Your Favourite Smells

liah

Kind of a weird topic, but...

This can be anything; perfume/cologne, food, flowers, seasons, etc.

So what are some of your favourite smells? What memories are tied to your favourite scents?

I love the sweet grassy smell of horse's breath, the smell of hay and leather. I like the smell of the heat off the hay that's just been cut. Always brings back the best memories of my life that I spent out at the barn or out riding, the only time I was really happy.

I miss the smell of late August and early September back home in Canada, where I used to live beside a vineyard and the grapes would just be turning ripe, the smell was unbelievable.

I like the smell of jasmine, it reminds me of when I was a child walking down the back alleys in California with my mother and wild jasmine would be growing along the walls, the smell was strongest around sunset and dusk.

The thick smell of the heat of a good, hot Canadian summer (35+) and the crisp, clean smell of cold from a dark, deep winter always bring back pleasant memories. The smell of the fireplace during the winter and bonfires during the summer.. bliss!

So what smells hit you with nostalgia, and why?

Professey Chin

Lavendar

ironictoaster

Smell of the bakery in Superquinn. Walk pass it every morning in Coolock..mmm.

Notorious

The smell of freshly cut grass. It brings back great childhood memories of spending the summer days outdoors.

I love the smell you get outdoors on a cold autumn/winter morning. Then you get such beautiful scenery when the sun is just rising, the sky is cloudless and the leaves on the trees are gold, brown and green in colour. You just can't beat it.

Creamy Goodness

petrol
freshly cut grass
brownies
jack daniels
sharpie's.

metaoblivia

Fresh laundry
Orange blossom
Gasoline
Honeysuckle

jenny2hat

Vanilla
Peaches
Smell after rain
freshly washed clothes
chocolate

metrovelvet

Roses
Jasmine
Almonds
my sons head
clean laundry
dettol
the smell of new heavy snow- reminds me of home
burning wood
christmas trees
freshly brewed coffee
lillies
roasting chestnuts- a specific smell that recalls a period of childhood
dior's poison always reminds me of the 80s
the smell of the beach, sand sea and salt and the way your skin smells after the sun. Its the smell of rightness, of continuity, of things being how they should be. Cant explain it really.

Joey the lips

I love the smell of a coal fire buring outside. It reminds me of when i was young. yes, smog in dublin.

again i love the smell of my mothers pillows when i go home. I would sleep for days.

Sometimes when I sweat I smell like my dad. This annoys me because we rowed a lot. But brings back the memories of me working with him when i was younger.

I love the smell from my kids. I would smell them all day long.

I love the small of Burning. It reminds me of the bonfires when I was a child.

I love the smell of soil. I smell a long time playing in it.

I love the smell on Bon Bons, the pink one's It reminds me of the shelf I could not buy sweets from.

I love the small of fresh bread. It still makes me hungry.

I love the smell from my wife. Her natural smell that is. I also love the perfume smell.

I love the smell of coffee but am not to fond of drinking a lot.

I love the smell in MacDonalds but avoid it all the time.

I love the smell of the liffey(Weird) because I love being in town.

I love the smell of Green Grass cut in the summer.

I wondered lonely as a cloud.... I love the smell and thoughts of daffodales.....

Right i will stop now....

SarahSassy

Lavender
My OH
My pup
Turf fire..

stovelid

Honeysuckle.

Baby smell.

The smell of tinsel and decorations when you take them down from the attic.

Old pubs - that airless, spilled spout smell.

Deep-heat spray

The old Autumn smell you used to get - mixture of cold and people starting to light their fires on your street

The Big Red Button

I love that farmy smell you get out the country, I think it's manure or something? I love it anyways!

The smell of cigars.

New money!!!

I love the hospital smell (yes that's an odd one), oh and I also lloooovve the smell of new babies, they always smell a bit like the hospital even months after they've left it!

Lavender - it makes me want to snuggle!

I love vanilla, my beloved car had a vanilla air freshener in it when I got it and since then I always have to have it smelling of vanilla! It makes me smile every time I get into it

Bit of an odd one, but I really like the smell of burning butter!

