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MissMillie

(38,559 posts)
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:09 AM Feb 2019

What are some of your favorite aromas?

I'm not talking fragrances you buy in a bottle. Something a little more organic.

For me, I love the smell of citrus, particularly orange and grapefruit.

I also love the smell of gardenias.

Sandalwood.

Certain foods while cooking for sure: garlic and onions together, baked beans, coffee, and brownies.

Campfires.

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What are some of your favorite aromas? (Original Post) MissMillie Feb 2019 OP
lavender and sage . stonecutter357 Feb 2019 #1
good pick on sage MissMillie Feb 2019 #3
How did I forget lavender? redwitch Feb 2019 #5
And rosemary! TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #108
Roses, vanilla, cinnamon lkinwi Feb 2019 #2
Chocolate chip cookies baking. redwitch Feb 2019 #4
hyacinths...the first spring flowers and we can grow them inside! samnsara Feb 2019 #6
I'm familiar w/ freesia MissMillie Feb 2019 #19
I have a hyacinth candle. Scarsdale Feb 2019 #64
Freesia, YES! elleng Feb 2019 #81
Mine are Ohiogal Feb 2019 #7
Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies after they come out of the oven... SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #8
Only thing better...the smell of impeachment hearings in the morning!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #128
Hope so❣️ LakeArenal Feb 2019 #139
when i was young the girls all wore patchoulli oil rampartc Feb 2019 #9
Still have it. Great body spray at Indigo Wild. LakeArenal Feb 2019 #140
watch yourself, lake! rampartc Feb 2019 #142
Only in a flashback. 😳🤪🤫 LakeArenal Feb 2019 #146
lol rampartc Feb 2019 #153
Roasting green chile. BarbaRosa Feb 2019 #10
bread baking in the oven. nt Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #11
Fresh mown alfalfa. Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #12
I'm not familiar with that one. MissMillie Feb 2019 #18
real nostalgia handmade34 Feb 2019 #79
that smell after it rains logosoco Feb 2019 #13
post-rain outdoors... good call MissMillie Feb 2019 #17
oh yes! logosoco Feb 2019 #25
The word for that smell is bdtrppr6 Feb 2019 #39
I knew it had a name! logosoco Feb 2019 #47
crayons n/t deek Feb 2019 #117
Coffee TEB Feb 2019 #14
perked coffee is absolutely the best! MissMillie Feb 2019 #16
They do TEB Feb 2019 #20
I like the smell of fresh ground coffee Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #57
Pine and apples thegoose Feb 2019 #15
The exhaust from a clothes drier and talcum powder bif Feb 2019 #21
Cardamom; grilling or roasting meat, fish, poultry; pine; sex...to name a few LuvLoogie Feb 2019 #22
+10000. Me too!!! Pachamama Feb 2019 #52
Autumn leaves in the gutter with a small flame and aromatic smoke. cachukis Feb 2019 #23
Fresh baked bread and cinnamon rolls csziggy Feb 2019 #24
Summer rain on hot concrete. nt zanana1 Feb 2019 #26
Cedarwood iamateacher Feb 2019 #27
The smell of weed while walking in NYC... targetpractice Feb 2019 #28
Fresh popped popcorn, coffee, rain on a summer day OregonBlue Feb 2019 #29
popcorn--good one! (n/t) MissMillie Feb 2019 #31
Creme Brulee lark Feb 2019 #30
Creme Brulee is my fav dessert(n/t) MissMillie Feb 2019 #32
Yo yummy, my mouth is watering thinking about it. lark Feb 2019 #36
Mine too if it's chocolate cream brulee with a little cayenne pepper Sucha NastyWoman Feb 2019 #42
the best creme brulee I ever had MissMillie Feb 2019 #43
Honeybee hive on a warm Summer day. WheelWalker Feb 2019 #33
Almonds... Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #34
Kind of close -- benzaldehyde. ;) nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2019 #121
Ah, cool! Thanks! Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #131
Pine and fir trees Bayard Feb 2019 #35
leather--good one! (n/t) MissMillie Feb 2019 #44
Little puppy breath volstork Feb 2019 #106
Oh puppy breath! MontanaMama Feb 2019 #110
