favorite scents

[sasha]

the ocean
fall leaves
fresh-mown hay
lumberyards
dogs' feet
freshly laundered sheets
freshly baked bread
WD40
crushed sweetferm
pine boughs
coffee
cooking bacon
approaching rain
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[saw]

so glad my nose is still working
without what you describe here
the world just wouldn't be nearly as full

[sasha]

same - my mother's sense of smell has been deteriorating for years, almost in lockstep with the increase in her dementia. It's affected her sense of taste to the point where eating is now just another body function to be performed.

I sometimes envy the dog - he probably sees more with his nose than I do with my eyes.

A few others:
 that rubbery/lentil swamp smell
 freshly-turned earth
 Crayola crayons
 lavender (reminds me of a woman I once knew)
 baby powder (reminds me of another)
 livestock/manure (herbivores only, please - reminds me of home)
 campfire smoke
 sugarhouse steam
Canada mayflowers

[WIREMAN]

Never smelled dogs feet...

[sasha]

Never smelled dogs feet...

As long as the dog hasn't been walking in anything nasty, they smell a little like popcorn. 'Course, that's a big if........

[WIREMAN]

LOL.....Last dog I had was in the B'more hood....needless to say his poor paws were in all kinds of things....

[judih]

more life-zooming scents:

orange blossoms
hyssop slightly rubbed between fingers
air after rain
spice stores
freshly harvested carrots

[saw]

wood fire
the air after rain
cooling apple pie on the window sill
sandalwood
honeysuckle
baby toes

[Doreen Peri]

vanilla musk oil
skunk weed
a sweaty man coming home from work
coffee bacon
coconut
a bonfire
chlorine on my skin from swimming
salt water salt water salt water ahhhhh

[WIREMAN]

Baby toes...thatsl a good un.....

[Terri]

cut grass, clover
turp and oil paint
gasoline, sometimes

and i'll ditto doreen on
weed, bonfires, salt water, and
day-old sweaty man

oh and petrichor
“A pleasant, distinctive smell frequently accompanying the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather"

[Terri]

@sasha - it's not just you
http://mentalfloss.com/article/25030/wh ... ll-popcorn

[Arcadia]

jazmines
fogatas
azahares
el aire, la tierra después de la lluvia
libros
el río
fresias
palo santo
café
albahaca
eucaliptus