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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat are some of your favorite aromas?
I'm not talking fragrances you buy in a bottle. Something a little more organic.
For me, I love the smell of citrus, particularly orange and grapefruit.
I also love the smell of gardenias.
Sandalwood.
Certain foods while cooking for sure: garlic and onions together, baked beans, coffee, and brownies.
Campfires.
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)MissMillie
(38,568 posts)always reminds me of Thanksgiving.
redwitch
(14,945 posts)One of my favorites!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,205 posts)lkinwi
(1,477 posts)redwitch
(14,945 posts)Balsam
Hyacinth
My kitty when he comes in from a snowy day
samnsara
(17,625 posts).baking bread...also freesia altho a lot of ppl cant smell them.
MissMillie
(38,568 posts)It's lovely.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)I do not burn it, just take off the lid to smell it every so often. Coffee is a favorite, and detergents of any kind. I love the aisles in the supermarket with the coffee, then the detergents and fabric softners.
elleng
(131,018 posts)Ohiogal
(32,020 posts)Fresh brewed morning coffee
Bread baking
Lavender
The white flowers on my Hosta plants
Rosemary
Dill
I am sure Ill think of more
SWBTATTReg
(22,154 posts)A roaring fireplace or a bonfire...kind of like your campires (campfires?)...
The smell of a barnyard, organic and earthy...
That's all I can think of quickly here...
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
LakeArenal
(28,829 posts)rampartc
(5,427 posts)i hate to tell the wife becaue she would surely use it against me. those roles change over 50 years as well.
LakeArenal
(28,829 posts)rampartc
(5,427 posts)that stuff brings back memories .........
LakeArenal
(28,829 posts)rampartc
(5,427 posts)BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)nt
Sneederbunk
(14,296 posts)MissMillie
(38,568 posts)I'm not a city-gal, but I don't really live in farm country either (though there are a few apple orchards around here). It's possible I have experienced the smell but don't know it.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)along with that... the smell of the cows in winter as I rest my head on her flank during milking memories from long ago!
logosoco
(3,208 posts)and babies! No matter what bath products are used on a baby, they have that underlying smell. I guess it's like that new car smell in a human version!
Also Play-doh. Not sure if that is really organic but it takes me back!
Fresh cut grass!
(I have a very harsh reaction to "perfume" smells, but I do love the ones from these sources!)
MissMillie
(38,568 posts)and laundry that's been dried outside on the clothesline. We use scent-free laundry products, so we love to get that out outdoorsy smell.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)I miss that in the winter! Laundry on the line time coming soon!
bdtrppr6
(796 posts)"Petrichor". One of my favorite smells.
Along with good weed!
logosoco
(3,208 posts)But I always forget it and am not even sure how to say it!
And yes on the weed! Before and during burning!
deek
(3,414 posts),
TEB
(12,863 posts)A good ground bean in French press or percolating and this spray my wife puts on sheets not sure what it is.
MissMillie
(38,568 posts)When I was growing up, my folks had that stove-top percolator. They're hard to find now. I think the stores still carry the electric ones.
I bought electric percolator like 2 years ago to replace our old one
Brother Buzz
(36,449 posts)Roasting coffee bean smell is even better; back in the day, there was an area in San Francisco when the big coffee roasters (Folger's, Hills Brothers, and MJB come to mind) did their business and filled the air with an wonderful aroma as they processed 110,000 tons of beans a year, straight of the boats.
thegoose
(3,115 posts)Sequoias and fall.
bif
(22,729 posts)And baking bread.
LuvLoogie
(7,017 posts)citrus; the ocean when it's cold
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)All great things.....
Oh yeah - vanilla....simple but wonderful...
cachukis
(2,248 posts)Lilacs.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)All that yeasty goodness! Of course, right now I am on a low carb diet and can't have any bread products - but I can dream about them!
zanana1
(6,123 posts)iamateacher
(1,089 posts)Bayberry, pine
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)... I don't smoke myself, but when I first visited NYC I was shocked to smell it on the street, because I was quite clueless back then... My boyfriend told me, "Relax. That just means someone is having a good time." Since then the smell always brings a smile to my face.
Also, I love the smell of the top of my dog's head.
Yes, I'm strange... Lavender give me an immediate headache.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)MissMillie
(38,568 posts).
lark
(23,134 posts)and brownies are my 2 fave scents from the kitchen. Gardenias in the garden are pretty awesome too.