Since most of mine are already named ... I'll say ... Grandma & Grandpa's House mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #37
Cinnamon mainstreetonce Feb 2019 #38
Study from 70s found men were most aroused sexually by scent of cinnamon rolls baking Panich52 Feb 2019 #40
I'm really digging Nag Champa incense lately. Tobin S. Feb 2019 #41
I love Nag Champa too Lunabell Feb 2019 #53
Was on a bus tour of Europe. Out late one night in Paris when a pal left applegrove Feb 2019 #45
Bacon frying, whiskey, pipe tobacco, my farts Major Nikon Feb 2019 #46
Dad.....? Mazeltov Cocktail Feb 2019 #148
Does your dad's farts smell like potpourri? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #157
COCONUT JuJuYoshida Feb 2019 #48
Freshly cut grass. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #49
A barn full of sheep Bantamfancier Feb 2019 #50
My wife's skin Glamrock Feb 2019 #51
Romantic! Bayard Feb 2019 #66
Wood-burning fire on a cold winter night Blue Owl Feb 2019 #54
Freshly fallen Black Walnuts... N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2019 #55
Yeah! black walnuts + soil in spring + the smell of cold snow!! You lost me at bacon and skunk nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2019 #165
Fresh basil WestMichRad Feb 2019 #56
Foods: curry, ginger, bergamot, Rosemary. Polly Hennessey Feb 2019 #58
Mmmmm, bergamot! bullsnarfle Mar 2019 #168
Fresh coffee grounds, lilacs, eucalyptus, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #59
Old books... I like that! (n/t) MissMillie Feb 2019 #70
Oh yes! I forgot about the smell of old books! smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #94
Mountain rain madamesilverspurs Feb 2019 #60
The smell of old books is one of my favorites TeapotInATempest Feb 2019 #61
Many of the above, plus geranium. fierywoman Feb 2019 #62
So many listed already... LiberalLovinLug Feb 2019 #63
Lavender may be overrated Polly Hennessey Feb 2019 #65
That's nice LiberalLovinLug Feb 2019 #67
Yes!!!!! Lilac is my all time favorite, as well. sueh Feb 2019 #86
My absolute favorite floral scent! smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #95
I agree with you about lilacs Sanity Claws Mar 2019 #173
Fallen pine needles in the sunshine... (nt) petronius Feb 2019 #68
a favorite thing bariloche Feb 2019 #69
Freshly picked tomatoes, any fresh herbs, daffodils, lilac, roses, mowed grass, sarge43 Feb 2019 #71
Yes! Fresh, organic garden tomatoes! I grew up with a big garden so it reminds me smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #96
Paradise is always in a garden. n/t sarge43 Feb 2019 #101
blackberry blossoms smell so good happybird Feb 2019 #118
Lilac and gasoline, but not together elias7 Feb 2019 #72
I used to have to drive past acres of Orange groves OriginalGeek Feb 2019 #73
reminds me MissMillie Feb 2019 #75
Gasoline WiffenPoof Feb 2019 #74
Have you tried model airplane glue? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #93
My aunt loved the smell of gasoline when she was pregnant n/t TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #109
Citrus for me, too. LisaM Feb 2019 #76
Oooh, lilacs...... dawnie51 Feb 2019 #77
mint-- particularly peppermint and wintergreen crazycatlady Feb 2019 #78
Lilacs Soxfan58 Feb 2019 #80
Lilacs, Lily-of-the-valley, roses, fresh cut grass, early spring days LAS14 Feb 2019 #82
Lilacs Rebl2 Feb 2019 #83
Thanksgiving ! world wide wally Feb 2019 #84
The best aroma in the whole wide world Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #85
Dark roast coffee in the morning. nt Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #87
The creek in August, fresh cut hay, and a field of sweet corn in flower Deb Feb 2019 #88
Katsu Coffeeshop Amsterdam Amsterdammer Feb 2019 #89
Vanilla, pumpkin pie, kitty belly, lilac Capt. America Feb 2019 #90
Banana tree blossoms. I LOVE how ours smell when they bloom. CaptainTruth Feb 2019 #91
A tire shop. BHDem53 Feb 2019 #92
Puppy breath. BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #97
Oh yes, for the Win! Nothing like it. JudyM Feb 2019 #124
