Smells like teen spirit

LadyJ

Hey all!
I couldn't sleep last night and I got to thinking about smells....
Anyway,as we all probably know,a smell is the most powerful memory trigger.
Sometimes I can even manifest a smell in my mind and smell it even though it's not really there,just by thinking about what I associate it with.

For example,every time I smell any kind of lynx I'm suddenly watching my ex getting ready to go out. Or when I smell cold denim it reminds me of being about 4 and hugging my mom at the door,just after she'd come home from work.

Anyway,that's all a bit soppy I suppose but I just wondered what smells remind you of certain people or transport you back to a signifigant or even insignifigant point in your life?

Draupnir

smell of fresh paint and wallpaper always reminds me of xmas. thats about it.

PullMyFinger!

Certain aftershaves remind me of certain travels and times in my life if I switch back to using them. Certain perfumes remind me of past GF's but not in a bad way (except one, maybe). Smell is the one sense that can change our moods in a huge way I think.

The Bollox

if I smell sh1t I remember being on the bog... probably because that is where I am to smell it

LadyJ

It's funny,I can actually smell my first kiss.
Dunno what the smell is but it comes to me every now and again!

tovalee

it's funny how even bad smells can bring up good memories. The smell of fumes from wood stain and varnish give me a headache, but they remind me of hanging around my father's woodworking shop when i was little.

*Angel*

Well perfumes are the strongest reminder for me, but whenever I smell fresh baked cakes or stuff it reminds me of pancake day (I luv pancakes).

LadyJ

LadyJ wrote:

It's funny,I can actually smell my first kiss.
Dunno what the smell is but it comes to me every now and again!

what does a first kiss smell like?

LadyJ

Deleted User wrote:

what does a first kiss smell like?

Dunno tbh! It just smells like a kiss to me!
Probably a 10 year old boy's breath! :rolleyes:

qz

I get this weird smell sometimes, and it reminds me of whenever I go to Canada! Can't for the life of me explain what the smell smells like, only that sometimes it's there and sometimes it isn't.
Also, whenever I smell money (notes) or that Calvin Klein aftrershave that was being given out on Grafton St. eons ago, it brings me back to when I used to spraypaint.

Weird, I know.

netwhizkid

I also can remember my first kiss ala snog by smell, the smell of fanta as it was a fanta bottle we used for our tweeny game of "spin the bottle" :rolleyes: ah primary school the chaos we used to cause !!

Regards netwhizkid

Mmm cut grass smell...smells like...summer...

*adele*

lynx touch always reminds me of this guy i liked durin the summer

Tar.Aldarion

mm petrol smells like fun

uberwolf

when I was about two I was out for a walk near where we lived (presumably under supervision but I cann't remember it) I approached this guy who was putting a window in/up and he gave me some putty to play with. Then he showed me how to put a window in.

Ever since whenever I smell putty (or linseed) it comes flooding back. The smell is the only real memory. I'm not sure if the imagery I have is concocted or real. But the smell...

Paligulus

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

mm petrol smells like fun

Brilliant!!!

Tastes like happy too...

silly

LadyJ wrote:

For example,every time I smell any kind of lynx I'm suddenly watching my ex getting ready to go out.

me too, but tbh it also gives me a very sick feeling in the stomach

LadyJ

silly wrote:

me too, but tbh it also gives me a very sick feeling in the stomach

That'll be the butterflies!

Sleepy

Perfumes would definitely remind me of some women I'm close to. the smell of a fresh baked apple tart reminds me of my Mum cooking in the kitchen when I was a small kid.

Can't say that I have the ability to bring a smell to mind at any time though...

Dave

Sometimes I get this smell on warm summer days that reminds me of when I was in America as a child.

Certain smells remind me of certain girls from years ago, a wave of memories come flooding back with just one whiff which is weird.

Sleepy

Lynx reminds me of the changing rooms in the school I went to.

LadyJ

Brown bread reminds me of my granny.

scribs

The smell of Redbull
no matter where i am when i smell it - it transports me back to nites out when i was locked of me tree on Vodka and Redbull.

wayfarer

the smell of cabbage reminds me of when I lost my virginity!

qz

wayfarer wrote:

the smell of cabbage reminds me of when I lost my virginity!

I would not like to be you. Or your significant other for that matter.

Kernel

Funny how a lot of girls responded to this one. Being chicks, your sense of smell is much greater than a male's, and you are programmed to act on scents rather than sense. QED.

LadyJ

Kernel wrote:

Funny how a lot of girls responded to this one. Being chicks, your sense of smell is much greater than a male's, and you are programmed to act on scents rather than sense. QED.

Smells like you're a funny guy! :rolleyes:

Kernel

LadyJ wrote:

Smells like you're a funny guy! :rolleyes:

hahahaha... yes... yes I am.

:cool:

Nidge

Draupnir wrote:

smell of fresh paint and wallpaper always reminds me of xmas. thats about it.

surely the smell of a christmas tree would equally remind you of christmas?

dundealgan

Smell of Joop for men always reminds me of my boyfriend.... and whenever i smell it, no matter where i am, i always turn around expecting him to be there, and still get disappointed when he isn't.... weird!!

The Bollox

actually whenever I smell Lynx Africa, the original, not the dry one, I am reminded of the dorms I was in for a scouts trip one weekend, it was in Dublin, Larch Hill, I think that was what it was called

LadyJ

Ha,you mean Lark Hill?

JimboPope

The smell of fish always reminds me of me buuurddd.

The Bollox

maybe that was it, not bad, I remember the name (phonetically) after atleast 10 years

DAEDULUS

the smell of fish reminds me of....

azezil

Aftershock, reminds me of puking a lot, the one and only time i tried it (i tried it a lot that night)

DAEDULUS

DAEDULUS wrote:

the smell of fish reminds me of....

Ducks?

funky penguin

Smell of my farts remind me of the previous nights dinner.

lacuna

LadyJ wrote:

Ha,you mean Lark Hill?

No no, he was right actually. It's Larch Hill. Up in the Dublin/Wicklow mountains. Used to go up there when I was a kid. Deadly place!

My mom has a very distinct perfumy/make-up smell that's on all her clothes too. Reminds me of when she used to hug me when I was young. (Not that she doesn't occasionally do it now. Just triggers memories of my youth.)

The smell of the sea always reminds me of going sailing with my dad as a kid. I like that one.

LadyJ

lacuna wrote:

The smell of the sea always reminds me of going sailing with my dad as a kid. I like that one.

Oh lacuna! :rolleyes: So many cracks I feel I should make!
We'll talk tomorrow!

The Bollox

lacuna wrote:

No no, he was right actually. It's Larch Hill. Up in the Dublin/Wicklow mountains. Used to go up there when I was a kid. Deadly place!

My mom has a very distinct perfumy/make-up smell that's on all her clothes too. Reminds me of when she used to hug me when I was young. (Not that she doesn't occasionally do it now. Just triggers memories of my youth.)

The smell of the sea always reminds me of going sailing with my dad as a kid. I like that one.

w00t yeah! I actually remembered the spelling too after over 10 years! ROCK ON!

PullMyFinger!

Freshly cut grass always reminds me of mis-spent summers

Le Rack

Shock Waves hard hold gel - my friend and the first time I was with him
old pipe tabaccoo, leather and some shampoo - my previous ex
hand soap and shower gel and something I can never place - my recent ex