Best smells in the world

[TallahasseeGrannie]

I was just handed a six-month old girl with a very bald head who had been in the sun for a few happy moments. I put my nose in what hair she has and there isn't any better smell in the world than a warm, clean child who has been in the sunshine. It is 80 here today and my DH built a swing set for her and her two year old brother. I can't catch him to smell his hair!

anybody got any others?

[Cannikin]

1. Coffee brewing in the morning

[TallahasseeGrannie]

2. Oh, for sure.

And I'm partial to bacon, as well.

[emmajane67]

81. Fresh ground coffee. n/t

[maveric]

3. Napalm in the Morning!

Smells like....Victory!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

7. LOL

but maybe I shouldn't laugh. What DOES it smell like, anyway? gasoline? I have no idea. I've lived a blessed life in that regard, I guess.

[Deja Q]

4. My new cologne...

:)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. Share??

[Deja Q]

11. Well, it's a bit of a distance and the canister's propellant won't go far,

Drakkar Noir



There's an Designer Imposters product called 'New York Heights' too. :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

32. My dad ABUSES that stuff!

:rofl::rofl:

[Deja Q]

38. EWWWWWWWW! Will it file a lawsuit?

:wow:

[laheina]

118. That is one of my favorite man smells. :) nt

[Deja Q]

130. I've got more than one!

:7

:rofl:

[Flaxbee]

146. a friend of mine was wearing that cologne and when I asked him

what it was, I thought he said "Carnivore". Lol. He smelled great, though.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Bakery aromas in the morning

Ahhh

[TallahasseeGrannie]

9. oh yessssss

[amitten]

6. Honeysuckle at dusk in summer.

Gut-wrenchingly lovely.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

10. mmmmm

and down here we have that and two very fragrant cousins: confederate jasmine and tea olive. They just hit you sometimes. Just for a few second.

[Patiod]

39. The true smell of June

so evocative

[Dukkha]

12. my new girlfriend

Especially when she leaves her scent on my bed sheets. It makes me miss her even more. So even better is when she's there and I sleep very soundly with the comfort of her smell & touch next to me. :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

my cat first noticed it too and was intensely sniffing my hand for a while when I was online one day.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

50. Love in spring

it doesn't get any better than that.

[billyskank]

13. Cumin seeds frying

:)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

51. That's a new one for me.

For some reason cumin makes me sneeze!

[leftofthedial]

109. that is good

I always toast comino seeds before adding them to green chili or whatever.

[Sanity Claws]

14. Lilac trees on a spring morning

They bloom here around May. I wished they lasted longer.
All the above talk about plants in other parts of the country reminded me of the lilacs that I love.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

41. My grandmother had one in her front yard.

Everytime I smell them, I think of the times we spent playing in her yard. She had the BEST yard!
Duckie

[davsand]

49. Lilacs are my favorites too.

I was looking over the response--planning to put up Lilacs as an answer--but I see you already have.

When I was a kid we'd pick large bouquets of Lilacs every spring and bring them in the house. For a very short time our house smelled like what I imagined heaven must.

My parents have a lilac bush there at the farm that came from a start from the lilacs that grew on the farm where my Dad was a boy. When we bought our house I asked my Dad for a start off that bush for my yard.

The U of Wisconsin Arboretum is a great place to be for Lilac lovers right around Memorial Day. The Lilacs are in bloom around that time. I bet they have about forty different varieties of lilacs there...


Laura

[TallahasseeGrannie]

52. Of all the things I miss up north ( I was born in NJ)

The two biggest are lilacs and peonies. They absolutely do NOT grow down here. I have been known to order them from a wholesaler but was disappointed they came without leaves!

[LostinVA]

15. Fresh basil

[TallahasseeGrannie]

53. Oh, yes...when you have a patch outside and in the

early summer you walk out there...mmmmm

[serryjw]

16. POPCORN

Just being popped with gobs of butter ( the real stuff!)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

54. I will eat popcorn

if I smell it even if I have just had dinner. Dangerous fragrance!