Rain on the desert. hunter Feb 2019 #98
eucalyptus, baked bread, after it rains ailsagirl Feb 2019 #99
California sin semilla. Iggo Feb 2019 #100
Mushrooms in the woods. The sea, and seaweed. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2019 #102
Many but here are my tops Malikshah Feb 2019 #103
Citrus volstork Feb 2019 #104
Rosemary. C_U_L8R Feb 2019 #105
Rosemary! MontanaMama Feb 2019 #111
The lilacs outside my open window in spring badhair77 Feb 2019 #107
Star jasmine ornotna Feb 2019 #112
Ditto fluid! klook Feb 2019 #113
Or those fat black markers with the metal casing. happybird Feb 2019 #119
Oh yeah, baby klook Feb 2019 #133
Detonated gun powder. creeksneakers2 Feb 2019 #114
Real gunpowder? The acrid smell of sulphur? JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2019 #137
Its not for everybody creeksneakers2 Mar 2019 #166
I don't have a functional sense of smell TrogL Feb 2019 #115
sawdust deek Feb 2019 #116
Most of mine are food related lillypaddle Feb 2019 #120
(you're asking the guy with the sense of smell of a brick?.....) lastlib Feb 2019 #122
3,4-dibromo-2-thienaldehyde. Smells like chewing gum. eppur_se_muova Feb 2019 #123
Honeysuckle flowers are just heaven. JudyM Feb 2019 #125
Lestoil and fresh asphalt. brokephibroke Feb 2019 #126
Vanilla and Almond. TDale313 Feb 2019 #127
fire yeah. but cedar, bergamot, pine, fresh coffee beans. tobacco in the store. pansypoo53219 Feb 2019 #129
I love the smell of vanilla. It's probably my favorite scent/aroma. Lemons would also be high on amywalk Feb 2019 #130
Sweet grass and my down feather pillow NightWatcher Feb 2019 #132
Aaaa, the smell of 2-stroke premix in the morning when Hotler Feb 2019 #134
Napalm, in the morning. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2019 #135
popcorn, right before it completes popping benld74 Feb 2019 #136
Dark Fired Tobacco "firing" in the barn dem in texas Feb 2019 #138
Tobacco Barns. Only people from SW Kentucky will get this yellowdogintexas Feb 2019 #141
The smell of head shops back in the hippie days...lemon, in particular. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #143
A cottonseed mill gives off the most wonderful smell only out in the boonies flying_wahini Feb 2019 #144
That raspberry?/cherry? air freshener they use in department store bathrooms. Tikki Feb 2019 #145
Republican tears after they lose in 2020. IrishEyes Feb 2019 #147
Bread baking, turkey roasting Danmel Feb 2019 #149
Apple, Plum, Chockecherry blossoms!!! bluestarone Feb 2019 #150
At the moment I'm on a roll with GOP flopsweat... TygrBright Feb 2019 #151
Lavender, Sage, Smell of Rain storm, Peach, Eucalyptus Thomas Hurt Feb 2019 #152
Ponderosa pines at the Grand Canyon last summer, lilacs, roses, rain, clothes that were dried on the Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2019 #154
In nature: freshly-picked violets; At home: freshly-baked bread catbyte Feb 2019 #155
Scents are so evocative - there was a lovely scent I noticed while walking around New Orleans Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2019 #156
Years ago I was about to board a flight from Florida Danascot Feb 2019 #158
Everything after kicking the smoking habit Ahpook Feb 2019 #159
fresh cut limes. brushing against Rosemary. crushing a handful of basil. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #160
High desert sage after a thunderstorm. defacto7 Feb 2019 #161
YES I know of what you speak.... last summer was my first trip to Utah/Nevada/AZ nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2019 #164
Sizzling bacon and eggs... and perfectly browned toast. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #162
My list includes: Niagara Feb 2019 #163
In summer, local aspen trees. akraven Mar 2019 #167
Cuban cigar smoke, mesquite wood fires, Cajun cooking. (nt) Paladin Mar 2019 #169
Ionized air after a close lightning storm FailureToCommunicate Mar 2019 #170
The nape of Jeannie's neck. panader0 Mar 2019 #171
Rain proud patriot Mar 2019 #172
Datura blooming along Colorado River in Utah randr Mar 2019 #174

