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favorite scents
Posted: March 23rd, 2018, 12:53 pm
by 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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Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 2nd, 2018, 8:42 am
by saw
so glad my nose is still working
without what you describe here
the world just wouldn't be nearly as full
Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 2nd, 2018, 10:47 am
by 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
Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 3rd, 2018, 4:47 pm
by WIREMAN
Never smelled dogs feet...

Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 3rd, 2018, 4:55 pm
by sasha
WIREMAN wrote: ↑April 3rd, 2018, 4:47 pm
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........
Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 3rd, 2018, 8:51 pm
by WIREMAN
LOL.....Last dog I had was in the B'more hood....needless to say his poor paws were in all kinds of things....
Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 3rd, 2018, 11:29 pm
by judih
more life-zooming scents:
orange blossoms
hyssop slightly rubbed between fingers
air after rain
spice stores
freshly harvested carrots
Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 4th, 2018, 8:15 am
by saw
wood fire
the air after rain
cooling apple pie on the window sill
sandalwood
honeysuckle
baby toes
Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 5th, 2018, 12:21 am
by 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
Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 5th, 2018, 10:02 pm
by WIREMAN
Baby toes...thatsl a good un.....

Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 14th, 2018, 12:26 pm
by 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"
Re: favorite scents
Posted: April 16th, 2018, 8:48 pm
by Terri
Re: favorite scents
Posted: August 24th, 2018, 8:37 pm
by Arcadia
jazmines
fogatas
azahares
el aire, la tierra después de la lluvia
libros
el río
fresias
palo santo
café
albahaca
eucaliptus