Oh and also any kind of fruit. Especially strawberries and grapefruit.

krudler

My girlfriends hair when i spoon up behind her in bed

Freshly washed clothes

Cinemas, that carpet and popcorn smell (hate nacho cheese though, bleuch)

almostnever

Paper.
There's this guy at school,and honestly,he smells amazing. I have no idea what it is he wears, but it is possibly the nicest smell ever,however sad that may be
Grass.
Citrus.
Mulled wine,it reminds me of Christmas,which is my favourite time of year.
Gooseberries. August time!
The smell of new school books,takes me right back.
Dior Hypnose Poison,reminds me of a day in Navan when my friend and I ate a McFlurry in a pharmacy and talked about stuff.
Cheese toasties,reminds me of one of my best friends And you know how houses have their own distinct smell? Her house=heaven.
Leather.

Wibbs

Coffee roasting. It reminds me of childhood. Bewleys used to have a big coffee roaster thingy rotating in their window and you could smell the coffee a long way away.

Madame Razz

Petrol
Lavender
Leather
Some Inks
Paper
The smell of a fresh windy day by the sea with the tide in
The smell in a forest after it rains
Apple trees
Rose bushes
The earthy smell in a green house
Chanel no.5
Line dried clothes
Baking
Garlic
Himself
Firelighters
Tobacco(unsmoked)
Carbolic soap(always reminds me of my grandad)
New car/furniture/carpet smell
Freshly painted room smell
Smell of dog after he has been groomed
Smell of a hay barn

In conclusion my sense of smell means a lot to me:o:p

Blue_Light

Smell of horse and leather, countryside, turf burning, lake water (it does have a smell!), grass. All remind me of being home.

Smell of petrol.
Smell of cinnamon. Always reminds me of Christmas.
Smell of cut grass. Yummy.
Smell of Hugo Boss. Sex.
Smell of new shoes.
Smell of new books. Always reminds me of starting back at school, only good thing about it.
Smell of really old, vintage books.
Smell of kayak gear, not the nicest smell, but reminds me of happy days and fills me with excitement for the next trip out!

Dudess

Lots of mine have been mentioned (e.g. fresh coffee, washed hair, Christmas tree, cut grass).

Also for me, hops - love driving past Heineken brewery. People tend not to share this view though.

minidazzler

Petrol.
The musky smell after sex. Even if it's not you who had the sex, it is a very oddly nice smell!!
Weed. (I don't smoke, but I love the smell of it)
White spirit's.

Khannie

Tell you what's amazing about this thread....you can almost smell all the smells being mentioned. It's mad!

Things I like:
My wifes smell
Freshly roasted coffee / assorted coffee related smells (ground, brewing, etc.)
Fresh cut grass
The smell in the kitchen when you're cooking:
a) cakes
b) sunday roast
c) stew
d) bread
new baby smell
seaside
chocolate
The smell of ladies as they walk past you on the street
Asian markets / supermarkets (in asia like)
Thai oil - this is like a menthol oil that you get greased up with before a fight.
Indoor swimming pool smell
Fresh sheets on the bed
Hair
Leather
Earth / muck

I'm sure there's lots of other stuff.

Censorsh!t

The smell of reshly cut grass. It just smells so summery and sweet.

Cookies baking in the oven. Yum.

Baby Powder. Reminds me of childhood, and just smells damn good.

Horses.

Hay

Coarse Mix horse food. Seriously....it smells AMAZING!

Petrol.

Cupcake_Crisis

Petrol
Freash baked bread
Nail varnish
Vera wang rock princess perfume
Permenent markers

Orla K

Andy smell, he's a friend and he just smells great, I completely trust him so I find it relaxes me, if he's around he will look after me. I also assocate his smell with someone else who I trust more, so i think of that guy too.

