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GrapeJelly 07-11-2003, 07:20 PM I love...
freshly cut grass
onions just starting to simmer in a pan
magic markers :p
wet paint
swimming pool
the beach
grapefruits
cocoa butter sticks (that's a love/hate one...something about it annoys me but I can't help myself from smelling it :lol: )
J&J baby lotion
brand new car
Titania 07-11-2003, 10:16 PM -pine trees
-that smell while its raining and right after it rains
-salt spray
-that musty/attic/old wood smell
-wood smoke
-chlorine
-sunscreen (especially the oil kind)
-bayberry
vienna waits 07-11-2003, 11:26 PM -new car
-girls
-new carpet
-gasoline
-scratch 'n sniff stickers
-cake baking
-new yearbooks. only for a certain amount of time though. after a whole day, it gives me a terrible headache.
-my blanket
-clothes right out of the dryer
-fabric softener
Warm & Fuzzy 07-11-2003, 11:46 PM - The smell of rubbing alcohol (if it's not too strong)
- The smell of chlorine (if it's not too strong)
- The smell of new books
- The smell of a lit match, or a burning candle
- The smell of roasted nuts
- The smell of a burnt sausage during a BBQ
- The smell of bacon
- The smell of "Mango Mandarin" from Bath and Body Works
- The smell of vinegar from Blimplies
- The smell of banking papers
- And lastly, the smell of cold hard cash. ;)
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ 07-12-2003, 01:36 AM Balsam
Pine
Musk/Aftershave
Lilac
Onions
Garlic
Gas
Plastic
Rubber
Fabric Softener
Green Apple
Chad22 07-12-2003, 01:37 AM Im glad im not the only one that loves the smell of Gas :lol:
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ 07-12-2003, 01:48 AM Originally posted by King Chad Doody
Im glad im not the only one that loves the smell of Gas :lol: Which kinda gas you talking about Chad?:eek3:
Chad22 07-12-2003, 02:09 AM Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
Which kinda gas you talking about Chad?:eek3:
Both :D
disturbed child 07-12-2003, 02:10 AM - Vanilla
- Gasoline
- Cookies baking in the oven
- Baby powder
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ 07-12-2003, 02:31 AM Originally posted by King Chad Doody
Both :D Now we're talking!!!
fr00ti 07-12-2003, 02:35 AM lemons
onions
freshly cut grass
new cars
some perfumes
cookies
consentida 07-12-2003, 02:54 AM Strawberries
Apples
Matches
Cookies...mmm
Peanut Butter
Salsa
thats all I can think of rite now...blah
Faith 07-12-2003, 03:58 AM Vanilla
Strawberries
the Beach
Rain
animalcrackers 07-12-2003, 08:29 AM Leather
Lavender
The smell of a ballpark - mustard, relish, hotdogs
I'm a country girl, so I love the smells of the country ( and I mean ALL smells of the country )
Rain
Cookies baking
And Gas Stations too
Mijada 07-12-2003, 12:23 PM Rain
The Ocean
Coppertone Suntan Lotion
Georgia's on my Mind 07-12-2003, 12:37 PM lemons
oranges
clorine
gasoline
rain
glue
anything baking
popcorn
Tuesday Weld 07-12-2003, 12:49 PM clean sheets
new books
rubbing alcohol
spices
certain flowers
clean clothes.........
Sterling Holobyte 07-12-2003, 06:18 PM Lilac bushes in the summer.
Bad_Company 07-12-2003, 09:08 PM lemons
limes
detergent
dishwashing soap
sandalwood
patcholi
rubbing alcohol
eucalyptus
the smell before it rains(kinda like dirt):crazy:
fried chicken
garlic and onions being cooked
coffee
sweets being baked
freshly cut grass
some flowers: roses, gardenia, hyacinth
fresh linen
mint
etc.......
JDS84 07-12-2003, 09:49 PM gasoline
new cars
Mr. Stefani 07-12-2003, 09:50 PM Cigarettes *when they're just lite. Weird, I know.
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ 07-12-2003, 10:01 PM Originally posted by Bad_Company
eucalyptus
MMmm I forgot that! Wintergreen too! Bengay!
*PinkLady* 07-12-2003, 10:05 PM Chocolate
Vanilla
Lilacs
Cut grass
Rain
Baby powder
~LadyJess~ 07-13-2003, 01:19 AM Green apple anything
new cars
chocolate
baking cookies
yellow peppers
cinnamon
peppermint
white-out :lol:
rubber cement
lemons
donuts
honeydew melon
cherries
M82A1 07-13-2003, 11:13 AM Originally posted by Nirvana
Cigarettes *when they're just lite. Weird, I know.
