Ooooh That Smell

[Gardenlover]

What smells trigger memories for you?

Mine:
The electric smell of sparking rides at carnivals.
The smell of blacktop at amusement parks.
The smell of pine trees on Lake Michigan.
The smell of the desert.

 

[Pepper]

Ocean for smell and sound

 

[Keesha]

Good Cannabis.....

 

[hollydolly]

Smell of toffee apples and candy floss at the fairground

 

[Aunt Bea]

Sheets that have whipped themselves dry in the sun and fresh air.
New mown hay
Hoppe's #9
Fresh bread baking
Karmelkorn, peanuts roasting

So many things!

 

[AnnieA]

Smell of a newly plowed field in the spring.

 

[Gardenlover]

Ocean for smell and sound

Ohh that's another fantastic stimulus

 

[bingo]

boxwood bushes when new leaves come in

 

[Gardenlover]

Freshly cut grass in the spring

 

[C'est Moi]

Pipe tobacco--my grandpa

 

[Keesha]

Freshly brewed coffee
Gasoline
Lilacs
Tar from the railroad tracks
Freshly made Waffles
Lemongrass

 

[Pink Biz]

Lilies of the valley, lilacs, peonies, certain colognes, roast turkey, pipe tobacco, newspaper print, Constant Comment tea, Lemon Pledge furniture cleaner.

 

[win231]

Sheets that have whipped themselves dry in the sun and fresh air.
New mown hay
Hoppe's #9
Fresh bread baking
Karmelkorn, peanuts roasting

So many things!

LOL - "Hoppe's #9."

 

[Ruthanne]

patchouli, brings back memories of the 70s

 

[Gary O']

Any sun dried clothing/linens
The coast, always, but especially after a storm
A coastal cottage of aged dry rotted wood
The aroma of perked coffee and bacon (reminds me of gramma and grampa's place)
Fresh mown anything

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

Pumpkin pie and apple pie baking

Home made bread

A new puppy

Toasted marshmallows

WD 40

 

[jujube]

Cherry Blend pipe tobacco - reminds me of my dad.
Paste wax - waxing up that first car.
Diesel fumes and dust in the air - living in Turkey.
Roses - my grandma always wore rose perfume and powder. Makes me feel like a treasured child again.
Coney dogs - the state fair every August.
A baby's hair - nothing better.
New leather - new car.
Gardenias - my other grandmother's house.
Mothballs - my grandma's closet always smelled of mothballs, but there were so many wonderful things in there.
Pine needles - gone camping.
The aroma just as it starts raining - ahhhh, it's cooling down.
Pinon wood in a fireplace - Santa Fe in the winter.
That first sniff of salt flats when approaching the coast - yay! We're going to the beach!

 

[fmdog44]

Bakeries and swimming pool water.

 

[C'est Moi]

What smells trigger memories for you?

The smell of lighter fluid and that distinctive sound a metal Zippo lighter makes. (My dad was a smoker.)

 

[Wren]

Fresh cut grass

The salty tang of the ocean

Lavender fields

Aramis after shave

 

[Lee]

Carmeliized Onions

Rosemary Plant

Wood Being Cut

 

[hollydolly]

Frying bacon...

A Baby's hair...

The woods after the rains...

New leather

New Books/ old books

The smell of a shiny magazine or catalogue

 

[Ken N Tx]

Baby talcum powder.

 

[Lakeland living]

Fresh air in the morning, the dew still clinging to leaves
Walking in the rain
Clothes dried outside in the sun and wind

 

[Gary O']

old books

Ah, the subliminal aroma of the pages of a long left book
Pages don't smell like that anymore
No wonder I linger at used book stores