Also the smell of 'green' outdoor spring/summer smell, for the same reason as above

Honeysuckle reminds me of home.
Wallflowers remind me of my mammy.
New books.
Machine workshop smell....Grease and metal.
Ylang ylang my favorite flower.
Lemon.
Peat fires.

minidazzler

Moonbaby wrote: »

Honeysuckle reminds me of home.
Wallflowers remind me of my mammy.
New books.
Machine workshop smell....Grease and metal.
Ylang ylang my favorite flower.
Lemon.
Peat fires.

I didn't think anyone else actually liked the smell of Lemon!!!! I it!!! All my friends hate the smell!!

Novella

I love the smell of my car. Every single time I get into it, I smile. I always go for a drive when I'm upset or angry and I think it's the smell that makes me feel better. I'm really proud 'cause it still smells like a new car after 50,000km and almost three years!

I like the smell of freshly washed sheets. There is nothing nicer than having a shower and then getting into a bed with crisp, just been washed sheets. It's the smell of clean comfort!

I love the smell of boy hoodies Like, when you're cold so a guy lends you what he is wearing. You put it over your head and the smell is all mmm. Better when the hoody belongs to a guy you like!

I like the smell of cold and the smell of really cold water.

I love when you've been away for a while and you get home, get off the plane and you smell Ireland again!

Many more, I'm sure. Might edit later!

WesternNight

Freshly brewed coffee.
Baking.
Cinnamon - also reminds me of Christmas.
Chocolate.
Sun lotion.
Honeysuckle - I miss the one we had in our garden.
Fruit teas - they don't taste as good as they smell though!
Vicks vaporub.

gidget

I like the smell of candy floss and was lucky enough to get a bottle of candy floss scented body spray in the US a few years ago.

Weirdly enough i always like the smell of chlorine from the swimming pool that hits you when you walk in the door of those places and that beach smell you get from the distance.

Baby powder is another.

Christmas trees as well.

minidazzler

I love the smell of Baby!!!

I knwo it's a mixture of Puke and all whatever, but it's so sweet!

Wizard007

The smell outside after a heavy rainfall.
The smell of my daughter and the smell from her pillow and her clothes.
The smell of my partners skin first thing in the morning.
( There's something so re-aasuring about both of the above )
The smell in the house when there's bread in the oven.
The smell of newly cut grass.
The smell outside when there's wood burning in the fire on a very foggy night.
The smell of Comfort fabric softner ( I'll put a towel straight out of the washing machine onto a rad just to have this smell around the house )
Imperial leather soap - reminds me of my nan.
White Musk from the Body Shop.
Johnsons baby lotion.
The smell of earth when doing planting or weeding in the garden ( this one is just so so good )
My partners breath when he has drank Jack Daniels.
The smell of between the pages when I buy a new book.
I could keep typing for ever but the above are some of my favourites

Soul Cake Duck

Tree Sap....brings back the memories of climbing trees and playing army with my brothers...fun times!!

Issey Miyake - Actually reminds me of outdoors/trees (I could be alone on that!). It’s the only perfume that doesn't give me a headache also.

Oil of olay – Instant memories of my Nanny.

The smell of the cat when he comes in from being outside...he just smells so fresh and clean!

Turf - Getting five pounds for putting the delivery of turf into the garage...it was worth the black snots after!!

Petrol & cut-grass mint oh and breads baking in t'oven.

skywards

The way the barn smells in the early morning
Fresh cut hay
Lemon
Anything spicy, especially cinnamon
The smell of the wind just after its rained.

Any key?

Chocolate.
Coffee beans.
sun tan oil and sand.
Christmassy smells like mulled wine and pine trees :):)
Farenheit.........homina homina.amazing.

Mackleton

The smell of freshly brewed espresso
New Books
Saddles, bridles and other horse related leather
Saddle Soap
Smell of a hot and sweaty horse, nothing better!
Petrol
Ground after rain
Christmas tree that has just been put up
Library books
Turf fire, reminds me of nana's house
Channel No.5, reminds me of smelling my mum's neck when I was small
Wet paint
Candle wax
Mulled wine
Honeysuckle
Roses
Talcum powder
Washing drying on the rads in Winter

Clare Bear

Anything coconut. Shampoo, soap etc. It just reminds me of the summer growing up for some reason (think a sun tan lotion I had smelled of coconut) and cheers me up straight away. I love how nice smells can bring you right back.

