blind-fitter Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Prompted by someone's comment on another thread: what are your favourite smells? A couple of mine to start you off... freshly-chopped coriander play-doh Oh, and while we're about it, what about your "worst smells"? I hate it when I have to dispose of flowers that have been in the vase too long and the stems and water have gone manky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 A baby...they are so sweet, so fresh. The ocean...the salty air. The lilac bush in my yard every spring I hate after it rains and it smells mildewy!! I have other I like and hate but will not mention. Hehehehehe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Favorites: My daughter's freshly washed hair. The faintest hint of Mr. Peaches' cologne. Freshly baked cookies. And of course, the heavenly smell of frying bacon. Not so favorites: Gorilla breath. Stale cigarette smoke. South Georgia Chinese food. Nasty, been working all day pits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoRacerX36 Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Best: Onions (raw, not breath) Newly cut grass Burnt matches Any sort of frying carcass My clothes after my wife wears them My clean daughter Worst: Hot garbage Burnt water Bad eggs That damn Lynyrd Skynyrd song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Hot garbage There was some movie where a guy yells out, "Your breath smells like hot garbage!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 My favourite smells are: Vanilla Lavender Allspice Jasmine Rock sea salt Rain Burning matches Petrol Berries Bad ones: Garbage juice is the worst. Cheesey feet/toenails. Boys general area smells when they think they are alone and will have enough time before a girl is in their vicinity to "air out the place". Manky, was screwed up on the floor/under the bed, worn a few times, whiffed and sprayed with "disguising" deoderant shirts. Wotsits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Sue, what does it say about us that we both like to smell gasoline/petrol and matches? I almost put gasoline, but didn't want to look weird. Also, what is a wotsit? Wait, maybe don't answer that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted August 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Cheesey Wotsits ("What Is It? Wotsits, that's what!") are a puffed-corn snack. I like to eat'em, but she's right: they smell most unpleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Not so favorites:Gorilla breath. Wow, Peachy, that´s the perfume I use... I love the smell of the storms in summer. I hate the smell of fried fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Thanks, BF. That's a really good name for a snack, I think. They sound similar to our Cheez-its. But those smell and taste delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 (edited) My favorites: The ocean freshly baked bread freshly baked cookies Chanel #5 perfume brewing coffee the air after it rains pine baby lotion, especially freshly applied on a baby Bad smells: boiling cabbage sweaty socks the ocean at low tide garbage cigarettes/cigarette breath stale coffee breath some cheeses (although I still like parmesan) Edited August 10, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 (edited) the air before it rains fresh hay baking bread my son's shampoo/body wash pine (thanks, Jenny!) Ugh smells: cigarette smoke (fresh, stale, it's all gross) cat pee outhouses (when camping, etc.) bleu cheese dressing (i.e. smelly socks) My friend who's getting her masters in psychology said in one of her classes they studied a test done regarding the effect of aroma on humans. The strongest effect of an aroma was on males, and it was cinnamon. It's because it causes a rush of blood to the... um... privates. Edited August 10, 2006 by Guest had to add Jenny's idea in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 The smells that make me happiest are Wet neoprene rubber, the open water intermingled with 2 stoke engine oil and Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo (all diving smells) The smell of Mom's Christmas turkey on Christmas Morning The smell of wet asphalt shortly after a summer rain begins. A freshly cut lawn. The smell of my Grampa's garage in the high of summer when I was a small kid. A combination of heat, gas, oil, lawn clippings, sun-heated wood from the rafters, clean rags and a hint of Brut cologne. Just writing that makes me miss Grampa. Toss in a radio tinnily saying "Ici a Radio Canada" and I am 8 years old again. The smell of things growing, a green smell if you will, best caught by yourself on a bicycle path deep in the woods. Dirt. Good black soil. The perfume "Tabu". Moms favorite when I was a kid and comforting for whatever reason. Mambo (or Mamba) another woman's perfume, reminds me of a girlfriend I never really got over. Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Happy Smells: Thunderstorms Lavender and Jasmine Cinammon Donuts Ginger Snaps Roses Icky smells: Leftover cigarette smoke absorbed by car upholstery Burning rubber Anything rotting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 likes: cinnamon baking bread or any other similar thing (it's probably the flour) fruit (especially citrus) "fresh green" smells like pine hugo boss, ralph lauren and cool water men's perfume dislikes: fish, tuna in particular toilet smells bacteria (yes, I am sad enough that I can now tell when things smell of bacteria!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 oh, and I love the smell of garlic, when it's cooking! yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted August 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Mmmmmmmm....Me too! Also: grilled cheese. And honeysuckle. (Not cooking / grilled, though ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Good: Hazelnut flavored coffee, but I'd sooner shoot myself than actually drink it. Also regular coffee being brewed, but I'll gladly drink that. Bad: Clove cigarettes Alcoholics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 How I ache to once more to Smell the sea breeze at dawn Breathe deeply its portions of Whale, coral and prawn Bathed in saltened scent As the world fills my nose; Ingesting battered tide as it Goes where it goes. I know, gusty forest pines Freshen not just tanged air But cleanse muddied thoughts as Inhaled crisply there And mild wind lifts fragrance Off of swaying bluebells As it skirts ´cross maid meadow and Her damped earthen smells. But a sea breeze names me Wherever it´s found Whispering alluring, compelling near Something fully profound. Been blown wild in broad flatland, Lost strange midst swayed trees; But a wester´s a lover´s voice, “Wind home to the sea.†...... Don't like the smell of: used ashtrays (or the rooms they are in) boiled cabbage rotting meat some heavy perfumes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted August 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Just love the whiff of cordite, hanging in the air... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Good: anything tasty baking a freshly cut lawn my daughters head my daughter's stuffed bunny sage/desert smells pine trees ocean air Bad: cracked ass at the Inmate Reception Center burned hair/flesh feces/vomit/gangrene skunk juice anything decomposing trash/yard clippings fermenting in a closed trashcan when you have to open it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Mothballs stink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Spoken like a moth that knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 I was gonna say something about getting their little legs apart, but I will take the high road this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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