Originally Posted By Tiggirl What are some of your favorite smells? 1) Laundry in the drier. I find the smell of freshly laundring laundry fluffing around in the drier with the drier sheet whirling around to be a very relaxing, snuggly type of smell. 2) Baked goods... baking. Anything from bread to cake. Pies to cookies. It doesn't matter. If its baking, it smells good. 3) California. When I lived in Washington to me anytime I smelled a combonation of ocean, flowers and smog on a warm day it smelled like California to me. I live here now and its still oen of my favorite smells. 4) Christmas tree. 5) I love the combo smell of instant coffee, cheap cigar and licorice. Its the smell of my Grandpa. I miss him and smelling any one of these takes me right back to sitting on his lap. If I smelled all of these at once and heard a little Sinatra playing I'd swear to you that he came back to visit me. ;o) I'll come back with more later. ~Beth
Originally Posted By Mr X All of the above = totally agreed! I would add..the "smell" of Disney parks. There's a certain combo there, but you just know it when you know it...hard to describe. There's a little bit of steam train in the air in the Magic Kingdoms, wherever you go (except for Hong Kong which is electric)...along with whiffs of cotton candy, chocolate stuff, horses (good vibes here..not talking in the negative!), and happiness (I guess THAT'S what that smells like lol).
Originally Posted By Mr X On a strange note...I've always thought that Tokyo smells like fish, Hong Kong smells like pork. (not a positive or negative per se, but when I think of those cities that's the vibe I get nose-wise)
Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo Hmm well the obvious is the smells at Disneyland particularly churros. Cinamon full stop really. Clean sheets on a just made bed. Fresh baked bread Fresh made coffee (hmm coffee must drink more) Barbeque love the smell charcoal leaves. I'll be back too I think.
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom I love the smell of Lemons, Roses & Hyacinths the ocean babies fresh ground coffee chocolate oranges I agree with you about the smell of clothes drying. Very relaxing. : )
Originally Posted By Mr X ***4) Christmas tree.*** Christmas is a whole world of good smells for me... Christmas tree (pine)... Candy canes and other candy stuffs...and of course baked stuff like above... The smell of wrapping paper being torn open (YES, there is a subtle smell that is wonderful!)... Egg Nog... Pizza (Italian family, pizza is Christmas Eve for us!)... Turkey and Christmas dinner... Incense (Church)... New Toy Smell (think "New Car" for kids)...
Originally Posted By Tiggirl Good additions everyone! Sarah, I too love the BBQ smell. I love the smell of camping which is wet leaves drying in the sun mixed with smoke from a fire. Mmmm... Egg nog. Good one, X! I love plumarias and stargazer lillies. They smell like Hawaii. ~Beth
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie Freshly mowed grass The smell of a summertime evening The smell of the forest Roses Apples baking in the oven Jasmine and Honeysuckle Flowers
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I love the smell of camping which is wet leaves drying in the sun mixed with smoke from a fire.*** CAMPING! Where to begin!? Food over a fire (breakfast, including coffee, mixed with sunshine and morning dew!)...any campfire for that matter! Forest smells galore! Late night campfire smells mixed with wood (GOD I miss camping, it has been FAR too long for me these days!). *sniff* And any pet smells that go with the camping (we used to take our dog "Sandy", and by the end of the weekend she'd be "wet dog Sandy" lol...and that's great too).
Originally Posted By Tiggirl Ahhhh... Freshly mowed grass. That is a great one. I love the smell of rain on a hot day. I don't like rain but its ok if its on a particularly hot day... for the smell factor alone. ~Beth
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 I was going to say coffee. But then I sprayed my coffee all over my monitor when I read #7 and now I don't want to say coffee anymore.
Originally Posted By beamerdog >>I love plumarias and stargazer lillies. They smell like Hawaii.<< mental note: don't go to Hawaii. Stagazers give me migraines. favorite smell: chocolate and mint mixed together I seem to remember that Inspector has a favorite smell that's a little off beat. ;-)
Originally Posted By Mr X Hate to sound weird here, but I have to add that farm smells are really comforting and cool I think (yes, the pig sty, the smell of hay, the smell of a chicken coop..all that relatively "gross" stuff which, in combo, just smells like small town America to me!).
Originally Posted By peeaanuut While isn't considered a pleasant aroma to a lot of people, I like the smell of choke/brake/carb cleaner. My dad used to use it in the garage all the time. Its great for cutting through grease and oil and he would use it on his hands. So it brings back the memories of working in the garage with my dad.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I like the smell of choke/brake/carb cleaner. My dad used to use it in the garage all the time. Its great for cutting through grease and oil and he would use it on his hands. So it brings back the memories of working in the garage with my dad.*** Absolutely perfect. I think the OP would agree..that's exactly what this thread is all about! (I was trying to come up with some "special" originals...and you just did!)
