What is your favourite smell?

[Sequoia]

just like the title says :) What is your favourite smell?

my list (copied from a conversation with a friend *chuckles*) :


I like those soft, gentle smells. . . the kind of things you might smell just out in nature. Foresty smells. . . very soft flower scents, but not tropical flowers or fruity ones. . . things soft and delicate, or strong and . . . but still delicate. . .jasmine, rose, wysteria (one of my favourites), carnations. . . cedar, wet-forest, redwoods. . . eucalyptus, old-book-smell. . . lavender, heather. . . the way your lover smells, when you're laying next to him (her). . .*blushes* well I think anyone likes their lovers. . . :bigredgri

[st0rm]

sandel wood, cedar, lavendel, jasmine, old leaves....

[lie_ver]

The smell of the world when it's about to start to rain

Lieveke

[st0rm]

yeah that one too :D

[Witchy Cowgirl]

I love the smell of ....
honeysuckle,
horses,
fresh cut hay,
rain,
cedar,
the woods,....

[Tammy Sullivan]

menthol
eucaluptus
pine

[Old Witch]

Money, fresh and green!!!:D

[Danustouch]

Hmmmmmmmm...lemon. Laundry dried on a line in the summer sunshine. The Earth after rain, Woodstoves burning in winter, Autumn leaves crushed beneath your feet, Horses, Leather, Sandlewood, Vanilla, Cinnamon and Apples, COFFEE BREWING!
The scent of a man after he takes his bath/shower. Every boyfriend I've ever had, I've kind of catalogued their scent. Some are spicy, some are earthy, some are fresh, light and clean. I love those scents :) The Ocean. Cloves, Cedar, A roaring fire, BBQ chicken roasting on the Grill, Christmas Tree's. Baby Powder. Oddly enough I recently bought a "Wild Orchid" set of fragranced candles, for some reason, when lit, they remind me of the perfume my Grandmother used to wear, mingled with the scent of her own body, when she was cooking. I love that scent for all of the memories that it brings back. Rose, Peach, Coconut. Some Sun Lotions (usually with a coconut scent, like Hawiaan Tropics). And a scent that Crabtree and Evelyn Produces "Nantucket Briar".

[NightSkye]

i think my favorites are jasmine, vanilla, strawberry,watermelon , and baked cookies when they first come out of the oven :)

[Phoenix Blue]

The smell of Wanderer's skin. :bigredgri

[WandererInGray]

*blushes and shakes my head*

I'm with Danus....the smell of GOOD coffee brewing. :D I'm a coffee snob now, and the smell of bad coffee brewing is enough to make me ill.

*sighs and thinks* What else?

Fresh bread baking
Tomato juice
Vanillia and Lavender
My cats (except for the littlest one who always smells like crap :p)
Freshly cut grass
That ozone smell after a rain in Colorado
Pizza and good beer

*smiles* And of course the way Phoenix smells...:D

[shnen]

lavender, the smell after it rains, vanilla, crisp linen lysol, amd anything I bake that I don't burn :)

[Danustouch]

OOOOOOOOOO wanderer...how could I forget to mention the smell of my cats!!!!! I love that smell too. I love how my cat Winter smells when he comes in from outside. He smells of sunshine, and grass. Terra, for some reason, always has a "Baby" smell to him, accentuated more when the sun is hot on a given day. My little one, little, smells like clean, damp hair out of a shower, like shampoo (though I rarely have to give her a bath, unless she decides to play in wet paint :( ) I think it's because she lays in the cool bathtub a lot in the summer time.

Oh..and...the smell of garlic and onions cooking in almost anything :)

[MammaStar]

Chocolate, the woods, camp fires, outside just after it rains, snow, Eshallet especially after he's been working all day with wood chips, Autumn, and the Beach.

:D

[Mithrea]

sandalwood, coffee, campfires is a good one Star, Pacific Light Gillete deodorant :2G: ;) :D , Baked Apple Pie Home Interior Candles . . .

[flar7]

Rain. before, during and after.

