for fun: my favorite thing to smell is:

[lovebebes]

me- little DD's head!

[MMMommy]

The smell of fresh baked bread (like at a bakery).

[Kyras mom]

I love the smell of alfalfa hay.

[California]

Jasmine. In the summertime when the heat stretches into the evening and all the windows in the house are open, the breeze brings in the scent. That's home to me.

[cuca_]

Gardenias. They remind me of my favorite Grandmother and my childhood. She had them in her backyard.

[billysmommy]

Ds's hair after a day at the beach. Love the mix of salt, sun, sand, sunblock!

[Jenn850]

I was going to say baby head and it was the first answer!

[blisstwins]

lavender anything

[Kymberley]

The way our Good Foods Co-op smells. It is an amazing mixture of herbs and fresh foods and lavender soaps... I wish my house smelled like that.

[JBaxter]

Leather LOL

[BabyBearsMom]

My DH. He has this amazing clean smell around his neck and back. Whenever I feel upset or nervous or stressed that smell calms me down.

[DietCokeLover]

Gardenia. I love this smell so much.

[SnuggleBuggles]

Coffee or chocolate chip cookies bring baked.

[SnuggleBuggles]

Leather LOL

There's this independent shoe store that just smells amazing. I assume its all the leather. Sometimes when we are walking past, I'll let ds1 poke his head in. I'd have to say that that place is his favorite smell! We've tried other shoe stores and furniture stores without success.

[♥ms.pacman♥]

me- little DD's head!

same here!! her neck/head when she first wakes up...i always take a huge sniff, i feel like a crack addict or something, it's like the best smell ever!!

[123LuckyMom]

Burning leaves in the fall-- closely followed by infant milky breath, so clean and sweet.

This is a great thread!

[Seitvonzu]

oh golly...just one?

cut grass :) i love summertime evening walks when people are mowing....takes me back to lots of different childhood memories (my nose isn't sensitive enough to differentiate the cut grass of my houston, texas elementary days vs. the cut grass of my grandparents' small town in the summer where the smell started on the rural highway into town....)

close second:
the neuhaus chocolate shop in, was it, prestonwood mall in dallas? is that still there? loved that place.

then there is suntan lotion, laudry smells coming out the vent by my front door, baby lotion, gingerbread baking (like the smell more than the taste, actually), coffee (mmmmmmmmmmmmmcoffee), and panera bread (the instant i walk into a panera bread i feel nice and relaxed....it was my "zen place" during DD's infancy)

my dd and i were just talking about how my grandma can't smell. DD thought this would be worse than not being about to hear! ;)

[hellokitty]

What is it with babies' heads? They smell sooo good! I love smelling DS3's head, but he is 3 and won't be a baby for much longer before getting stinky, sweat smell instead.

Even though I have allergies, I love the smell of fresh cut grass.

I love the smell of Bath and Bodyworks, "fresh linen," candle. I have no clue if they still make this or not.

I also love the smell of grapefruit and pomelo (if you like grapefruit, you will love pomelo, try it, I like to keep the rinds around just to sniff them!). Gap (used to?) have a scent called, "so pink," and it's a grapefruit scent. It is so refreshing to put it on and I'd always get compliments.

OK, and this sounds weird, but I like the smell of DH. It must be those pheromones that attracted me to him to begin with. Weirdly, koreans (dh is korean) have the least amt of scent than any other ethnicity. He thinks I'm crazy, but then again there is a reason why my nn when I was a kid used to be, "dog nose." Sometimes I think I should have gone into the smelling industry, but then again, I hate most perfumes, they are nasty!

[lizzywednesday]

Ivory soap. It reminds me of being a little kid at my mom's mom's house.

She still uses Ivory soap in her bathroom.

While my grandmother and I don't see eye-to-eye on a lot of things, and we had a fairly strained relationship for many years, I know she loves me very much, so the smell of Ivory soap is very comforting.

The smell of Grandma's halubke cooking is a close second, so I'd better make some time to learn how she makes it - it's not like the recipe is complicated, it's that she makes it her own way and that's what makes it taste so good.

[DrSally]

Cinnamon rolls ( think cinnabon). Lilacs.

[Corie]

My all time favorite smell:


Mimeograph copies

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A close second:

Old library books

[speo]

The forest. Wind in pine needles is also my very favorite sound.