[u4ic]

17. Pumpkin pie baking

especially when it's really spicy...:9

[TallahasseeGrannie]

55. Pumpkin pie... another fav of mine

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

18. In the spirit of Paddy's Day, the smell of freshly baked soda bread and

brown bread.

Yesterday, I stopped at our local butcher's; they double as the local Irish import store as well, and they were baking dozens of loaves of both breads.

While I was waiting in line, the smell was just delicious...and brought back memories of my grandmother baking them when I was a child.

Needless to say I bought two and Mr. Wonderful and myself enjoyed a few slices this morning for breakfast.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

56. I'm making some tonight!

[flvegan]

19. Night blooming jasmine, nag champa incense

[Patiod]

40. Any jasmine

reminds me of June nights in Venice.

Not a lot of Jasmine in Pennsylvania..

[TallahasseeGrannie]

57. I have never smelled either of them.

I wonder if night blooming jasmine grows down here?

[LaraMN]

20. Pheromones.....

mmmhmmmmm.....

[TallahasseeGrannie]

58. I don't know if I have ever smelled them or not!

[politicat]

21. June roses at sunset...

Bread baking

Clean sheets that have hung outdoors

My herb garden

[TallahasseeGrannie]

59. I used to walk through the clean sheets on the line

as a child. The best.

[maveric]

22. Onions, peppers and garlic, sauteed in olive oil.

Perhaps you have to grow up Sicilian to appreciate that?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

60. Actually

a lot of our meals start with that. Sometimes so much it hurts your eyes!

[IA_Seth]

96. Hear, hear!

Anything with garlic, onions, cilantro...yum.

[oneighty]

23. Puppy breath

180

[TallahasseeGrannie]

61. Smelled a lot of it

and it is unique and wonderful.

[jackieMN]

24. A Guy Who Smells Really Great

Whether it be his cologne, etc... Rrrr!!!

[lizziegrace]

28. Agreed! Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

62. No argument here.

[burythehatchet]

149. An aromatic banana when you break the skin

[JitterbugPerfume]

25. spring air

new mown grass, the ocean , lily of the valley, cinnamon , fresh mint, lemons

[TallahasseeGrannie]

63. Lily of the valley

is another flower we don't have down here. I remember searching for them in the woods as a child.

[Catfight]

26. Fresh cut grass, garlic cooking, fresh basil, red wine, after it rains,

roses, clean laundry, babies after a bath, sauce cooking all day, the ocean air, coffee brewing, rosemary, thyme and scallions cooking, mountain air and of course...the scent of someone you love.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

64. Fresh cut grass smell

always reminds me of my father. And if I were to smell it and actually here the whirrrr of the old hand rotary cutter, I think I'd stop and cry.

[lizziegrace]

27. Clothes dried on the line

and the air after it rains. I went up to the farmhouse today and it had just stopped raining. :)

[tjwmason]

29. Oldish incense.

In a big church full of oak pews &c.&c. - arriving for Evensong (ideally being the first to arrive) when there's been a major celebration at morning High Mass, it's just hanging there.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

65. That is one of my personal favorites

it is like you can smell prayer. Add to that the smell of furniture wax, and maybe Easter evening all those lilies...

[JitterbugPerfume]

30. old books

I love that smell

[TallahasseeGrannie]

67. Reminds me of childhood

when the only books I had were my father's old books.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

31. The ocean air. Sea roses. Freshly-cut grass. Chocolate. Massive oranges.

Garlic/garlic butter/garlic bread. Any kind of freshly baked/heated bread, actually.

I could go on, and on, and on....

:9

[TallahasseeGrannie]

68. I only get to the Gulf a few times a year

but the smell makes me feel instantly "on vacation."

[hatredisnotavalue]

33. Puppy breath

That sour smell...I wish they made that into a room refresher!

