Favorite Smells/Aromas & Memories

[WittyAspie]

I thought gasoline would be an outlier. Looks like that is actually fairly popular. Any other takers on fresh paint?

 

[Judge]

I thought gasoline would be an outlier. Looks like that is actually fairly popular. Any other takers on fresh paint?

I do have a preference for lacquer-based paints. Though I also have the good sense not to make a point of inhaling them either, lol.

This thread reminded me of other posts of the same nature. Lots of previous comments on the smells/scents we like, as opposed to the ones causing a fight/flight response:

Scents/smells

Smelling things

Which smells do you like?

 

[Chance]

Nothing beats the smell of bacon on the pan. I don't care where or when, bacon beats that $200 cologne you bought from Macy's each time.

I also have a soft spot for gasoline, though that's questionably unhealthy...

I have to admit bacon smells good... but any pork is like my kryptonite. I am close to being dangerously allergic to it... as with a chili pie incident Friday night.

 

[Judge]

I once interviewed for a job at Jelly Belly candies in Fairfield, California.

OMG! The aroma from a quarter-mile away in any direction. Heavenly.

Didn't get the job, but they gave me a whole lot of edible schwag.

 

[Mr Allen]

I love the smell of fresh coffee.

Not sure why but I've always preferred coffee over tea, although traditionally us English are a nation of tea drinkers

 

[Mia]

I forgot about the smell of cinnamon buns, and hay, and machine oil.

 

[Chance]

The smell of cool rain hitting the hot ground... the smell of sun on leather seats.
Vanilla air fresher (those "little tree" ones) : )
The smell of the dryer vent when out side and laundry is going