Me too! Weird!
Cigars
Gasoline
Gunpowder
Matches *after they've been burned*
Fresh cut grass
Rain
Garlic
Donuts... mmm dooonuts aagghh *drools*
My cat's breath... don't ask
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ 07-13-2003, 02:49 PM BASIL!!!!!! Fresh.
~LadyJess~ 07-13-2003, 02:52 PM Does anyone else like the smell of skunk? I mean, I wouldn't use it as a perfume :lol: but it doesn't bother me and I actually think it smells pretty good if it isn't too strong.
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ 07-13-2003, 02:55 PM Originally posted by ~LadyJess~
Does anyone else like the smell of skunk? I mean, I wouldn't use it as a perfume :lol: but it doesn't bother me and I actually think it smells pretty good if it isn't too strong.
AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I completely forgot Jessica! Skunk is the beeeeeeeeeeeeest smell!!
~LadyJess~ 07-13-2003, 03:15 PM Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I completely forgot Jessica! Skunk is the beeeeeeeeeeeeest smell!!
:D For awhile I thought it was just me and my crazy family who thought that!
M82A1 07-13-2003, 03:23 PM Originally posted by ~LadyJess~
Does anyone else like the smell of skunk? I mean, I wouldn't use it as a perfume :lol: but it doesn't bother me and I actually think it smells pretty good if it isn't too strong.
Yep, me too.
David 07-13-2003, 03:23 PM bakery
gasoline
deoderant
perfume
cologne
dawsongirl 07-13-2003, 06:01 PM Men's cologne :D
Vanilla
Strawberry
Bread
New Car
Gasoline :lol:
dawsongirl 07-13-2003, 06:03 PM Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind
oranges
Ugh. Oranges make me wanna barf. My dad peels those things and they stink up the whole kitchen. Yucky.
Georgia's on my Mind 07-13-2003, 06:53 PM Originally posted by dawsongirl
Ugh. Oranges make me wanna barf. My dad peels those things and they stink up the whole kitchen. Yucky.
AHH oranges are sooo great...now...new car smell sickens me! lol
Rockapella722 07-13-2003, 06:56 PM ~The orange and purple smelly markers that smell like orange and grape soda
~Orange soda and grape soda, of course
~Scott (he smells WONDERFUL.)
~Lilacs
~Burger King, Taco Bell, and Subway when you walk in
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ 07-13-2003, 07:04 PM Originally posted by dawsongirl
Ugh. Oranges make me wanna barf. My dad peels those things and they stink up the whole kitchen. Yucky. puke: I hate oranges. Like OJ though!:liplick:
David 07-13-2003, 09:33 PM Oh and i love the smell of new houses and new cars!
Crimson and Clover 07-13-2003, 09:39 PM vanilla
baking cookies/donuts etc.
the smell of the mountains
rain
incense(any kind)
cigars
Dude111 05-21-2023, 05:21 PM Originally Posted by Chad22
Im glad im not the only one that loves the smell of Gas :lol:I thought I was the only one buddy!!
I like
Gas
freshly cut grass
magic markers
wet paint
Christmas trees (Well I used to,they dont seem to have that nice smell anymore (Nothing about christmas is nice anymore.... I dont celebrate it now))
Yong Fang 05-22-2023, 02:13 AM Burning marijuana.
Chanel No.5
Baby Powder.
Cooking meat, especially pork BBQ.
TheLittleFaerie 05-22-2023, 05:11 AM Fresh cut grass
The smell on a summer day when rain is afoot
Daffodils, ~though I still like to call them buttercups~
Magnolia blooms
Honeysuckle
The smell of Autumn ~to me each season has its own smell and I love them all~
The smell of a winter night after a snowfall
And a peach candle if I wanna feel a little sensual lol
ThisLittlePiggy 05-22-2023, 10:34 AM Christmas Tree
Cinnamon Rolls
Fresh Baked Bread
Fresh Roasted Coffee
JamesG 05-22-2023, 12:10 PM The smell of the bread baking and other pastries being prepared from the bakeries when I take a walk early in the morning.
Those perfume / cologne samples that come in magazines.
Rain
Pipe Tobacco
Leather
Caroline13 05-22-2023, 02:31 PM There are many good smells out there but going back years I was so fond of Shalimar perfume and it's fragrence, I use no perfumes for years now.