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
6. hyacinths...the first spring flowers and we can grow them inside!
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:14 AM
Feb 2019

….baking bread...also freesia altho a lot of ppl cant smell them.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
64. I have a hyacinth candle.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:59 PM
Feb 2019

I do not burn it, just take off the lid to smell it every so often. Coffee is a favorite, and detergents of any kind. I love the aisles in the supermarket with the coffee, then the detergents and fabric softners.

Ohiogal

(31,999 posts)
7. Mine are
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:14 AM
Feb 2019

Fresh brewed morning coffee
Bread baking
Lavender
The white flowers on my Hosta plants
Rosemary
Dill

I am sure I’ll think of more

SWBTATTReg

(22,124 posts)
8. Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies after they come out of the oven...
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:14 AM
Feb 2019

A roaring fireplace or a bonfire...kind of like your campires (campfires?)...

The smell of a barnyard, organic and earthy...

That's all I can think of quickly here...

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
128. Only thing better...the smell of impeachment hearings in the morning!!
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 03:28 AM
Feb 2019

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

rampartc

(5,407 posts)
9. when i was young the girls all wore patchoulli oil
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:15 AM
Feb 2019

i hate to tell the wife becaue she would surely use it against me. those roles change over 50 years as well.

MissMillie

(38,559 posts)
18. I'm not familiar with that one.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:47 AM
Feb 2019

I'm not a city-gal, but I don't really live in farm country either (though there are a few apple orchards around here). It's possible I have experienced the smell but don't know it.

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
79. real nostalgia
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:12 PM
Feb 2019



along with that... the smell of the cows in winter as I rest my head on her flank during milking memories from long ago!

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
13. that smell after it rains
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:33 AM
Feb 2019

and babies! No matter what bath products are used on a baby, they have that underlying smell. I guess it's like that new car smell in a human version!

Also Play-doh. Not sure if that is really organic but it takes me back!

Fresh cut grass!


(I have a very harsh reaction to "perfume" smells, but I do love the ones from these sources!)

MissMillie

(38,559 posts)
17. post-rain outdoors... good call
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:45 AM
Feb 2019

and laundry that's been dried outside on the clothesline. We use scent-free laundry products, so we love to get that out outdoorsy smell.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
47. I knew it had a name!
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 02:05 PM
Feb 2019

But I always forget it and am not even sure how to say it!


And yes on the weed! Before and during burning!

TEB

(12,842 posts)
14. Coffee
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:34 AM
Feb 2019

A good ground bean in French press or percolating and this spray my wife puts on sheets not sure what it is.

MissMillie

(38,559 posts)
16. perked coffee is absolutely the best!
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:43 AM
Feb 2019

When I was growing up, my folks had that stove-top percolator. They're hard to find now. I think the stores still carry the electric ones.

Brother Buzz

(36,434 posts)
57. I like the smell of fresh ground coffee
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:18 PM
Feb 2019

Roasting coffee bean smell is even better; back in the day, there was an area in San Francisco when the big coffee roasters (Folger's, Hills Brothers, and MJB come to mind) did their business and filled the air with an wonderful aroma as they processed 110,000 tons of beans a year, straight of the boats.


LuvLoogie

(7,003 posts)
22. Cardamom; grilling or roasting meat, fish, poultry; pine; sex...to name a few
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 12:10 PM
Feb 2019

citrus; the ocean when it's cold

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
24. Fresh baked bread and cinnamon rolls
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 12:25 PM
Feb 2019

All that yeasty goodness! Of course, right now I am on a low carb diet and can't have any bread products - but I can dream about them!