MissMillie
(38,568 posts).
lark
(23,134 posts)Sucha NastyWoman
(2,749 posts)MissMillie
(38,568 posts)was a lemon crème brulee and it was served w/ fresh berries and a shortbread cookie.
WheelWalker
(8,955 posts)Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)Specifically it's the benzene, if I remember organic chemistry
Also, there is a specific sweet smell some rose varieties have which I love
eppur_se_muova
(36,274 posts)Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)Bayard
(22,117 posts)The woods
Little puppy breath
Fresh cut watermelon or cantaloupe
New mown grass
Cut cedar and cedar mulch
vanilla candles
Wood smoke
Stargazer lilies
Jasmine vines
Leather
And of course, baking bread or chocolate cookies
MissMillie
(38,568 posts).
volstork
(5,403 posts)THIS!!
Thank you for making me remember that!
MontanaMama
(23,333 posts)I wouldnt have thought of that but youre so right!
Frankincense. The air after a thunderstorm. The smell of my child when he rolls out of bed...he smells like the lavender on his pillow and the orange shampoo from the night before. Pine trees. My dogs muzzle when we snuggle.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Also ... pretty much any meat, on the smoker ...
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Like fresh baked cinnamon buns.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)Wonder if that still holds...
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)Lunabell
(6,102 posts)My favorite incense.
applegrove
(118,724 posts)her wallet somewhere. Since I spoke French we went back out in the wee hours of the morning to find it, walking by one bakery after another. Bakeries on every block. Mmmmmm it smelt so good.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Lilacs, pine, fallen leaves.
Lake water. The smell of the seashore.
Freshly baked bread, roast chicken, garlic and onions being sauteed, fresh basil and oregano.
Sheets that have been hung outside to dry.
Bantamfancier
(366 posts)on a February morning.
All the ewes freshly shorn and having lambs.
That's a smell everyone should have in their memory.
It's the earthiness of it that I remember.
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)Bayard
(22,117 posts)Blue Owl
(50,448 posts)n/t
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,761 posts)Puppies paws
Coffee in the morn
The cold
Cumin
Bacon frying
Cut grass...both kinds
First turn of soil in spring
Skunk
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)WestMichRad
(1,331 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,801 posts)Flowers: Lavender, lilac, violets. The smell of my house after someone else has cleaned it. Love smelling freshly ground coffee.
bullsnarfle
(254 posts)I love Earl Grey!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,781 posts)Old Spice, baking bread, 100-octane aviation fuel, Stargazer lilies, old books, balm-of-gilead trees.
MissMillie
(38,568 posts).
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Another one of my favorites!
madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)For me, Colorado Rocky Mountain rain.
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TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)Coffee brewing
Vanilla pods
Babies
Cilantro and basil
Spring, when the ground is starting to thaw and you can smell the earth coming to life.
fierywoman
(7,686 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,175 posts)Lilacs - my favorite flower smell, and so fickle, they only last a week.
Lavender is so over-rated
Polly Hennessey
(6,801 posts)but I spray it on my pillows at night, smells soothing. I then curl up with a Cozy Mystery and sweet dreams and sleep 😴. Actually, look forward to bed.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,175 posts)each to their own
sueh
(1,826 posts)Years ago I had lilac bushes outside under my bedroom window. I opened the windows while the lilacs were in bloom... their scent was heavenly.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And it is so short lived. I love lilacs more than anything!
Sanity Claws
(21,850 posts)I would put that no.1 on my list.
petronius
(26,602 posts)bariloche
(29 posts)how dry, parched earth smells when the first summer rain falls........
sarge43
(28,941 posts)pine trees and soil right after a rain shower, wood smoke in the winter.
Baking bread, bacon, simmering cranberry sauce, roasting chicken, fried potatoes and onions.
The honey scent that comes off the bee hives on a warm day.
Sun dried bed linen right off the line.
Hubby right after he showers.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)of home. All the scents of the garden. Fresh herbs as well. We had wild berries growing all around our property and they were heavenly in the middle of the summer when you could smell them at their ripest. I still feel like I can smell all the vegetables in our garden. I had no idea how spoiled we were until I grew up and moved to a city.
A farmer's market is nice, but it's nothing compared to having a huge garden in your own back yard.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)happybird
(4,611 posts)The woods at my parents' house are full of wild blackberry bushes. When they bloom in the spring the scent on the breeze is delightful.
elias7
(4,016 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)to get to my girlfriends' house. The smell of the orange blossoms is probably still my favorite scent in the world because I knew it meant I would soon be with her.
