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Smells you love

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  • #52
    swapple
    Registered Users Posts: 741 ✭✭✭swapple


    the smell of candles/ matches after you blow them out

    ginger and lemon (usually in a body cream or shower gel)

    baked potatoes with butter melting on them, or ham cooking mmmm :cool:


  • #53
    Bonkers_xOx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Bonkers_xOx


    The hairdressers.
    My pillows.
    Fabric Softener.
    My cat.
    Armani's "Diamonds" perfume.
    Horse poo. I know it's weird but I used to live beside a stables so it reminds me of my childhood.


  • #54
    swapple
    Registered Users Posts: 741 ✭✭✭swapple


    oh and the smell of the inside of my bike helmet :rolleyes:


  • #55
    wee lass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭wee lass


    pva glue
    pritt stick
    art materials!!
    cinaminn
    the market
    vegan food
    vinegar
    cut grass
    sudacream
    sun cream
    tooth paste
    the smell of must - that sort of earthy smell
    &
    camomile tea!


  • #56
    Tchaikovsky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭Tchaikovsky


    -Cut grass (summer's here!)
    -Petrol
    -Inside of old books (apparently that smell can also be a hallucinagen!)
    -Disinfectant (reminds me of visiting my mam in the hospital when she had my brother and sisters)
    -Subway (I think it's from the bread)
    -Old pubs (specifically, when you enter; that smell of stout, old wood and tobacco.. in the old days)
    -the frozen food aisle (when I worked in Dunnes Stores, the pizza section.. mmm)


  • #57
    milly4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 542 ✭✭✭milly4ever


    Tchaikovsky wrote: »
    -Cut grass (summer's here!)

    -the frozen food aisle (when I worked in Dunnes Stores, the pizza section.. mmm)

    i thought i was the only one! ;)


  • #58
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Herself, right behind her ear lobe
    Coffee beans
    Cut grass
    Piña coladas
    After Eights
    The usual from the local Indian


  • #59
    Jay P
    Registered Users Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭Jay P


    Sudocream.
    Johnsons baby shampoo.
    New books.
    Orange and chocolate.
    Coffee beans.


  • #60
    Tchaikovsky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭Tchaikovsky


    milly4ever wrote: »
    i thought i was the only one! ;)
    A fellow frozen-food-aisle-smell fan, huzzah! :D


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  • #61
    Tchaikovsky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭Tchaikovsky


    Oh, I must include sun cream aswell; it's great living in a land of pale blue people, haha!


  • #62
    congo_90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭congo_90


    Vanilla
    Lavender
    Fresh cut grass on a petrol mower
    Mojito (if made proper. Not the bottled crap).
    New car smell or smell of car after I give it a good scrub!
    My aftershave

    All the above are nice to me :)


  • #63
    Asphyxia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,740 ✭✭✭Asphyxia


    1. Estee Lauder - Beautiful.
    2. Freshly cut grass.
    3. Petrol.
    4. My fella after he applies aftershave (Christian Lacroix).:p
    5. Lavender scented candles.
    6. New books.:D
    7. Cocktails


  • #64
    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    My perfume 'Inis' cheap and cheerful but it's so fresh, I've been wearing it since I was 15 and I love it, it keeps me in good form all day :D


  • #65
    Mute
    Closed Accounts Posts: 181 ✭✭Mute


    Spring Evening Rain

    Dry Cleaners

    Ovulation


  • #66
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Smell of the interior of a brand new car.
    Smell after a motorcycle burn out
    Two Stroke veggi oil used in race bikes. :)
    Fresh petrol
    Diesel motor just after being cranked up.


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  • #67
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Mute wrote: »

    Dry Cleaners
    :pac:

    Yes! I'd kind of like to live/own a dry cleaners.


  • #68
    milly4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 542 ✭✭✭milly4ever


    shoe polish


  • #69
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Freshly laid tarmac. mmmm.

    And anything citrusy.


  • #70
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,256 ✭✭✭Elessar


    Books. Specifically any easons store.


  • #71
    Aurora Borealis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 939 ✭✭✭Aurora Borealis


    Books yes but more specifically A4 sized maths or science books. YUM!!
    I used to sniff my new school books from leaving the shop in early August til the 1st of September. My birthday's on the 2nd so unfortunately I got distracted then. My username could be Einstein otherwise.


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  • #72
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,256 ✭✭✭Elessar


    Oh I forgot, firelighters! And the detergent aisle in the local supermarket. All the lovely Comfort freshness...

    I used to work stacking such an aisle and it was heaven :D


  • #73
    Appleblossom42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭Appleblossom42


    Chimney smoke
    tar
    firelighters
    sulpher after a lit match
    an open fire
    the smell after a massive downpour
    old pubs
    tobacco when smoked through a pipe
    hot popcorn
    cut grass
    suncream
    chips at the beach
    The strong smell of vineger when you open a bag of chips
    fresh baked bread
    Indian curries
    Old Spice and Brute aftershave(childhood thing)
    sea air.:D
    Beautiful by Estee Lauder
    Dioressence by Christian Dior
    Eau Dynamisante by Clarins


  • #74
    Anna Molly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Anna Molly


    lostdesign wrote: »
    freshly cut grass of course...

    And petrol!