[skygazer]

34. Saddle leather with horse sweat on it

Gunpowder
The inside pages of a book
Cilantro
Two stroke exhaust on a cold morning

[TallahasseeGrannie]

69. I owned horses for years and I agree

they smell wonderful. Even fresh steaming piles smell good to me!

[Arugula Latte]

91. I love the smell of horses, too.

Especially that sweet dusty alfalfa scent ... mmmm.

[Arugula Latte]

92. I also love the smell of cats' fur

Mmmmmmm. Plus what others have mentioned -- basil, vanilla, coffee, garlic and onions cooking, hyacinths, horses, ocean salt spray, etc.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

93. Just like babies...a horse is best smelled

after it has been in the sunshine. Or on a cold day when you bury your face in her neck to warm up. There is nothing better. Total communion.

Cats smell good, too..and even a musky dog has a homey smell to me. But a horse is way up there.

[TimeChaser]

114. I thought I was the only one!

Horses smell wonderful

[Inspired]

35. The smell of the first barbeques after a long winter

[TallahasseeGrannie]

70. I smelled that here this weekend.

Lots of folks out doing the picnic thing.

[deadparrot]

36. The rain.

:D

[TallahasseeGrannie]

71. Or when it is just a few miles away

and you smell it before it hits.

[Bzzzz]

37. Baby Magic...n/t

[TallahasseeGrannie]

72. All those baby products take me back

to my own babies...powder, even Desitin.

[blondeatlast]

42. The lime and cornmeal smell of tortillas being freshly made.

For those whio have never experienced it, it's absolutely heavenly.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

73. That's one I have yet to experience

do you make them at home?

[datasuspect]

43. kind bud

gnarly weed with crystals, nice and sticky.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

74. Shades of college

long, long ago

[Blue-Jay]

44. Bacon.

Everyone loves bacon.

[name not needed]

46. Fuckin A.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

75. My daughter's sister in law

was living with a vegan and had been a vegetarian for three years. She came to our house when we had bacon on and...boom. No more vegetarian.

I have felt guilty ever since.

[Benfea]

86. Even a surprising number of vegetarians, believe it or not.

I like to ask "What's the one meat you miss eating" and the vast majority of them say "bacon." The reason they give is the smell.

[ET Awful]

45. Spring air in the mountains above Sequoia National Park (i.e.

Mineral King Wilderness Area).

Pineapple (Mmmmmm I love that smell).

Fresh picked strawberries

[TallahasseeGrannie]

76. That is one I am looking forward to experiencing

when I retire. Does it smell like pine? Cedar, maybe?

[ET Awful]

80. Pine, cedar, low oxygen levels due to high elevation,

:P (maybe that's what makes it so pleasant).

Oh yeah, and brown bears! ;)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

47. Roast chicken in the oven, almost done.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

77. With a touch of garlic on it...crisping nicely.

yes..

[trof]

48. Brownies baking. Pecans roasting.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

78. Pecans IN brownies!

[dorkulon]

66. Vanilla, nothing better.

...and frying onions. love that.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

79. I sometimes just open the vanilla bottle and smell.

[dorkulon]

84. I remember seeing an aromatherapy chart

an ex-GF had, and vanilla was recommended as therapeutic and mood-elevating. I, too can be found just smelling the bottle.

The nastiest smell on the chart, described as depressing and headache-inducing, was patchouli. Hate that stuff.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

89. Do vanilla beans have the same good smell, do you know?

[yellowdogintexas]

125. vanilla beans are vanilla extract to the power of 10 nt

[kick-ass-bob]

82. Bacon cooking on the stove.

:9

[July]

83. Steak on the grill, spaghetti sauce on the stove.

Lilacs, gardenias. The air before a snowfall.

[MissMillie]

85. oranges... being peeled

I love that smell.

[Tracer]

87. A new box of tea bags.

I whip off the cello wrapping, tear off the cover, stick my nose close and inhale!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

134. Constant Comment is my favorite.

I open the box just to smell it.