Beach, ocean. (clean)

Creeks (bubbling and also clean)


kind of a natural water fetish thing, and yet I cant really stand to
drink water....? ick.

[Flaire-FireStar]

My blankets, Baby Cat, fresh bread baking in the oven, dewberry, Earth after/when it rains (as well as pavement when it rains on a hot day ;) )

And on to the wierd stuff:

Crayola crayons, gasoline....... :2G: Sulphur from lit matches

[Danustouch]

OLD books, extinguished Candles.

[Faery-Wings]

What?? No one said Play Do?? :D

My favorites:
my babies fresh from the bath
leather
campfires (Yankee candle makes a great campfire scented candle)
Food cooking- anything sweet like cookies, or pies or with herbs and garlic
fresh Christmas trees

[Danustouch]

Oh..and I LOVE the scent of Grapefruit.

[Azure]

Hmmmm.

They way my boyfriend smells when he's been exercising and just stopped - so it's kind of very fresh, clean sweat combined with boy *grin* - makes me want to *this part of the post has been censored to protect the sensitive eyes of other MW users*

Vanilla, especially freshly cut vanilla beans, honeysuckle, fresh tomatoes, gin and tonic/ juniper, baking of almost any kind, laundry newly washed, then dried outside by warm sunny breezes, good red wine, barbequing over slowly smoking hickory, star gazer lillies, camp fires at twilight, the beach after a rain or the garden after a rain, new snow, thunderstorms, champagne, rosemary, frying bacon and brewing coffee first thing in the morning, Earl Grey tea.

[Old Witch]

Seriously here...The smell of my dogs........not after they are washed, but just the smell of clean dogs......Had two of the dogs in my sports car going to the Park and Ken said they smell.....I said they don't smell bad........They smell like dogs..............

[cherrywind]

Sandalwood, frankinsense, myrrh, mints, rosemary, chamomile.

For non-essential oil type scents, "brandied apple" from the body shop is REALLY good. The smell after a fresh rain, the ocean, and popcorn.

[Mithrea]

Originally posted by Danustouch
Oh..and I LOVE the scent of Grapefruit.

Yeap! I have grapefruit candles, oil, incense, perfume, lotion, body splash and juice in my house right now :)

Baking bread and extinguished candles are good ones. I also like my Blackberry Tea . . .

[Nina]

Sandalwood, sandlewood, sandlewood...
lavender
vanilla
fresh linen sheets
freshly cut grass
old fashioned tea roses
oranges studded with cloves at Yule
cinnamon
a really good austrian Gewurtztraminer
almonds
fresh baked bread
my beloved's skin, especially just after... I'd better censor this too!!!! *blushes furiously*

[Danustouch]

OOOOOOOOOOO..I love the smell of Almonds, too. Almond Sunset Tea, by Celestial Seasonings smells SOOOOOOO good. I also have some Almond Lotion, and bath stuff :) Yummmmmmmmmmm.

[ShadowStorm]

...RAIN, RAIN and more RAIN!!! Especially with lightning and thunder to add to the electrical charge in the air...the smell of wet, rained-on grass on summer afternoon's.....oh wow.

That's the best, best, best!!!!

Then I love most in the world the smell of my little daughter after her bath.....then a little mixture from my local occult store calles astral travel oil that combines ylang ylang and cinammon......mmmmmmmmm wonderful!!! and the smell of chelsea buns......and vanilla......and basil....and...and....and.....

I'm a very "smellishly" orientated person. Send me down the laundry isle in a store and I'm in heaven....sniff sniff....sniff sniff....

I smell anything and everything.

lol!!! this is one of my favorite subjects!!!!!!!

:boing: :boing: :boing:

[Flaire-FireStar]

Oh! The Glade airfreshener...I have no idea what scent is in there, but it's heavenly! :D

[earthcat]

Hubby, The Earth, The River, The Ocean, creeks, kitties, dogs, horses, sandalwood, rain, snow, hot summer days, fall leaves, chocolate, fresh baked bread, cookies, coffee, pumpkin pie, turkey baking, fresh coconut, candles, fire, clay, firing kilns, 4 o'clocks, lilacs, mimeographs, (remember????), puppy breath, Home after an absense, and a whole bunch of other stuff...



