Name Something Odd You Love The Smell Of

Not sure if this fits the "odd" category but I've always loved the fresh smell of linens that have been dried on a outside clothesline. Once brought inside that nice smell seems to permeate the house for some time.

When I had a cat I also liked the smell of nice fresh kitty litter in the litterbox.
 

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The smell of a warm dog when you pick them up just after they wake up
The smell of Patchouli Oil....a fav. from the 60s
The smell of Musk Oil....another fav. from the 60s
The smell of petrol/gasoline when we fill up the car....Dad worked in a petrol station when I was a child
The smell of onion rings frying....and maybe a few sausages to boot
The smell of a newly made bed with clean sheets and pillowcases
The smell of woodsmoke in the air on a cold night or cold morning
The smell of fresh home made fruit salad
 
My Grampa's pipe tobacco and it has been many many years but I still remember when he would open the tin....mmmm!
He would give me the empty tins and I would store things inside but the tobacco smell remained
Sadly I don't have any of his old tobacco tins now but the memories remain
 
Smells
By Christopher Morley

WHY is it that the poet tells
So little of the sense of smell?
These are the odors I love well:

The smell of coffee freshly ground;
Or rich plum pudding, holly crowned;
Or onions fried and deeply browned.

The fragrance of a fumy pipe;
The smell of apples, newly ripe;
And printer's ink on leaden type.

Woods by moonlight in September
Breathe most sweet, and I remember
Many a smoky camp-fire ember.

Camphor, turpentine, and tea,
The balsam of a Christmas tree,
These are whiffs of gramarye. . .
A ship smells best of all to me!

(Interesting to see how some of these smells are pretty much obsolete by now.
I had to look up gramarye. It means magic.)
 
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Maybe not so odd, but I enjoy the smell of burning wood.
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Me, too!

Cabins and old houses with wood stoves have a magical wood burning smell to them, one that draws me in and makes me feel I'm in my zone.

Home-sweet-home, such a warm and homey and inviting feel/smell.
 
Pickling spice!

As a young child I couldn't get enough of it, and nothing has changed, I still go crazy over the smell!
 
My bleach-soaked dishcloths after a night of stewing in a water/bleach mixture.

So pure and fresh and clean smelling!
 

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