Best house smell?

[Robb]

For me, it's all about the house smelling like food. Bacon's good, but sticks around a little longer than I'd like.

I think baking cookies, or anything with a good solid vanilla bean smell that fills the house....my folks used to, when selling a house, boil some water on the stove with vanilla in it. :)

...Although that "garlic goin' in the olive oil" smell is a good one, too. :shrug:

[bearfan454]

1. Mexican rice on the stove cooking

with comino, onion, garlic, green peppers, tomato, and chicken broth.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Coffee brewing.

Bacon cooking.
Bread baking.
Doing the garlic and crushed red pepper in the olive oil smells good too.
Oooooh...a thick, juicy steak on the grill...:9

[Robb]

5. You grill inside?

Suddenly it all makes sense! :silly:

[GOPisEvil]

6. Actually...I do...

I have a cast iron grill pan. I just have to make sure the windows are open, or else the smoke alarm goes off. Living in an apartment, I'm not allowed to have my own outdoor grill. The ones provided by the complex are...scummy, to say the least.

[Robb]

7. Ah.

Well, way to kill off my gas leak / brain cells joke. ;)

[GOPisEvil]

8. I don't even have a gas stove!

:P

My brain cell loss comes from some other source, I guess. :D

[terrya]

19. Coffee brewing....mmmmmmmm.

There's NOTHING like the smell of coffee brewing. Heavenly.

[demnan]

3. Whole Wheat Bread with raisins and cinnamon

nothing better for eating or smelling.

[Blue-Jay]

4. Hazelnut Coffee

Sometimes I'll brew a pot just for the odor.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. Yankee Candle has a flavor called Hazelnut Coffee

with the price of coffee these days, don't waste a good pot. Buy the candle!

They have other flavors like Apple Crisp, Banana Bread, Toll House Cookie. And they smell real, not fake.

[Blue-Jay]

15. I have one of those candles

It smells pretty good, but it's a little too sweet. And don't worry, I never watse coffee. If I make a pot, I usually drink most of it.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

10. Banana Bread

my favorite

[Tracer]

11. Fresh Spring Air.

That first day in the Spring, when it's warm enough to finally open the windows!

[Robb]

16. Oooh, that's a good one.

Reminded me of another: that first day it rains in the late summer, and all the windows are already open, and that kind of dusty rainy smell gets in.

:)

[jobycom]

12. Red beans and rice, or lemons in the garbage disposal. Or cloves.

Boil cloves for a while to get rid of bad house smell. Something about them smells like fresh air.

[RedEarth]

13. Make your own.... Chai

Make your own chai and your house will smell wonderful for hours. The ingredients are....cloves, ginger, cinnimon stick, cardamon seeds, vanilla, nutmeg and black tea. Not only will your house smell great, but you also end up with a great drink...especially for the winter.

Below is a web site with a variety of chai recipes...

http://www.odie.org/chai/recipes.html

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. Onions being cooked in butter. I love that smell.

:)

[NewGuy]

17. A new one for me that I love...

is roasting coffee beans. I got a coffe roaster for Christmas, and tried it out on Saturday. Even better than coffee brewing.

[grannylib]

18. Fresh ground coffee brewing, fresh air coming in the windows, hint of wood

smoke in the air, those are my favorites!

[Bertha Venation]

20. many

roast chicken or turkey

garlic & onion in olive oil

simmering oranges, lemons, cinnamon & cloves

But my favorite is a cat's fur. I love to bury my nose in a kitty's neck & breathe in the warmth. It's love.

[Blue Gardener]

21. Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Not the ones in a tube, they have to be from scratch. Or baking bread. Mmmmm.

[Insider]

22. fried chicken, mac & cheese, conbread, greens

:bounce:

[ajacobson]

23. Best Horse Smell?

oops sorry misread that.

[TrogL]

24. Fireplace

Although you have to kind of watch it. A burning wood house smells a lot like a fireplace.

[Catshrink]

25. Apple Pie.....ummmm right out of the oven.

[BiggJawn]

26. Perfume drifting out from the bedroom....

Mmmmmm.....Nothing better!
Nothing more of a distant memory, either...:-(