Fun topic!!!

[Old Witch]

I got another one!! The Old Yankee Candle Store!!!!!!!

[Emaleth]

Strawberries, lilac, valley, chocolate, pine woods, the sea, rain, candles, books, freshly baked bread, cinnamon, roses....

Blessed Be

[Eeluna]

Oooh! This is a delicious subject. I like I lot of things others have said. My favorites are honeysuckle--it's absolutely divine--old-fashioned roses, the air in winter when it's really cold, the trees at Hawk's Nest State Park--I don't know what kind they are, but I always notice how fabulous they smell when we visit there--newborn babies, freshly baked bread, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, strawberries, anything citrusy and of course, my hubby.

[Sora]

I like shampoo. Well, the kind I used today - toasted almond and wild cherry, I think. That and a green tea body mist. They smell good together! I love vanilla, and other... clean smells. Yeah, I love the scent of the spring air after the rain. My sheets smell pretty when they're still warm out of the dryer, and the smell of this salad dressing when it's all bubbling on the stove. That and sunscreen.

[Emerald Oak]

I loooooooooove the smell of mom's homemade chicken 'n' dumplings. I also like campfires, scented candles, any and every incense I've ever come across, and I love love love the smell of hippy shops :D


*Edit: I can't believe I forgot vanilla!! Oh, and brown sugar!!! EXCITEMENT!!! :boing:

[Old Witch]

I guess my all time favorite smell is Gardenia......... Tuvache made a fragrance, Jungle Gardenia, for a long time, but doesn't now.........That was heaven........:D

[Dawn]

The ocean...chocolate chip cookies baking, and the babypowder smell of my "little guy" after his bath.....

[Azure]

Psst. . . Old Witch - Demeter fragrances does a lovely Gardenia scent. . . here's a link to their wonderful fragrance library at Fashsion Planet. I really recommend them - they do all sorts of cool odd scents - I wear one of them almost every day:
http://www.fashion-planet.com/shopping/demeter/scents.html

[Dolly]

Mmm, Vanilla is my aboslute favorite. But I also love the smell of rasberries, lemons, rain, fresh chocolate chip cookies, mint, ah, and grass that was just freshly cut.

I forgot one.

The smell of sex. Why do I love it? I have no idea. But, I do. And that's that.

[Mnemosyne]

I have so many favorite smells. I know that I am going to accidentally leave loads out. I like the smell of vanilla, pumpkin pie, the ocean, chocolate chip cookies, fresh cut grass, new rain, freesia, and roses.

[Rubi Waters]

After just coming home from my parents house that i walked into with the smell of chicken soup cooking. I just had to stay for dinner :)

I also love Vanilla (anything)
eucalyptus
baking bread
the smells of the outside (even though I'm allergic to most stuff)
during/after a nice cooling rain

[Armitage]

Roasting garlic, spaghetti, brownies, rain, gardenia, match sulfur, dryer sheets, green plants, sandalwood, snow, and very cold air.

[Danustouch]

PUMPKIN GUTS! I mentioned this in the texture thread, too. But that smell when your carving a pumpkin, I love that smell. Brings back so many fond memories.

Cinnamon Sugar on or in things.

Indian Food

Jasmine

Cucumbers in the Summer, freshly cut. And Tomato's right off the vine, and basil, fresh from the stem.

FRIED DOUGH at country fairs! I'll have it with the Pizza Sauce, please!

Maraschino Cherries

Walking into an Icecream parlor :)

[Old Witch]

Oh! Azure, thanks for that link!! I will definitely be ordering from there. I added it to my favorites list already.

[Emerald Oak]

Girls :p

But, not those girls that splash on way too much perfume, or mullets who SERIOUSLY need to discover deoderant :sick:

I mean the girls with that beautiful natural smell that they get from eating lots of natural foods and hanging out in hippy pads a lot.