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)
28. The smell of weed while walking in NYC...
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 12:34 PM
Feb 2019

... I don't smoke myself, but when I first visited NYC I was shocked to smell it on the street, because I was quite clueless back then... My boyfriend told me, "Relax. That just means someone is having a good time." Since then the smell always brings a smile to my face.

Also, I love the smell of the top of my dog's head.

Yes, I'm strange... Lavender give me an immediate headache.

lark

(23,099 posts)
30. Creme Brulee
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 12:35 PM
Feb 2019

and brownies are my 2 fave scents from the kitchen. Gardenias in the garden are pretty awesome too.

MissMillie

(38,559 posts)
43. the best creme brulee I ever had
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:15 PM
Feb 2019

was a lemon crème brulee and it was served w/ fresh berries and a shortbread cookie.

Docreed2003

(16,859 posts)
34. Almonds...
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 12:44 PM
Feb 2019

Specifically it's the benzene, if I remember organic chemistry
Also, there is a specific sweet smell some rose varieties have which I love

Bayard

(22,073 posts)
35. Pine and fir trees
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 12:48 PM
Feb 2019

The woods
Little puppy breath
Fresh cut watermelon or cantaloupe
New mown grass
Cut cedar and cedar mulch
vanilla candles
Wood smoke
Stargazer lilies
Jasmine vines
Leather
And of course, baking bread or chocolate cookies

MontanaMama

(23,314 posts)
110. Oh puppy breath!
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:48 PM
Feb 2019

I wouldn’t have thought of that but you’re so right!

Frankincense. The air after a thunderstorm. The smell of my child when he rolls out of bed...he smells like the lavender on his pillow and the orange shampoo from the night before. Pine trees. My dog’s muzzle when we snuggle.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
37. Since most of mine are already named ... I'll say ... Grandma & Grandpa's House
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 12:53 PM
Feb 2019

Also ... pretty much any meat, on the smoker ...

Panich52

(5,829 posts)
40. Study from 70s found men were most aroused sexually by scent of cinnamon rolls baking
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:02 PM
Feb 2019

Wonder if that still holds...

applegrove

(118,659 posts)
45. Was on a bus tour of Europe. Out late one night in Paris when a pal left
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:29 PM
Feb 2019

her wallet somewhere. Since I spoke French we went back out in the wee hours of the morning to find it, walking by one bakery after another. Bakeries on every block. Mmmmmm it smelt so good.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
49. Freshly cut grass.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 02:40 PM
Feb 2019

Lilacs, pine, fallen leaves.

Lake water. The smell of the seashore.

Freshly baked bread, roast chicken, garlic and onions being sauteed, fresh basil and oregano.

Sheets that have been hung outside to dry.

Bantamfancier

(366 posts)
50. A barn full of sheep
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 02:53 PM
Feb 2019

on a February morning.

All the ewes freshly shorn and having lambs.

That's a smell everyone should have in their memory.

It's the earthiness of it that I remember.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,724 posts)
55. Freshly fallen Black Walnuts...
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:10 PM
Feb 2019

Puppies paws
Coffee in the morn
The cold
Cumin
Bacon frying
Cut grass...both kinds
First turn of soil in spring
Skunk

Polly Hennessey

(6,797 posts)
58. Foods: curry, ginger, bergamot, Rosemary.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:22 PM
Feb 2019

Flowers: Lavender, lilac, violets. The smell of my house after someone else has cleaned it. Love smelling freshly ground coffee.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
59. Fresh coffee grounds, lilacs, eucalyptus,
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:33 PM
Feb 2019

Old Spice, baking bread, 100-octane aviation fuel, Stargazer lilies, old books, balm-of-gilead trees.

TeapotInATempest

(804 posts)
61. The smell of old books is one of my favorites
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:36 PM
Feb 2019

Coffee brewing
Vanilla pods
Babies
Cilantro and basil
Spring, when the ground is starting to thaw and you can smell the earth coming to life.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,173 posts)
63. So many listed already...
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:46 PM
Feb 2019

Lilacs - my favorite flower smell, and so fickle, they only last a week.