It's all subdivisions now but we are still together. I hate the bastards that bought and built stupid little stucco houses all over my going to girlfriends' smell.
MissMillie
(38,568 posts)Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes
Little boxes
Little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)Gasoline
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,205 posts)LisaM
(27,816 posts)Peppermint if I'm exercising or in a steam room.
Basil.
Mint.
Lilies of the Valley.
Shalimar perfume.
Roses.
Freesia.
Cooking smells: onions, cinnamon, oatmeal cookies, spice cake, spaghetti sauce, Thanksgiving, apple pie.
dawnie51
(959 posts)all the citrus, most roses, puppy breath... .
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)Rebl2
(13,533 posts)Coffee when its brewing (oddly cant stand the taste), cinnamon, roses, rosemary, sage, and so much more!
world wide wally
(21,749 posts)And the ocean
Dem2theMax
(9,652 posts)is the smell of dried pine needles laying on the ground, being warmed by the Sun. There is nothing better.
I've done a lot of camping in my life, and the smell of those pine needles takes me back to a million fantastic memories.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)Laundry off the line, a new baby's head and a Basset's ear. To make just a few.
Amsterdammer
(130 posts)Eerste van der Helststraat 70
1072 NZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
Capt. America
(2,478 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,598 posts)Also, jasmine blossoms. The aroma when I drive past Sonny's BBQ, always makes me hungry. Coffee. The ocean.
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,614 posts)JudyM
(29,251 posts)hunter
(38,321 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Iggo
(47,561 posts)I haven't partaken in a couple of decades, but every time i see a bag, I stick my nose in for a long drag.
God, I love that smell.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Certain roses. Rosemary, lavender, garam masala, Concord grapes, Autumn.
Malikshah
(4,818 posts)Baked bread
Rich coffee
Egyptian Musk
volstork
(5,403 posts)Mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves (we made oatmeal cookies that had this mixture when I was little, and my mom let me sift this mixture into the flour; that memory is probably why I love it so much.)
Eucalyptus
Burning leaves
Rain after a dry spell
The forest floor in fall
Evergreen at Christmas
Baking cake
C_U_L8R
(45,012 posts)And any kind of Pine.
MontanaMama
(23,333 posts)Its in my diffuser right at this moment. Heaven.
badhair77
(4,218 posts)The fresh cut pine branches for my Xmas decorations
Vanilla
A friend gave us a whiskey cake cut into bite size pieces in a tin. The cake was gone months ago but I still open that tin and the smell of bourbon is fabulous.
ornotna
(10,804 posts)Rose, pine, tobacco
klook
(12,160 posts)The unheralded gateway drug for many in my generation. We took many a pop quiz under the influence of The Purple Perfume.
happybird
(4,611 posts)Those suckers smelled nice.
klook
(12,160 posts)Probably killed a few hundred brain cells with each whiff, but what a lovely aroma!
creeksneakers2
(7,473 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,356 posts)Huge clouds of burnt brimstone?
No thanks.
creeksneakers2
(7,473 posts)TrogL
(32,822 posts)I can sort of pick up campfire smoke but I cant distinguish it from forest fire (which Ive been in) or house burning down.
deek
(3,414 posts)My grandfather was a craftsman.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)cilantro
a roast browning on the stove with onions
turkey roasting in the oven
bacon
wisteria
lavender
... to name a few.
lastlib
(23,257 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,274 posts)I think only a few people in the world have ever smelled that particular compound.
o-Dichlorobenzene smells great, but toxic.
JudyM
(29,251 posts)brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)And lilac.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,983 posts)i would live in a cedar chest if i could.
amywalk
(254 posts)my list. Garlic and onion frying in a pan. AuGratin potatoes are another dish I love to smell in the oven. Lasagna, but I guess thats the onions and garlic again. Thanks for posting gardenias. I remember that amazing smell from my childhood along with blackberry cobbler from my grandmothers kitchen and fresh laundry that has been hung outside to dry on a clothesline. Scent memories are strong.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)And faint whiffs of cannabis in public.
Hotler
(11,432 posts)when warming up the race bike for first practice. Castor oil and race fuel.
And of course many of the aromas already mentioned.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,356 posts)Somebody had to say it.
benld74
(9,908 posts)dem in texas
(2,674 posts)Dark fired tobacco is used to make snuff and chewing tobacco. After harvesting, it is hung tall, narrow tobacco barns and smoked with heat, this is calling firing. This type of tobacco is grown in Western Tennessee and Western Kentucky.
