Smells you like

johndaman66

To go alongside the sounds you like thread Ive decided to start a smells you like thread and see where it might go. I'll kick off by mentioning a few of mine in no particular order.

The smell of a fry up, especially in the morning and more especially after a feed of drink the night before. I'm sure that even the most hardline of vegetarians will admit to liking that smell:)

The smell of concrete inside a newly built house, before any tiling, plastering etc.

The smell of new carpet. The smell you might be inclined to find inside a bedroom of a brand new or refurbished hotel, seen as virtually nobody uses carpet in their houses anymore.

The smell of petrol fumes, paraffin, and the smell you get outside a house when there is a coal fire on inside....that perhaps being my most favourite smell of all.

The smell you might get from a new electrial appliance such as a laptop. Unsure if this is the smell of ABS plastic or something thats used to clean the finished product but it wears off in time.

Freshly cut grass and freshly laundered cotton.

Coconut smell/ taste, coconut airfreshner, bounty bars, actual coconuts, you name it love em to bits...

keithsfleet

Personally, and I know no one else loves it, the smell I leave in the jacks on a Saturday or Sunday morning.

To me it's like Roses.

MadsL

Teen spirit...

Digs

Babies smell flippin delicious!

Also if my dog and cat have been outside on a cold day the back of their necks smell lovely and outdoorsy. Hard one to explain...

Also the biscuit smell they pipe into marks and spencers. Nom.

Oh and firelighters.

Ilik Urgee

I love the smell of Napalm in the morning

Dick Turnip

keithsfleet wrote: »

Personally, and I know no one else loves it, the smell I leave in the jacks on a Saturday or Sunday morning.

To me it's like Roses.

Reminds me of a favourite saying of mine:
"Kids are like farts - you can only stand your own"

Ruudi_Mentari

The smells of silence.

orestes

Books, especially in old bookshops.

MeIsGod

love the smell of petrol & fire lighters (not together)

Pilotdude5

Freshly cut grass!

In primary school we used to have "Grass wars" in spring when the caretaker mowed the field. We could build mini forts and walls and throw clumps of grass at each other!

The 90's were great!

Ruudi_Mentari

How many guys here prefer the smell of their missus' drawers...

come on now, own up - kiss and tell; scratch and sniff.

herisson

Petrol, fire lighters, grass and new book smell.

not yet

FARTS......MY own of course.

Kichote

2 stroke fumes and freshly cut wood. Cedar smells lovely

Used shotgun cartridge

Coolant emulsion

Putty, evo stik wood glue, pritt stick

Fart

Eathrin

Fresh bread

Gee_G

The smell of someone smoking a pipe and cigars!

EoghanIRL

My own fart

r3nu4l

The smell of:

New books
Old books
Freshly baked bread

and...

that smell of 'earth' in the air after a spring rain shower.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Incense

wexie

ehm....I find the smell of baby puke strangely comforting

clean wet dog

a good wood fire

decent scotch (something nice and peaty)

baaaaaaaaaaacooooooooooonnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!

spankysue

Weed

Jacks Smirking Revenge

Tipp-Ex
Paint Thinner
.....I may have a problem...

wexie

oh,oh,oh

forgot BBQ (none of this gas nonsense either)

sorsha

-sleeping warm dog

-ocean

-books

-linens hanging out on wind and sun

-frying onion

-good perfume!!!!!!!!!

foggy_lad

Rice pudding in a bowl with a big blob of jam melting in the middle,
Sherry.

Sergeant

Lamb Rogan Josh
Chips with vinegar.
Rashers cooking.
Chanel No. 5.
Bookies money.

mackg

Our shed at home in Kerry. Very distinct smell, think it's a mix of nearly empty paint cans, coal and other stuff.

Fecky the Ninth

Tarmac and the plastic cover on copper wire burning. Shíts so cash yo!

RealExpert

weird I know but I love the smell of gun powder

Gillo

Black Pepper, something ball grabbingly refreshing about it.

CorsetIsTight

Strike a match, blow it out. That.

0ph0rce0

Fanny, Its an acquired smell, but i love it

Super-Rush

The fresh clean smell you get at about 6am on a summer morning.

IQDENIED

Kichote wrote: »

2 stroke fumes and freshly cut wood. Cedar smells lovely

Used shotgun cartridge

Coolant emulsion

Putty, evo stik wood glue, pritt stick

+1


surprised noone mentioned coffee yet..

3 pages to get to smell of fanny? :eek:

Equium

r3nu4l wrote: »

The smell of:


that smell of 'earth' in the air after a spring rain shower.

I think it's known as petrichor. The smell is all the more beautiful if you happen to be in a forest at the time.

LizT

-Petrol

-Sea breeze

- Freshly washed clothes

- Freshly cut grass

JayzuzHowiye

Fanny.

nocoverart

+1 on freshly cut grass. Speaking of grass, the smell of weed. The smell of a Chicken Curry... YUM!

Super-Rush

Roast chicken.

Frying bacon.

Polish.

Fresh hay.

brummytom

Newly-cut grass
Petrol
Pritt Stick
The Sea/Seaside
Weed
Bakewell Tart/Disaranno

joetoad

My crotch rot

P.Walnuts

The box of mint tic-tacs just after you've finished them.

Far better than the actual mints

123 LC

the smell of fresh air in the countryside.

Jimoslimos

The smell when a candle is extinguished.

Amprodude

Silage
Homemade soup
Varnish
Timber
Toilet duck
Women's perfume

Smidge

The smell of fat black marker pens you used to get years ago.
They don't smell as strongly anymore:(

Ruudi_Mentari

IQDENIED wrote: »

3 pages to get to smell of fanny? :eek:

the smell of damp undergrowth has bn acknowledged.

CollardGreens

patchouli oil, love it!

Shenshen

Ok, my all-time favourite smell is a little hard to describe, and unfortunately I haven't yet come across is in Ireland.
It's the smell you get when you had a really long, hot sunny summer's day (30 to 35 degrees), very stifling, and towards evening the air is cooling just that little bit with a thunderstorm brewing.
When the wind picks up and the first few really big, heavy drops hit the hot asphalt and dust on the road....
That smell is indescribably beautiful to me.

On the more normal side, I love the smell of Indian spices, I adore the smell of cinnamon and of hyacinths.

Where perfumes are concerned I prefer the spicy/oriental ones, anything with frankincense, amber, patchouli... as long as there is no smell of orchids. I really hate that particular one.

Digs

Super-Rush wrote: »

Roast chicken.

Frying bacon.

Polish.

Fresh hay.

I read polish as in the race of people and was wondering what on earth they smell like?!! Then I realised.... DEEEERP!