Lavender is so over-rated

Polly Hennessey

(6,797 posts)
65. Lavender may be overrated
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 04:01 PM
Feb 2019

but I spray it on my pillows at night, smells soothing. I then curl up with a Cozy Mystery and sweet dreams and sleep 😴. Actually, look forward to bed.

sueh

(1,826 posts)
86. Yes!!!!! Lilac is my all time favorite, as well.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 07:56 PM
Feb 2019

Years ago I had lilac bushes outside under my bedroom window. I opened the windows while the lilacs were in bloom... their scent was heavenly.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
71. Freshly picked tomatoes, any fresh herbs, daffodils, lilac, roses, mowed grass,
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 05:42 PM
Feb 2019

pine trees and soil right after a rain shower, wood smoke in the winter.

Baking bread, bacon, simmering cranberry sauce, roasting chicken, fried potatoes and onions.

The honey scent that comes off the bee hives on a warm day.

Sun dried bed linen right off the line.

Hubby right after he showers.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
96. Yes! Fresh, organic garden tomatoes! I grew up with a big garden so it reminds me
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 10:46 PM
Feb 2019

of home. All the scents of the garden. Fresh herbs as well. We had wild berries growing all around our property and they were heavenly in the middle of the summer when you could smell them at their ripest. I still feel like I can smell all the vegetables in our garden. I had no idea how spoiled we were until I grew up and moved to a city.

A farmer's market is nice, but it's nothing compared to having a huge garden in your own back yard.

happybird

(4,608 posts)
118. blackberry blossoms smell so good
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:37 AM
Feb 2019

The woods at my parents' house are full of wild blackberry bushes. When they bloom in the spring the scent on the breeze is delightful.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
73. I used to have to drive past acres of Orange groves
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:01 PM
Feb 2019

to get to my girlfriends' house. The smell of the orange blossoms is probably still my favorite scent in the world because I knew it meant I would soon be with her.

It's all subdivisions now but we are still together. I hate the bastards that bought and built stupid little stucco houses all over my going to girlfriends' smell.

MissMillie

(38,559 posts)
75. reminds me
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:06 PM
Feb 2019

Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes
Little boxes
Little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same

LisaM

(27,811 posts)
76. Citrus for me, too.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:09 PM
Feb 2019

Peppermint if I'm exercising or in a steam room.

Basil.

Mint.

Lilies of the Valley.

Shalimar perfume.

Roses.

Freesia.

Cooking smells: onions, cinnamon, oatmeal cookies, spice cake, spaghetti sauce, Thanksgiving, apple pie.

Rebl2

(13,507 posts)
83. Lilacs
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 07:13 PM
Feb 2019

Coffee when it’s brewing (oddly can’t stand the taste), cinnamon, roses, rosemary, sage, and so much more!

Dem2theMax

(9,651 posts)
85. The best aroma in the whole wide world
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 07:48 PM
Feb 2019

is the smell of dried pine needles laying on the ground, being warmed by the Sun. There is nothing better.

I've done a lot of camping in my life, and the smell of those pine needles takes me back to a million fantastic memories.

Deb

(3,742 posts)
88. The creek in August, fresh cut hay, and a field of sweet corn in flower
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:16 PM
Feb 2019

Laundry off the line, a new baby's head and a Basset's ear. To make just a few.

CaptainTruth

(6,591 posts)
91. Banana tree blossoms. I LOVE how ours smell when they bloom.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 09:41 PM
Feb 2019

Also, jasmine blossoms. The aroma when I drive past Sonny's BBQ, always makes me hungry. Coffee. The ocean.

Iggo

(47,552 posts)
100. California sin semilla.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:31 PM
Feb 2019

I haven't partaken in a couple of decades, but every time i see a bag, I stick my nose in for a long drag.

God, I love that smell.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
102. Mushrooms in the woods. The sea, and seaweed.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:32 PM
Feb 2019

Certain roses. Rosemary, lavender, garam masala, Concord grapes, Autumn.

volstork

(5,401 posts)
104. Citrus
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:36 PM
Feb 2019

Mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves (we made oatmeal cookies that had this mixture when I was little, and my mom let me sift this mixture into the flour; that memory is probably why I love it so much.)