    Lush have a new shower gel, aptly called Grass, and guess what? It smells like grass :) It's also got stuff in that's mood uplifting. I love it!
    It makes me feel fresh as a daisy! :)

    I love the smell of Lush, full stop. That place owns my heart! <3
    The smell of home.
    Woodchips and
    Hugo Boss after shave, oh
    and the ultimate...FIERCE by A&F!
    it makes me want to do dirrrrty things


  • #75
    MJOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭MJOR


    Oranges

    Lavender

    Lemons

    Allure by Chanel (reminds me of my weeding day)

    Coco Madamoiselle ( reminds me if our first date)

    My Husband

    Bold Lavender and Camomile

    Apple Blossom perfume- my mom used to wear this and ysatis by Givenchy.

    Woodspice from M and S my dear old Dad used to wear this.

    I do believe the perfume shop in Blanch may be able to help you blush ;)


  • #76
    Hunchback
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭Hunchback


    nail varnish remover... it smells like pear drops taste :)


  • #77
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    firelighters, smoking timber, cut grass, nail polish remover, sex, turtle wax metallic car wax, success


  • #78
    Jennyfer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭Jennyfer


    When Ive just boiled a pot of spuds, drained off the water - lash on the white pepper and inhale....mmmmm, nicest smell in the world! Im 6 years old again in our little caravan in Wexford and not a care in the world!

    I also love the smell of cinnamon, my pillow and my sons head, everytime I kiss him I inhale and I wish I could bottle his smell :) Its like strawberry shortcake..


  • #79
    Tzetze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Tzetze


    A fresh bag of potent marijuana. *SNIFFFFFFFFFFFFF*
    Kippers!
    Bread in the oven.
    Silage.


  • #80
    Barna77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,272 ✭✭✭Barna77


    Petrol
    Freshly cut grass, or wet grass
    Interior of a new car
    Fresh baked bread


  • #81
    Nulty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,838 ✭✭✭Nulty


    The smell of success


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  • #82
    steph1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭steph1


    Only one poster mentioned it so far and thats the smell of piped tobacco. I had two uncles who smoked pipes and I used to love to see them and smell the tobacco it was heaven.


  • #83
    buttercupbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 146 ✭✭buttercupbee


    Lemon oil burning in my erm, oil burner...:) (lemony face!) :) - another one!


  • #84
    GirlOfGlass
    Registered Users Posts: 550 ✭✭✭GirlOfGlass


    Anything vanilla scented.


  • #85
    Blinking_Badger
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭Blinking_Badger


    Rashers, garlic, basil, rosemary, mushrooms cooking in heated butter, lemon, forests, the sea, mint, barbeques.


  • #86
    CorsetIsTight
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭CorsetIsTight


    New-born babies.
    Fresh cut grass.
    Roses - the old fashioned kind.
    Elements Aqua by Hugo Boss.
    Mitsouko by Guerlain.
    Lapsang Souchong tea.
    Calm summer nights after rain.
    The sea, and the smell of skin after a swim in it.
    Beeswax candles.
    Baking bread and cake.
    Books.
    Bitumen.
    Cardamom.
    Leather.
    Cedar wood.
    Horses.
    Lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit.
    Two of the right kind of pebbles knocked against one another.
    Fountain pen ink.
    Ironing freshly laundered natural fabrics - cotton, linen and silk.
    Freshly sharpened pencil.
    Nail varnish remover.
    Sun-warmed cat.


    What a great thread...:D


  • #87
    Anna Molly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Anna Molly


    The sea :)
    Or when the water in the liffey is low, and you can kinda get the smell of sea from there.... <3

    The smell and sound of Starbucks at Christmas! It's the best atmosphere ever!


  • #88
    fergpie
    Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭fergpie


    love the smell of fresh TAR being laid on a road..... ohh yeah! :D


  • #89
    messrs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭messrs


    fresh cut grass
    walking by a bakery as they are making bread
    love the smell in superquinn!
    clothes coming out of washing machine after using comfort
    love the smell of that new sure deortant for men - the sports one


  • #90
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Hope cooked Apple tart. Always reminds me of my Gran :)


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  • #91
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    Clean sheets - nothing nicer than getting in to a bed with clean sheets and duvet cover and you've used nice smelling fabric softener. Lovely!


  • #92
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Ooh yeah, agreed. Also, my hair when it's freshly washed. And coffee, garlic and hops.


  • #93
    Dude111
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭Dude111


    I love the smell of Petrol alot!! (I thought i was in the minority but i see alot of people on this thread who like it :))

    It did smell BETTER though before they changed it last year (They changed the formula of it here in the states)


  • #94
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Smell of an angle grinder and old man smoking a pipe


  • #95
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    <snip>


  • #96
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    I love the smell when your cat comes in after being outside and you smell his fur. It smells like fresh air!


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  • #97
    Dull and Boring
    Registered Users Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭Dull and Boring


    The smell of freshly baked cookies:)


  • #98
    star-pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,429 ✭✭✭✭star-pants


    Baking

    Clean sheets / clothes / hair

    Bfs zippie that you've stolen

    Bf lol

    Freshly cut grass

    Jasmine flowers - just gorgeous
    Lilac

    New baby

    Clean doggies!


  • #99
    jokettle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,419 ✭✭✭✭jokettle


    I used to henna my hair, it smelled great once it had all washed out!

    I bought a new deodorant the other day, it smells the same as one I had years ago....so I guess nostalgic smells are gorgeous :)

    *I didn't sniff deodorant or anything, no matter how odd the above comment might seem! :o


  • #100
    C_Dawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 431 ✭✭C_Dawg


    Pipe smoke


  • #101
    Novella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    The smell after rain.
    Daddy-o shampoo from Lush.
    Those Bounce dryer sheets.


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