Will

smell of hospitals, the sorta clean sterile smell.
my dad's aftershave, really old boss one.
Kinder eggs.
new car smell, never had one but sat in a few
really crisp wintery morning, very fresh

metrovelvet

Oh I forgot one goodie - the leather market in Florence.

LadyMayBelle

The smell of freshly cut grass
The small of fresh laundry and even that stifling starchy smell on sheets/shirts
My fave perfume (s)
The small of the pizza counter in Woolworths when I was in Perth...yum
Firelighters
Petrol
The small when you open your suitcase after a sun holiday and you get a mix of suncream and sand smells. If I could create an air-freshener like that I would make a bomb
Cinnamon...reminds me of christmas and starbucks
And sometimes the smell of whisky on breath..obv not some randomers but my boyf..

furiousox

Petrol

Ginny

Jasmine
Honeysuckle
Cut Grass
Wet concrete after a rainfall following a long hot spell
Bay Leaves
Lillies
Fresh Coffee
Fir Trees
Pomegranates
Himself, espec between his shoulder snuggled up at night
Baby Powder
Suncream
The Sea
Walnut oil
Karvol

furiousox

The smell of napalm in the morning.......

liah

I thought I was weird for liking the smell of horse! Glad I'm not alone. Such a soft, sweet, musky/dusty smell. Heaven.

IWishh

My boyfriend's cologne

DubLass

Freshly cut grass
a new baby
and a mans neck

barleybooley

Not an exhaustive list but here goes:

My mom's Opium bu YSL (don't wear it but it reminds me of her)
The smell from our old shed before it was knocked and rebuilt
The smell from my boyfriend's tshirt the day after he was wearing it
Arial washing liquid
Germolene, Tiger Balm and Deep Heat
Lady Gray tea
Wood
Freshly made griddle scones
Most of my perfumes
Almonds
The smell from the bakery that you can get at certain points in the town (yum yum O'Hara's bread)
All citrus fruits
Chloroform
and...
...the smell you get when passing a pub

allandanyways

Himself
Eucalyptus, especially in a sauna
Peppers
Cajun seasoning
My boyfriends house in Donegal (smells like Christmas candles ALL the time, cinammony and mixed spice like)
Chlorine (a weird one, I know)
Anais Anais cos my Nana wears it and it's what her house smells like
Onions/Garlic, especially when thrown onto a hot pan
Freshly chopped parsley
Elizabeth Arden foundation
My little sister's blankies, they smell like baby powder, it's lovely
Aussie shampoo
Christmas trees
A new book
A library book
New clothes smell
Washing powder/bounce sheets
Chicken roasting in the oven
Coal fires
Petrol
Tea leaves (I've been known to smell teabags cos I love the smell of tea)
Flowers, any kind
Brown sugar
My mam's perfume, dunno what it is
Lynx, it makes me sound 15 but I absolutley love the smell of lynx on a guy or when he's just sprayed it on and leaves the room
That smell when people get new wooden floors down, or new wardrobes
Red Bull
Vanilla extract
Coca Cola
and that's all I can think of for now!

banquo

My girlfriend's:

hair
feet
perfumes
clothes
skin
the lot.

furiousox

banquo wrote: »

My girlfriend's:

hair
feet
perfumes
clothes
skin
the lot.

Nice
Always treat your partner as if she's a new girlfriend you're trying to impress.
I've been with the same girl since l was 16 and we still love and (more importantly) like each other.
.....l'm 43

Snowie

smell of chain saw exhaust fumes and freashly felled tree.
smell of of pheasents that have been hung for 3 days.
Shot gun grease.
strawberry bonbons (reminds me of my gran).

pikachucheeks

My perfumes.
Freshly washed clothes.
Mango and other exotic fruit... Mmm.
Roses in my garden at home.

Fago!

Lavender.

Freshly baked bread.

+1 on the mangos Pika.