Your favorite smell

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:42 am

When I cut into a grapefruit, the grapefruit smell is wonderful. What is your favorite smell?

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:56 am

Roses, new born babies and good black Guinness.

Slan,
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Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:36 am

I second roses. I also like the smell of sampaguita, fresh peaches, strawberries, and curry.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:00 am

Orange blossoms and night-blooming jasmine.

Vanilla, sugar, and nutmeg. Coconut, mango, and grapefruit.

Edited to clarify that these are all the naturally occurring, not artificial, scents.

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:14 am

A 25 year old Highland Park, slightly diluted with Highland spring water. Now that's a smell to die for

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:33 am

Lambchop wrote:Orange blossoms and night-blooming jasmine.

... and roses, freshly mown grass and watermellons.

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:03 am

roses and anything fishy

chas · Post by **chas** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:13 am

Great topic.

Small waxy flowers -- jasmine, alyssum, etc.
Cooking Indian food, the point right after you've tossed the whole spices (cloves, cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks) into the hot oil
Bread, right after it's come out of the oven
A well-hopped beer

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:14 am

Leather.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:25 am

must ... not .... say.... napalm... in...the ... morning

coffee
juniper
nature
my wife's cooking when I open the door.
cold... ...real cold... outside. The pure, crisp lack of smell of -30. we haven't had it this year. How can I be a proud Minnesotan when it doesn't even get cold here!

rebl_rn · Post by **rebl_rn** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:45 am

Food smell would be garlic and onions sauteeing. Followed closely by chocolate chip cookies baking.

Other smells - I know they are uber-bad for the environment and people with respiratory problems, but I love the smell of burning leaves in the fall.

Lilacs.

Clean babies.

missy · Post by **missy** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:02 am

working in the foods industry for so long, and with BAD flavors (which is actually smell since we only taste five things) for much of that, I'm "ruined" to a lot of the scents people find pleasing.

I can't stand vanilla. I have a problem with anything cherry/hazelnut flavored (it's the same compound, smells like cherry at one concentration, hazelnut at another). And artificial flower scents - roses being one of the worst. Same with artificial fruit scents (did you know no one has come up with the perfect strawberry yet? It's way too complicated).

I tend toward earthy, spicy type things when I pick candles or something. I love the smell of freshly cut hyacinths.

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:38 am

When I was a kid I loved the smell of gasoline. I like the smell of freshly ground coffee. When spring is really on the way there's a different smell in the are from the winter smell. I like that. I don't care for roses.

thirdfipple · Post by **thirdfipple** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:16 am

beagles

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:28 am

It is a cold, overcast day here in the heartland, the kind of day that makes you want to stay inside and do some cooking. I peeled the carrots and onions, chopped the cabbage and cut up the chicken breast. I added the wild rice and seasoning, and now my whole apartment has the wonderful smell of chicken soup. I am reminded of sitting around the kitchen table with my father and two brothers, while my mother served up chicken soup for lunch. It sure tasted good on a cold Winter's day.

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