[Flaire-FireStar]

Mud flats at low tide. Cinnamon, cloves, ginger, thyme... (spices in general)

[Sequoia]

Originally posted by Danustouch
PUMPKIN GUTS! I mentioned this in the texture thread, too. But that smell when your carving a pumpkin, I love that smell. Brings back so many fond memories.

W00T!! YES!! I *LOVE* the sqishy slippery slimey feel and smell of pumpkin guts!!! W00TZOR

[MzNeko]

Well, my very favorite smell in the whole world I havnen't smelled in a while - On fall and winter nights, the smell of the cold night air clinging to my first cat's fur was bar none the best smell in the world. He died about six years ago :( , at the grand old age of eighteen and a half. I still miss him, and that smell...

Where I'm living now, our cats are indoor-only, because we live on too busy a street. Sigh...

My other favorite smells -
A man wearing Drakkar Noir (I've been known to single them out in crowds ;) )
Perfumes with just a hint of patchouli
My grandma's recipie for no-bake candy (it fills the house with this amazing rich chocolatey smell while cooking)
Sweet pea flowers picked from my own garden
Plumeria
The smell of occult shops or hippy stores
My husband when he splashes on a little witch hazel as an aftershave (and on other occasions, of course)
The smell of seasons changing - in southern California the seasonal changes aren't as dramatic as in other parts of the world, but they do happen, it's just more subtle. Both fall and spring arriving carry a scent on the air here and I like them both.

[Amethyst Rose]

Roses, ozone (the smell right after a thundershower), fresh dirt, mom's cinnamon buns. :)

[earthcat]

Hubby's drip candle... He started it in 1972. It's a good 2 foot around, and must weigh 20 pounds! And it smells like a candle store....

[Pan]

My favourite smells..

Hug and Cookies scented candle
Apple and Cinnamon Country Market scented candle
Old books
leather
fresh-baking corn bread
apple cider with cloves heating by a campfire in a cast-iron kettle
Dark chocolate
Roast simmering for 12 hours in a crockpot
fresh bread baking
Autumn
Fresh-chopped wood
Charcoal and bbq
Snuffed candles and matches
Clay
Flour.. I love the smell of flour
Sage
almost any type of herb
Roses
Espresso
My husband after he's been working out
My husband anytime
Baking chicken
Cookies and brownies and cake
New car
The dirt after it rains
A willow tree
Febreze
Paper
Gala apples

I'm sure there's more, but I think I hvae a nice list right here. And I'm burning said "Hugs and Cookies" candle. Wal Mart $9. BUY IT!!!

[Garnet]

Lilacs

The smell of grass the first time it's cut in the spring.

Just-picked bell peppers.

Pier I hazlenut creme candles

[Azure]

Amethyst Rose - Geez, I am such a walking advertisement - the link I gave Old Witch earlier has a scent called "Dirt" that is one of my favs, that you might really, really like. . .

[SerenityMoon]

cinnamon and baking chocolate chip cookies.
*nods*

[Witchy Cowgirl]

Someone mentioned puppy breath....how could I forget that?
Also mentioned....pumpkin guts....glad I'm not the only one who calls it that.

Another favorite smell that Hubby introduced me to.....
the smell of tobacco being fired.

[)O( ~ Khara~ )O(]

a child straight from the bath
sandalwood
juniper
all citrus - tangerine, grapefruit etc...
ginger
lotus
honeysuckle
night jasmine
rain
fresh cut grass

[earthcat]

Originally posted by Witchy Cowgirl
Someone mentioned puppy breath....how could I forget that?
Also mentioned....pumpkin guts....glad I'm not the only one who calls it that.

Another favorite smell that Hubby introduced me to.....
the smell of tobacco being fired.

I mentioned puppy breath... About 6 days ago I picked up and 8 week old yellow Lab and immediately lifted him to my face. I got all kinds of kisses and puppy breath.... My squeamish neighbor was grossed out; she doesn't know what she's missing!
http://www.plaudersmilies.de/puppy.gif

[ShadowStorm]

Originally posted by Flaire
Oh! The Glade airfreshener...I have no idea what scent is in there, but it's heavenly! :D


Would have to be the wild berry one!!!!!