Eucalyptus

Burning leaves

Rain after a dry spell

The forest floor in fall

Evergreen at Christmas

Baking cake

badhair77

(4,218 posts)
107. The lilacs outside my open window in spring
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:40 PM
Feb 2019

The fresh cut pine branches for my Xmas decorations

Vanilla

A friend gave us a whiskey cake cut into bite size pieces in a tin. The cake was gone months ago but I still open that tin and the smell of bourbon is fabulous.

klook

(12,155 posts)
113. Ditto fluid!
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:18 AM
Feb 2019

The unheralded gateway drug for many in my generation. We took many a pop quiz under the influence of The Purple Perfume.

klook

(12,155 posts)
133. Oh yeah, baby
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 10:29 AM
Feb 2019

Probably killed a few hundred brain cells with each whiff, but what a lovely aroma!

TrogL

(32,822 posts)
115. I don't have a functional sense of smell
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:31 AM
Feb 2019

I can sort of pick up campfire smoke but I can’t distinguish it from forest fire (which I’ve been in) or house burning down.

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
120. Most of mine are food related
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 01:30 AM
Feb 2019

cilantro
a roast browning on the stove with onions
turkey roasting in the oven
bacon
wisteria
lavender

... to name a few.

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
123. 3,4-dibromo-2-thienaldehyde. Smells like chewing gum.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 01:37 AM
Feb 2019

I think only a few people in the world have ever smelled that particular compound.

o-Dichlorobenzene smells great, but toxic.

pansypoo53219

(20,977 posts)
129. fire yeah. but cedar, bergamot, pine, fresh coffee beans. tobacco in the store.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 07:28 AM
Feb 2019

i would live in a cedar chest if i could.

amywalk

(254 posts)
130. I love the smell of vanilla. It's probably my favorite scent/aroma. Lemons would also be high on
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 08:09 AM
Feb 2019

my list. Garlic and onion frying in a pan. AuGratin potatoes are another dish I love to smell in the oven. Lasagna, but I guess that’s the onions and garlic again. Thanks for posting gardenias. I remember that amazing smell from my childhood along with blackberry cobbler from my grandmothers kitchen and fresh laundry that has been hung outside to dry on a clothesline. Scent memories are strong.

Hotler

(11,421 posts)
134. Aaaa, the smell of 2-stroke premix in the morning when
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:09 PM
Feb 2019

when warming up the race bike for first practice. Castor oil and race fuel.

And of course many of the aromas already mentioned.

dem in texas

(2,674 posts)
138. Dark Fired Tobacco "firing" in the barn
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 01:51 PM
Feb 2019

Dark fired tobacco is used to make snuff and chewing tobacco. After harvesting, it is hung tall, narrow tobacco barns and smoked with heat, this is calling firing. This type of tobacco is grown in Western Tennessee and Western Kentucky.

I used to live near Murray, Kentucky and always looked forward to Autumn to smell the tobacco firing. As you drive down the country roads, you get a whiff of the smell of the tobacco being fired, it smells like tobacco, barbecue and bacon all combined. Nothing like it.

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yellowdogintexas

(22,252 posts)
141. Tobacco Barns. Only people from SW Kentucky will get this
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 02:07 PM
Feb 2019

I truly hate all tobacco products when they are being used. However, a dark fired tobacco barn is like nothing else. It is the scent of home in late summer and early fall. The barns leak smoke and it is just divine. The fire is a smoulder of aromatic sawdust: cherry, oak, walnut, apple, pecan and others. I used to love going into the barn on a cold October day when I was a kid.

really good coffee, cinnamon, chocolate especially when baking it. Corn bread hot from the oven. Any kind of yeast bread
narcissus, hyacinth, basil, onion/garlic browning in butter, peach cobbler, Je Rivien perfume(impossible to find these days)

Another vote for fresh mown alfalfa (old farm girl here) New car, the air right after a fresh rain, and when there is fresh snow on the ground.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
143. The smell of head shops back in the hippie days...lemon, in particular.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 04:26 PM
Feb 2019

It's hard to find the fragrance of lemon in things. Everything is just generic citrus these days. But I love the scent of lemon...real lemons, lemon oil essence, lemon air freshener.