[mackmama]

Pine trees when back deep in the woods

[gatorsmom]

Stargazers lilies. My favorite flower.

[KLD313]

Coconut, leather and wood. I like the smell of the lumber dept. In Home Depot, strange I know.

[BDKmom]

I love the smell of the airport. I don't know how to describe it, but when I walk in I always take a deep breath. I associate it with the excitement of going somewhere. Doesn't matter if it is for business or pleasure, it gives me the same sense of anticipation.

[trcy]

The smell of fresh baked bread (like at a bakery).


Coffee or chocolate chip cookies bring baked. For me, all 3 of these are a tie.

[bisous]

The hills around my house smell amazing. I think it is the wild sage. There is just nothing like it.

[bigsis]

I can't believe I'm the only piggly-wiggly who's going to say this:
BACON!!!!

Also:

Old library books
I thought I was the only one. I told a few ppl this (we were all 17 at the time) and they all looked at me funny. Again, we were all 17yo at the time.

[lovebebes]

The hills around my house smell amazing. I think it is the wild sage. There is just nothing like it.

that sounds heavenly.

[hellokitty]

Oh and I forgot to mention I love the smell of watermelon! As you can tell, I lean toward non-flowery scents. This sounds weird but I like the smell I hardwood floors too. I don't know how to describe it. However, after we have been away from he for a few days, when we get home, the first thing I smell are the floors. Just a clean, fresh smell. We clean them with a vinegar solution, so there is no scent from the cleaner.

[anamika]

The earth after a rainshower in summer (mun vasanai in Tamil) - it takes me back to India. Funnily enough the smell is the same here!

[queenmama]

My kids, absolutely. Not when they're fresh and clean, but their "natural" scent. And yes, milky baby breath is divine.

Also love freshly cut grass, honeysuckle, bakeries, puppy breath, anything citrus, leaves burning...

ETA: Jergens cherry almond is my grandmother, so every time I smell it I think of and miss her. And I agree that old books smell wonderful!

Lara

[StantonHyde]

A horse's neck. It is warm and smells of hay, sweat and dust. It instantly brings me home and reminds me of all things good--animal and human.

But then there is puppy breath--oh my, is there a sweeter smell in the universe? I once read a quote from a veterinarian that said he was happy to retire, but that he would always miss the smell of puppy breath :love-retry:

And the smell of the third hay cutting. Not the first or second--the third. Much sweeter. Especially first thing in the morning.

[StantonHyde]

The hills around my house smell amazing. I think it is the wild sage. There is just nothing like it.

Sage covered hills after a rain shower. ahhh......

[Penny's Pappa]

Coffee brewing
Fresh-cut red cedar
Bacon


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[Mopey]

Old library books

Totally :yeahthat:!!!

Also, my best-selling sugar cookies, my ridiculously strong coffee, Rigaud Green candles and ocean air :)

I had a good friend in college who LOVED the smell of skunk :ROTFLMAO: She would literally roll down the car windows if there was skunk smell on the air!!! :hysterical:

[s7714]

Roses! Second favorite is the after shave my dad used to wear. I think it was Old English? Every once in a while I'll encounter a (older) guy wearing it and I try not to be too obvious in inhaling a deep nose full!

[Clarity]

A horse's neck. It is warm and smells of hay, sweat and dust.

I never had horses but I was a horse crazy country girl and I agree with this. It's oddly compelling. I was petting one recently and marveling at that familar smell and that I hadn't forgotten it years later.

But my very favorite smell has got to be the fresh snapped smell of a bunch of cilantro. Its just so fresh and bright!

[todzwife]

Rain on the concrete! Growing up in Arizona, we didn't get a lot of rain but the monsoons would bring pouring rain in the summer and it smelled so good.

Rain in the forest is also my favorite :D

[sweetsue98]

My kids, absolutely. Not when they're fresh and clean, but their "natural" scent. And yes, milky baby breath is divine.

Also love freshly cut grass, honeysuckle, bakeries, puppy breath, anything citrus, leaves burning...

ETA: Jergens cherry almond is my grandmother, so every time I smell it I think of and miss her. And I agree that old books smell wonderful!

Lara

I agree baby breath! Weird I know!