[Lochloosa]

88. Smoked Mullet!

[Strong Atheist]

90. Pizza. nt.

[datsafact]

94. Honeysuckle vines are #1

[Road Scholar]

95. I used to be a heavy smoker (4 packs a day) have been quit for

about 20 years now.Not many days go by that I'm not thankfull for being able to quit and still alive to enjoy these smells. All (or at least most) of thos smells have come back now and I'm greatfull and appreciate them all. Each one is a reminder. Thanks Talahassee Granny for this post.

[BikeWriter]

97. Cinnamon rolls.

[Benfea]

98. A bonfire of Republican corpses would smell really sweet.

It would smell like freedom. ;)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

99. Yuk

but then again...I do enjoy a good barbeque.

JUST KIDDING, VISITING FREEPERS. DON'T GO PUTTING THIS ON YOUR WEBSITE. WE ARE JUST HAVING FUN, OKAY?

[Benfea]

102. Addendum

JUST KIDDING, VISITING FREEPERS. DON'T GO PUTTING THIS ON YOUR WEBSITE. WE ARE JUST HAVING FUN, OKAY?

Although if you get the urge to kill yourself, call me up so I can watch. :D

[LeftyMom]

100. Freshly washed sheets

Snuggling into a just-made bed with linens still warm from the line or dryer is just so relaxing and peaceful.

[Amaya]

101. laundry hung outside to dry

after it rains, dirt, & chocolate chip cooking baking :)

[RedCloud]

103. That sweet breath smell that women get periodically.

Makes me think Mother Nature is trying to tell us something.

[begin_within]

104. The rose named "Secret." Also walking on dry eucalyptus leaves.

[begin_within]

105. An orange grove in the late winter, when the orange blossoms are at peak.

[edbermac]

106. New car smell...

Nice paint job...:evilgrin:

[leftofthedial]

107. sex

[TallahasseeGrannie]

112. very basic!

[leftofthedial]

116. actually now, they just have that smell in a spray can

like the "new car" smell that is actually a fragrance in a can, not the natural smell of a new car anymore.

"Sex in a Bottle" from the makers of Hai Karate!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

133. I wonder if you can get it at Walmart? LOL

[leftofthedial]

138. wello, yeah, but it smells like Chinese sex

which isn't the same

[TallahasseeGrannie]

139. Yeah, when you have Chinese sex

you want it again in half an hour.

[leftofthedial]

140. just like American sex, eh?

:evilgrin:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

142. heheheheh

oh, those were the days....

[LeftyMom]

113. That was the first thing I thought of. nt

[begin_within]

108. Gardenia blooms. Also, lavender flowers when the plant is in full bloom.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

131. I have a gardenia bush in front of my house

that is almost 6 feet tall. In late May it has hundreds of blossoms. I sometimes put a chair out there and just sit.

Lavender means sleepy time to me. I love it.

[begin_within]

136. Billie Holiday smelled a gardenia then started wearing them in her hair.

I have tried to grow gardenias but I have had no luck at all - my plants always die, while my neighbors have 6-foot-tall bushes of them...

[leftofthedial]

110. Actually, I'm with you

a baby's head.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

135. Like a fine wine!

[Ron Mexico]

111. Just walking into any decent Italian restaurant.

That doesn't mean "Olive Garden" or "Sbarro's."

[TimeChaser]

115. My boyfriend

I love going to bed in my dorm room after a long day and suddenly catching his scent left from the last time he visited (we have a little bit of a distance relationship. It's a 3.5 hour drive, but with work and school, it makes it hard to see eachother) Although, I'v got a really good sense of smell, so when we were back in highschool, I could smell his colonge and tell he'd walked by a few minutes ago.

Oh! And that wonder spring smell I'm smelling right now!

[XemaSab]

117. Where's your journal?

:shrug:

[AlCzervik]

119. Bacon and cinnamon rolls baking in the oven, ok pretty much any baked

goods.

