom's beef stew
Bread cooking
garlic
Honeysuckle
Lily of the Valley
laundry off the line
Burts Bees baby lotion, milk and honey

[Texas T]

Cilantro, & like someone else said, I also like the smell of baby heads or just the smell of a baby in general...ahhh!! I also like puppy breath. It makes me smile. :)

Teresa

[Strengthen My Hands]

Jasmine... the real stuff hanging from taxi mirrors in the orient
Freshly plowed dirt
Tide - original scent

[my2kidsmom]

Gardenias
Brownies Baking
Cotton fields being harvested

[Remudamom]

Fresh hay and sweaty children. Not sweaty big people, children after they've been playing hard. They smell like fun.

The inside of a barn. Brownies. My mother's perfume. (I bet some of you thought I didn't have a mother!!! I do, and she wears Jungle Gardenia)

Brand new books.

[gardenschooler]

Coppertone. Takes me back.

I think I'm going to go buy a bottle just to sit around and sniff. :lol:

[freethinkermom]

Coffee!!!!!!

Good wine

Vineyards and wineries, especially those that use oak barrels. DH and I want our own when we get old.

New electronic gadgets and the boxes they come in...seriously...I was so happy when my newest ipod came in a cardboard box instead of the old plastic because the cardboard has more of "the smell."

I used to love the smell outside on hot summer nights in CA.

Bread baking

Roses

Camelias

Turpentine...but I do not use it anymore. I use the eco-friendly orange smelling stuff now, but I miss the smell of turps. Painting is not quite same (although safer) without it.

Crayola crayons. No other brand smell the same.

Certain brands of art paper. There are also some that I dislike the smell so much I will not use them even if they are great for the medium I am using. Yes, I do go around the art supply store smelling the paper. When people ask me what I am doing they usually end up sniffing the paper too.

Leather

[Angela in TN]

Fresh cut grass
The smell after it rains
Remember before Xerox machines they had those hand cranked copiers? The smell of the freshly copied sheets (I loved getting picked to make the copies!)
Pine sol. I went to on base day care as a child and the room where you napped on your cot always smelled of pine sol. Now I go through pine sol like crazy it "smells" clean to me.
coffee
And of course Playdoh and NO it doesn't taste as good as it smells!

[Punkinelly]

Gasoline, tires, and popcorn. LOL

Mary

[slug hollow]

Oh, this one brought tears to my eyes.. "Turpentine...but I do not use it anymore. I use the eco-friendly orange smelling stuff now, but I miss the smell of turps. Painting is not quite same (although safer) without it."
here's my top 5
1. Sandalwood
2. soil/springtime
3. yeast - just recently identified this beyond 'pizza dough'
4. babies (25 days -or less- to go!)
5. old books

[Michelle My Bell]

A1 Steak Sauce Baby!!! I was very poor growing up and we had little food in the house, but we always had A1 Steak sauce, so I would sniff that whenever I was really hungry. No JOKE!

Also, I love the smell of a summer rain storm, fresh cut grass and laundry drying.

Michelle

[Chris in CA]

Night Blooming Jasmine - it takes my breath away : )

[Dayle in Guatemala]

Cinnamon
Vanilla

Brown Sugar and Fig lotion from Bath and Body Works


Earthy smells.

[lynn]

I love the smell of the cold, fall, newly bloomedlilac bushes, good coffee, macintosh apples, banana bread, lemon pinesol, nutmeg on warm rice pudding.