No, No, the strawberries and cream one!!!!!!

:boing:

[Arzhela]

Things baking (be it bread, apple pie, chocolate chip cookies...)
the breeze on a relaxed summer day in late afernoon
the world before and after it rains
apple orchards
books
fresh dollar bills
laundry
any of those herbs where you can just lightly run your hand up a stalk and when you life your hand to your nose it's filled with scent...lavender, lemon verbena, rosemary, thyme are the ones that I really love to do that with:)
tree trunks
autumn leaves as you walk on them
autumn days in general
clementine rinds
lime zest
garlic cooking in a little bit of butter in a pan
heather, lavender, patchouli, neroli

[Jeleia]

Whatever the scent is my boyfriend wears...MmMM!!

[Flaire-FireStar]

Originally posted by ShadowStorm



Would have to be the wild berry one!!!!!

No, No, the strawberries and cream one!!!!!!

:boing:

It doesn't smell like berry, actuallly. Which reminds me - I love the smell of my raspberry bubble bath. :mmm: Makes me want to eat it. :lol:

[Rubi Waters]

I forgot to add to mine.....campfires!!!!! just love that smell

[MzNeko]

I forgot one also - ripe nectarines!

[Arzhela]

Mmmm, YES, ripe nectarines!:mmm:

[Rævyn Cigány]

Sandalwood, definitely

[earthcat]

Sugarplum? Are you here???

[FlamedLilly]

It may sound weird but my favorite smells are:
Pipe Tobacco, True Cigerettes, WD-40, and welding and automotive shops. Well wood shops too.

The tobacco products remind me of my grandpa, the WD-40 and the autoshop reminds me of my dad and my grandpa, and the others remind me of my Dad

[WandererInGray]

*sighs happily*

Oh yeah, I LOVE the smell of pipe tobacco also!

[athena_xoxo]

~sandalwood
~cedar
~jasmine
~roses
~pikake (a hawaiian flower)
~lilac

[Haedis]

some of these are kind of odd:

gasoline, old churches, vintage stores, blood, dill, kittens, yellow skittles, green tea, and Thermasilk shampoo (though I dont use it).

[Rada]

Dawns and sunsets in the mountains, wet firtrees,rainbows,mists:p

[Naillosotarrain]

FIRE AND BRIMSTONE!!! :evilway:

[Valnorran]

Glad to see someone else said horses. I was worried I was the only one... Leather. Definately leather. Gun oil (especially Hoppe's #9), wood smoke, gun smoke, sweet olive, french fries, any meat on a grill... pipe tobacco. There used to be a store around here that sold only pipe smoking things. As a kid I'd go in there just to smell the place. A waiter at a resteraunt I used to work at smoked these really cigarrettes. They were black and, I think, Turkish, but they smelled very good, totally unlike American smokes. Sugar cane is a staple crop around here, and it is grinding season (that is to say, harvesting time). After it has been cut and is still laying in the field, the leaves must be burned off before it is hauled to the mill. I just loooooove the smell of burning sugar cane. It is the very aroma of autumn.

[AriesBoy]

Chocolate Cake!, RedWine, Port, RUM, Roast Lamb and Mint Sauce, Buttered Toast, Marmalade, Channel No 5 , and Eternity for men, My Mums Laundry (Always smells nicer than mine) Strawberries, Mandarin Oranges at Christmas Time, Italian Food, Garlic Bread, Almonds, Ginger, Fresh Lavender, Freshly washed hair, Coconut shampoo, Christmas Trees and the Tinsel. New Clothes, and Babies (Clean babies)!!!!

But not neccarsarily in that order!!!

[Nissala]

fresh cut grass,
the forest before/during and after a rain,
the air when it is about to snow
the ocean

*sings* these are a few of my favorite smells...:D


(to the tune of "My favorite things") (I think that's the name of it ?)

[Radocs]

Fresh air.

[Azure]

Times Square!

(sorry, couldn't resist. No one will get the reference anyhow. . .)

[Phoenix Blue]

Green Acres! **Grins winningly** :bigredgri

[Azure]

. . . except PB!