I used to live near Murray, Kentucky and always looked forward to Autumn to smell the tobacco firing. As you drive down the country roads, you get a whiff of the smell of the tobacco being fired, it smells like tobacco, barbecue and bacon all combined. Nothing like it.
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yellowdogintexas
(22,270 posts)I truly hate all tobacco products when they are being used. However, a dark fired tobacco barn is like nothing else. It is the scent of home in late summer and early fall. The barns leak smoke and it is just divine. The fire is a smoulder of aromatic sawdust: cherry, oak, walnut, apple, pecan and others. I used to love going into the barn on a cold October day when I was a kid.
really good coffee, cinnamon, chocolate especially when baking it. Corn bread hot from the oven. Any kind of yeast bread
narcissus, hyacinth, basil, onion/garlic browning in butter, peach cobbler, Je Rivien perfume(impossible to find these days)
Another vote for fresh mown alfalfa (old farm girl here) New car, the air right after a fresh rain, and when there is fresh snow on the ground.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)It's hard to find the fragrance of lemon in things. Everything is just generic citrus these days. But I love the scent of lemon...real lemons, lemon oil essence, lemon air freshener.
Vanilla in the winter.
Cinnamon.
Roses.
flying_wahini
(6,626 posts)But if you ever smelled it you know what I mean. Takes me back....
Tikki
(14,559 posts)It is strong, smells like it works and I like the smell.
Tikki
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)Danmel
(4,918 posts)And lilacs.
bluestarone
(17,002 posts)MMmmm!
TygrBright
(20,763 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)clothesline in the sun.
I used to like campfires until I had a neighbor who burned them almost every frikkin night 10 ft away from my windows - for hours on end. Basically, wood smoke is particulate matter and its not healthy to be breathing a lot of it. Esp if like my neighbor they are burning treated wood and plastic junk and spewing other chemicals in the air. With some people too, it can be risky to ask them to stop doing something, cos then they REEALLLY start doing it even more, just to prove that they can. This was that type of person.
So .... hope you keep your campfires to yourself, OP!
catbyte
(34,413 posts)Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)a year ago exactly.... never did identify although I thought it might have to do with the live oaks ...??? They do flower this time of year - the green tassely things. Or might it have been Spanish moss? That apparently does have a fragrance.
Any ideas?
Places all have a smell but then you get used to it and dont notice.
Sage throughout the west.
I remember gettting off the plane in Fairbanks AK - the one and only time Ive been to AK. The incredibly fresh smell that hit me when I got off the plane - it was just amazing and wonderful - reminiscent of snow, ice cold wild rushing Alaskan rivers, vast pine forests....
By the next day, Id gotten used to it. Then returning to hot, humid midwestern US in July- Getting off the plane it was the opposite experience - got hit with moldy, funky lake smell with definite overtones of CAR EXHAUST. YUCK. Almost made me cry.
Danascot
(4,690 posts)For reasons that aren't important I had a carry-on filled with roasted coffee and oranges. At the time, some baggage was hand inspected. I was asked to open my bag and when I did, the scents wafted out and the whole line around me went, "Aaaaahhhhhhh....."
Ahpook
(2,750 posts)Flowers, spices for food and anything else that came back in a rush of goodness.
It is precisely what helped me to not smoke cigarettes again. Smelling certain aroma from years past was almost hallucinatory.
Tasting food again turned me into a culinary nut
NRaleighLiberal
(60,016 posts)the magical day when our Miss Kim lilac opens and perfumes our entire yard.
The smell of Kenya coffee the first time I open the container the morning after I open it up.
A cup of steaming chai.
The smell of a high quality dark chocolate bar, like Scharffenberger, upon opening.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Niagara
(7,638 posts)Freshly ground Arabic coffee
Barbecue
Bob's Sweet stripes/ Red Bird peppermint puffs
Campfires
Cassette tapes- As a teenager, I remember getting new cassette tapes and smelling them.
Jovan Musk
Lilacs
Pumpkin (including candles)
Roasted Marshmallows
Vanilla (including candles)
Zippo Lighters
akraven
(1,975 posts)In winter, spruce.
Paladin
(28,267 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,018 posts)or whatever causes that fresh smell.
panader0
(25,816 posts)And gardenias. And that other stuff too.
I stopped smoking after 50 years about 8 months ago.
My smeller is working better these days.
proud patriot
(100,713 posts)Plumeria in the sun ,, the ocean
Baking bread ,, and weed if Idon't have any
randr
(12,412 posts)The aroma actually woke me up in the middle of the night.
Also grape fruit trees in bloom.