[laheina]

120. Pine trees or a fresh box of Crayolas. nt

[WeRQ4U]

121. Outdoor baseball stadium.

Professional or otherwise. It doesn't matter. Freshly raked dirt, chalk, concessions, grass, beer. It just smells so summer to me. I love it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

122. Woods when they wake up in the spring...

The scent of ferns and other plants churning the forest floor around...leaves turning to mulch...tree sap starting to flow again. A wonderful earthy perfume!

[Xipe Totec]

123. The smell of drilling mud & burning diesel

It always reminds me of my father, coming home from drilling rigs.

I miss you, chief.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

129. Smells that remind us of our dads

are always evocative. For me it is gin and Old Spice.

[Xipe Totec]

145. It will be 30 years ago, this July

and still, he is with me every time a diesel truck goes by...

my father also liked Old Spice, but his favorite drink was Old Parr Wiskey.

:hi:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

153. My dad died three years ago

but he was 88 and ready to go. It sounds like you lost yours way too early.

[azmouse]

124. A fine cigar.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

128. My husband smokes cigars

outside, and if I'm outside I love it. But I don't like the smell inside. It gets stale.

[Ariana Celeste]

126. Opium.

The scent of bliss.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

127. Now THAT's a new one for me

but I think marijuana smells pretty good. Reminds me of college.

[Ariana Celeste]

141. haha :)

My SO told me that after you've smoked opium that just smelling it will set off receptors or chemicals or whatever in your brain the same way as if you just smoked some, giving you that blissful feeling for just a moment. I don't know if that's really true, but it makes sense since that seems to be the case when I smell it. :loveya:

I also love sandalwood, because it's my mama's "signature scent" as she calls it- she wears it all the time, so the scent of sandalwood fills me with warmth and love for my mama.... and also makes me a bit homesick.

[nytemare]

132. Eucalyptus.

Love the stuff.

[Left Is Write]

152. Cool! I said that too.

[nytemare]

158. I like lavender too, just smells clean and fresh.

:D

[Hotler]

137. Fresh cut limes. eom.

[cmkramer]

143. Green apples

That's my favorite smell. Don't know why though.

I also love cinnamon.

[HughBeaumont]

144. My mother's spaghetti sauce.

Moreso now than ever, since she's now in Silver Spring, MD, with my sister.

When visiting, and coming home from a long day's walking and ridin' the Metro in the DC area . . . when that's the first thing to hit me in the doorway, I know that I'm home. Takes me back to better days, and I'm still trying to chase that recipe.

[Art_from_Ark]

147. The smell of my grandparents' garage

I can't actually describe it, only that it was a was a wonderful combination of cedar wood, unhulled walnuts and hickory nuts, and wooden tools dating from the '30s and '40s.

[PittPoliSci]

148. hockey equipment

wait...
no...

something's not right about that...

[Ryano42]

156. Ummm EWWW!

I leave my goalie gear outside and I wash some items regularly...

Everyone loves a sweet smelling goalie! :)

[TexasLady]

150. I concur with that particular smell and

want to add the smell of Vicks...to me in meant either mamma or grandma rubbing it on my chest as a little kid when I was sick, and I always felt good around that smell...to this day.....ahhhhhhh

[Left Is Write]

151. Coffee, newborns, eucalyptus, bread baking, warm cookies...

chocolate cake, ham and meatballs in the oven, turkey roasting, cinnamony-spicy-warm food, the air in Minnesota just before a storm.

[Puglover]

154. Anyone remember smelling fresh mimeographed tests

when the teachers handed them out? Kinda chemically but I loved that smell. Gotta be over 40 to remember that smell cause it's gone.

[mikeytherat]

155. Kittens!

Just scoop up and bunch and inhale! Don't care how it messes with my allegies - I love the smell of kittens!

mikey_the_rat

[datsafact]

157. honeysuckle