Bonniegirl 05-22-2023, 03:19 PM Coffee brewing
Fresh mowed grass
The smell of the beach / seashore
Rain
Comfort food baking in the oven ( meatloaf, turkey, ham)
Scented candles
Theda Bara 05-23-2023, 06:44 AM Camay Soap
Cinnamon Candles
Plumeria
Roasted Turkey
Night Jasmine
Rose Milk Body/Hand lotion (popular back in the 1970s)
Petrichor
biffbronson 05-23-2023, 09:08 AM Fresh roasted almonds, peanuts, & sesame
Freshly baked bread / rolls
Pine (no huffing though - turpentine etc.)
Old leather (baseball mitt)
Vintage newsprint (comic guy thing) ;)
Maple syrup
Citrus: Orange, Lemon
JamesG 07-07-2025, 07:50 PM I forgot to mention these the first time around... the literal smell of money.
I also like the smell of brown paper bags.
Bonniegirl 07-07-2025, 09:01 PM I forgot to mention these the first time around... the literal smell of money.
I also like the smell of brown paper bags.
Yes. I love the smell of new printed dollars. Another paper type smell I love are new books . :)
Bonniegirl 07-07-2025, 09:07 PM Coffee brewing
Fresh mowed grass
The smell of the beach / seashore
Rain
Comfort food baking in the oven ( meatloaf, turkey, ham)
Scented candles
Sticking with this list . Adding new dollar bills, new books, and flowers .
Dude111 07-08-2025, 01:11 AM New Dollar Bills,Gas....... (Reg,not diesel)
Ahhhhhhhhhh
Bonniegirl 07-08-2025, 01:48 AM Sticking with this list . Adding new dollar bills, new books, and flowers .
Also add popcorn popping / fresh popcorn. Walking into a movie theatre is heavenly ! I can't watch a movie at a theater without eating popcorn! :happyface
Foggy 07-08-2025, 08:32 AM Does anyone else like the smell of skunk? I mean, I wouldn't use it as a perfume :lol: but it doesn't bother me and I actually think it smells pretty good if it isn't too strong.
My wife and I make soy candles.
One day I had been ask if we had "SKUNK FRAGRANCE?"
I told them NO, not something I think we would make .... but then I just had to ask ... WHY would you even what "skunk fragrance?"
THE ANSWER: To light for unwanted guests who won't leave.
ThisLittlePiggy 07-08-2025, 11:54 AM Christmas Wreaths
Fresh Baked Bread
Fresh Roasted Coffee
Apple or Peach Pie fresh out of the oven
JamesG 07-16-2025, 04:39 PM The musky smell of bars... the alcohol in the air and the wood.
Dude111 07-16-2025, 07:37 PM Oh my Jimmy I can smelll it now!!
GoldenTV 07-16-2025, 08:13 PM I am probably in minority here, but love the smell of Manure coming from a farm. I grow up in small town in farming community and smell of Cow Manure always remind of bygone simpler days.
https://growingsoutherngippsland.org.au/cb_pages/images/C03_PDM_4600.jpg
Dude111 07-16-2025, 08:14 PM Yes I like that smell also!!
Bonniegirl 07-18-2025, 03:47 AM I am probably in minority here, but love the smell of Manure coming from a farm. I grow up in small town in farming community and smell of Cow Manure always remind of bygone simpler days.
https://growingsoutherngippsland.org.au/cb_pages/images/C03_PDM_4600.jpg
Yes ! A fresh country type smell. I know what you mean . :):wave:
Bonniegirl 07-18-2025, 03:52 AM The musky smell of bars... the alcohol in the air and the wood.
Yep! I remember my younger, partying bar days, I remember the smell of having fun! :):cool:
Hey James . How are you doing there? All the flooding in NY . Hope you are OK. I've been seeing on the news the subway getting flooded and I know you take the trains.
Opus is OK in Queens. Babalu is in Brooklyn as you are . But I been worried about you cause I know you take the subway. Hope you weren't impacted by the flooding ! :eek:
JamesG 07-18-2025, 09:57 AM Yep! I remember my younger, partying bar days, I remember the smell of having fun! :):cool:
Hey James . How are you doing there? All the flooding in NY . Hope you are OK. I've been seeing on the news the subway getting flooded and I know you take the trains.
Opus is OK in Queens. Babalu is in Brooklyn as you are . But I been worried about you cause I know you take the subway. Hope you weren't impacted by the flooding ! :eek:
I'm fine as the floods didn't impact where I am.
Those subway floods were mostly in Manhattan stations and I didn't take the train that day. The trains were delayed the next day, but that's about it.
Gibson Girl 07-28-2025, 10:45 AM The Long Island Sound or any beach smell.
Cut grass
Loves Baby Soft.
Anything Citrus
Lilacs
Burning leaves
Food cooking on grills.
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