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in no particular order
petrichor
lillies
leather
car engine oil
honeysuckle
the rose "Jude the obscure" i have in my garden
new carpet
and, it sounds weird, but does anyone remember the smell of the old red phone boxes ? no, *not* wee, but that warm papery smell of the phone books ?
Juliefrazz wrote (see)
Edited: For spelling, and also because I've noted that 'fresh' is a bit of a common theme in my list. Good!
Yes Play Doh used to smell great
Woodsmoke
Coconut
Lavender
Vanilla (real, not synthetic version of)
Backstage (a sort of slightly damp brick smell, hard to describe)
The pavement after rain
Cakes baking
Shoe polish
A bag of chips from the chipshop with salt and vinegar/..................a taste I can never resist
Lillies,
fresh cut grass,
coffee (though hate the taste)
A new box of Earl Grey Tea,
rosemary,
coriander,
lime,
gin
I have a theory that people don't mind the smell of their own farts compared to other peoples as you get used to your own smell!
Ah yes lavender - I keep grabbing snippets of it to sniff as I walk past gardensLemons, especially if you scrape the skin a bit with your nail
Cake straight out of the oven
Hubby's cooking (usually)
The cork from a bottle of wine
Wild flowers
And also most of the ones already mentioned, although I don't think I have ever smelt a freshly washed lady garden.
SuperCaz wrote (see)
I don't think I have ever smelt a freshly washed lady garden.
Garlic which has been sauteed for about 30 secsFrying onions *drools*Curry cooking
I used to live next to a mosque, it was torture when they were cooking for the masses
cut grass
baking cakes and roast dinners
rain on hot tarmac
clean laundry on the line
cinnamon
Baby powder.
Creosote.
Cooking Garlic & Onions
New carpet and the glue used to stick vinyl tiles down.
My Dad was a floorcovering specialist and these smells remind me of childhood.
Freshly cut grassthe doughnut room in workLine dried sheets in summercigar smoke, but has to be at Christmaslavendar...or possibly lavander
Cloves
Lillies
Inside a new car
Elastoplast Tape
Firelighters
The general whaft of barbeques on a sumer's evening.
The smell of a 2 stroke bike as it goes by.
I've not long got in, sat down and opened the thread. I would have been terribly upset if someone hadn't done 'napalm....' within 6 posts.
I'm glad you didn't let me down, BDB.
Jeyes Fluid
Rain on Kinder Scout
Fresh sweat on a woman
snails pace 72 wrote (see)
ClovesLilliesInside a new carElastoplast TapeFirelighters
sweaty and smoky, obviously.
<drifts off into pervy thoughts>
Comments
in no particular order
petrichor
lillies
leather
car engine oil
honeysuckle
the rose "Jude the obscure" i have in my garden
new carpet
and, it sounds weird, but does anyone remember the smell of the old red phone boxes ? no, *not* wee, but that warm papery smell of the phone books ?
Yes Play Doh used to smell great
Woodsmoke
Coconut
Lavender
Vanilla (real, not synthetic version of)
Backstage (a sort of slightly damp brick smell, hard to describe)
The pavement after rain
Cakes baking
Shoe polish
A bag of chips from the chipshop with salt and vinegar/..................a taste I can never resist
Lillies,
fresh cut grass,
coffee (though hate the taste)
A new box of Earl Grey Tea,
rosemary,
coriander,
lime,
gin
I have a theory that people don't mind the smell of their own farts compared to other peoples as you get used to your own smell!
Ah yes lavender - I keep grabbing snippets of it to sniff as I walk past gardens
Lemons, especially if you scrape the skin a bit with your nail
Cake straight out of the oven
Hubby's cooking (usually)
The cork from a bottle of wine
Wild flowers
And also most of the ones already mentioned, although I don't think I have ever smelt a freshly washed lady garden.
Garlic which has been sauteed for about 30 secs
Frying onions *drools*
Curry cooking
I used to live next to a mosque, it was torture when they were cooking for the masses
cut grass
baking cakes and roast dinners
rain on hot tarmac
clean laundry on the line
cinnamon
Baby powder.
Creosote.
Cooking Garlic & Onions
Petrol
Tarmac when its being laid
My mums beef stew
Edited: cross posted with Pixi - have to agree with creosote.
Edited again. Tarmac when being laid was not supposed to be rude!
New carpet and the glue used to stick vinyl tiles down.
My Dad was a floorcovering specialist and these smells remind me of childhood.
Freshly cut grass
the doughnut room in work
Line dried sheets in summer
cigar smoke, but has to be at Christmas
lavendar...or possibly lavander
frying bacon (but I'm not keen on eating it)
like kwilter fresh laundry just in from the line, winter dried stuff smells different, just as nice, but different
the air, just after a thunderstorm
Cloves
Lillies
Inside a new car
Elastoplast Tape
Firelighters
The general whaft of barbeques on a sumer's evening.
The smell of a 2 stroke bike as it goes by.
I've not long got in, sat down and opened the thread. I would have been terribly upset if someone hadn't done 'napalm....' within 6 posts.
I'm glad you didn't let me down, BDB.
Jeyes Fluid
Firelighters
Rain on Kinder Scout
Fresh sweat on a woman
sweaty and smoky, obviously.
<drifts off into pervy thoughts>