Vanilla in the winter.

Cinnamon.

Roses.

flying_wahini

(6,594 posts)
144. A cottonseed mill gives off the most wonderful smell only out in the boonies
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 04:48 PM
Feb 2019

But if you ever smelled it you know what I mean. Takes me back....

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
145. That raspberry?/cherry? air freshener they use in department store bathrooms.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 04:57 PM
Feb 2019

It is strong, smells like it works and I like the smell.


Tikki

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
154. Ponderosa pines at the Grand Canyon last summer, lilacs, roses, rain, clothes that were dried on the
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 07:33 PM
Feb 2019

clothesline in the sun.

I used to like campfires until I had a neighbor who burned them almost every frikkin night 10 ft away from my windows - for hours on end. Basically, wood smoke is particulate matter and its not healthy to be breathing a lot of it. Esp if like my neighbor they are burning treated wood and plastic junk and spewing other chemicals in the air. With some people too, it can be risky to ask them to stop doing something, cos then they REEALLLY start doing it even more, just to prove that they can. This was that type of person.

So .... hope you keep your campfires to yourself, OP!

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
156. Scents are so evocative - there was a lovely scent I noticed while walking around New Orleans
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 07:50 PM
Feb 2019

a year ago exactly.... never did identify although I thought it might have to do with the live oaks ...??? They do flower this time of year - the green tassely things. Or might it have been Spanish moss? That apparently does have a fragrance.

Any ideas?

Places all have a smell but then you get used to it and dont notice.

Sage throughout the west.

I remember gettting off the plane in Fairbanks AK - the one and only time Ive been to AK. The incredibly fresh smell that hit me when I got off the plane - it was just amazing and wonderful - reminiscent of snow, ice cold wild rushing Alaskan rivers, vast pine forests....

By the next day, Id gotten used to it. Then returning to hot, humid midwestern US in July- Getting off the plane it was the opposite experience - got hit with moldy, funky lake smell with definite overtones of CAR EXHAUST. YUCK. Almost made me cry.

Danascot

(4,690 posts)
158. Years ago I was about to board a flight from Florida
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 09:51 PM
Feb 2019

For reasons that aren't important I had a carry-on filled with roasted coffee and oranges. At the time, some baggage was hand inspected. I was asked to open my bag and when I did, the scents wafted out and the whole line around me went, "Aaaaahhhhhhh....."

Ahpook

(2,750 posts)
159. Everything after kicking the smoking habit
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 10:20 PM
Feb 2019

Flowers, spices for food and anything else that came back in a rush of goodness.

It is precisely what helped me to not smoke cigarettes again. Smelling certain aroma from years past was almost hallucinatory.

Tasting food again turned me into a culinary nut

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
160. fresh cut limes. brushing against Rosemary. crushing a handful of basil.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:45 AM
Feb 2019

the magical day when our Miss Kim lilac opens and perfumes our entire yard.

The smell of Kenya coffee the first time I open the container the morning after I open it up.

A cup of steaming chai.

The smell of a high quality dark chocolate bar, like Scharffenberger, upon opening.

Niagara

(7,610 posts)
163. My list includes:
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:05 PM
Feb 2019

Freshly ground Arabic coffee

Barbecue

Bob's Sweet stripes/ Red Bird peppermint puffs

Campfires

Cassette tapes- As a teenager, I remember getting new cassette tapes and smelling them.

Jovan Musk

Lilacs

Pumpkin (including candles)

Roasted Marshmallows

Vanilla (including candles)

Zippo Lighters

panader0

(25,816 posts)
171. The nape of Jeannie's neck.
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 09:53 PM
Mar 2019

And gardenias. And that other stuff too.
I stopped smoking after 50 years about 8 months ago.
My smeller is working better these days.

randr

(12,412 posts)
174. Datura blooming along Colorado River in Utah
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 09:33 PM
Mar 2019

The aroma actually woke me up in the middle of the night.
Also grape fruit trees in bloom.

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