Current Events > CE...List Smells that make you happy or remind you of simpler times:

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I'll start:

Waking up to smell of bacon on the fryer. It reminds me of being a kid when my mommy made breakfast.

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Bonus second one: The smell of rain beginning. It makes me feel like a kid in an adventure

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Shitty body spray smells like axe or that weird one girls use to smell funny


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that carpet/plastic smell that hit you when you walked into a blockbuster

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Freddie_Mercury posted...

that carpet/plastic smell that hit you when you walked into a blockbuster

Ohhh yeah, that's a good one.

Here's another for me:

24 Hour Fitness restrooms/locker rooms = remind me of middle school football. same locker room smell


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AllegraD posted...

It reminds me of being a kid when my mommy made breakfast.

was she hot?

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Choco posted...

was she hot?

It's actually kinda weird because I found out a few years ago she got a boob job in the early 90's when my parents were still married and we were doing the whole "suburban middle-class family" thing when I was little.

So with that said...yeah, maybe she was. I dunno. It's weird to think that my mom got a boob job

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corn - scent of evening breeze, west portland, summer 1998

fresh coffee (and bebop jazz) - mcdonalds on weekday mornings during occasional trips there for breakfast as a kid

new nike shoe smell, new car smell

whatever scent candles or potpourri or whatever my godmother has in her chateau

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Petrol.
Reminds.me.of.my.childhood.

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DravenRainrix posted...

Petrol.
Reminds.me.of.my.childhood.

This leads me to one:

Charcoal BBQ starting up and cooking. Always reminds me of being a kid, cuz my mom would grill in the backyard and could smell it when I was outside playing.

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well

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Libraries. New book smell.

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I don't have anything like that. I like smells that other people may find nasty. Like the scent of blood.

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smell of campfire

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Pine car air freshener that hangs from the rear view mirror.

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The smell of old books in a bookstore, especially if there is coffee in the air also.

The smell of Kool-Aid.

Pine trees after it rains.

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All of those are good ones

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nfearurspecimn posted...

smell of campfire

Hells yeah. Only good times come with this smell.

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I guess it's a cliche, but the smell of mothballs will always remind me of my grandfather's house.

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jpenny2 posted...

I guess it's a cliche, but the smell of mothballs will always remind me of my grandfather's house.

lmao. That's a great one.

Also, Iron Water. My grandpa's house had well water and it always had a very distinct iron smell to it. I'll never forget it.

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This might sound silly, but mildew. I have fond memories of that smell from playing around in my grandparents' basement as a kid.

It wasn't until many years later that I smelled that same scent somewhere else and commented on how I liked it, and someone told me that smell was mildew.

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IronChef_Kirby posted...

This might sound silly, but mildew. I have fond memories of that smell from playing around in my grandparents' basement as a kid.

It wasn't until many years later that I smelled that same scent somewhere else and commented on how I liked it, and someone told me that smell was mildew.

No, I get that. Whenever I smell pus or something real weird smelling like bad skin - I think of my accident when I was a kid and I broke my arm. My cast made my hand real pussy and stuff because I didn't move my fingers

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IronChef_Kirby posted...

This might sound silly, but mildew. I have fond memories of that smell from playing around in my grandparents' basement as a kid.

It wasn't until many years later that I smelled that same scent somewhere else and commented on how I liked it, and someone told me that smell was mildew.

lol

I came in to talk about an old book I had that (probably) had water damage. It might've had a slight mildew smell that made its pages feel ancient.

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wellp

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The smell of hot tar reminds me of my granddad and when he would take me to the boardwalk as a kid

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freshly cut grass

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Drink cans out of vending machines. Remind me of middle school recess

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Smackems posted...

Drink cans out of vending machines. Remind me of middle school recess

drink cans have a smell?

O_O okay fair enough

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smell of food on the grill

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up

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upp

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someone's distant fireplace on a cold winter night giving the air a hint of wood stove smoke
plain palmolive
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New shoes. I shove my nose in them and inhale deeply. The combination of new rubber and fabric is overwhelming. Takes me straight back to 4th grade when I was getting my outfit ready for the first day of school.

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SquirtleSkwad posted...

New shoes. I shove my nose in them and inhale deeply. The combination of new rubber and fabric is overwhelming. Takes me straight back to 4th grade when I was getting my outfit ready for the first day of school.

Uhh...oh wow!

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Pizza

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my moms buns

garlic buns!

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