Lovely Scents/Foul Smells: What Are Your Personal Likes & Dislikes?

[Taffi Abernathy]

A scent is very personal, and often associated with feelings and memories.
For example, a former love may have worn a particular cologne, and when you smell it today, it evokes fond memories of your relationship. Perhaps the smell of certain foods cooking takes you back to your childhood, and envelopes you with a sense of feeling cared for and secure.

Certainly not all smells generate positive feeling and reactions. For instance, when I enter the medical building where my dentist's office is located, and I catch a whiff ofl those "dental smells," I experience trepidation since I remember two particularly unpleasant root canals. Conversely, the scent of vanilla lifts my spirits automatically. It is no accident that my favorite cologne contains almost all vanilla notes. Let's hear from you: What are your personal likes and/or dislikes? Optional: Please feel free to also share whatever feelings or memories you associate with these scents.

[scottschoe]

I love the smell of gasoline, cigarettes, and those chemicals under the kitchen sink. Hate the slel of coins. Well, those are the quirky ones.

[Mosco]

I HATE Patchouli! Makes me want to go kick a hippie.

[KKB]

I love the smell of jet fuel and the exhaust of certain diesel engines . . . All since I was a kid. Weird.

[The Second]

Originally Posted by KKB

I love the smell of jet fuel and the exhaust of certain diesel engines . . . All since I was a kid. Weird.

Im just glad your still alive.

[KKB]

Originally Posted by The Second

Im just glad your still alive.

I only smelled the jet fuel when we drove past JFK airport when I was a kid, I guess it was the association with seeing planes that made me like the smell. When I was a small kid, I actually used to stand behind those old fashioned (early-mid 60's) buses in NYC because I liked the exhaust smell. Guess that was a little dangerous.

[hunterp27]

Originally Posted by KKB

I love the smell of jet fuel and the exhaust of certain diesel engines . . . All since I was a kid. Weird.

I love the smell of real Patchouli from C.O. bigelow. The cheap knock off imitation crap is a little offputing, but the real stuff is a "panty dropper" with the ladies. Ya can't over do it, but if done right.......they love it. Just sayin.

[rr-nyc]

Originally Posted by hunterp27

I love the smell of real Patchouli from C.O. bigelow. The cheap knock off imitation crap is a little offputing, but the real stuff is a "panty dropper" with the ladies. Ya can't over do it, but if done right.......they love it. Just sayin.

You know you're responding to a 6 year old thread, right?

[Jimbits76]

Originally Posted by Mosco

I HATE Patchouli! Makes me want to go kick a hippie.

x2 We're about the same age...I remember when the Madonna Like a Prayer album came out and the sleeve was impregnated with that crap...all the madonna fans at school when to the nearest occult/wicca goth shops and bought a load of it before dousing their madonna denim jackets in it....bleurghhhh!

J

[Atl]

Originally Posted by Mosco

I HATE Patchouli! Makes me want to go kick a hippie.

Best smells:

1) New car smell (most cars)
2) Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, leather smell. Mmmmmm!
3) Jet fuel smell, preferably a G-5
4) Pipe smoke
5) New Rolex box smell.
6) Secretary's perfume, not sure what it is but it smells fantastic on her. I usually hate perfume. Drives me wild! Gotta be careful.
7) Cut grass.
8) BBQ being smoked.

That's it I guess.

[jdc]

Fresh baked bread, geraniums, tomatoes on the vine. Hate josh sticks over cooked cabbage, marmite

[Lamone]

I LOVE honeysuckle and Lavender.

[rajurama]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm i used to love the body scent of my ex girlfriend

[Atl]

Originally Posted by rajurama

hmmmmmmmmmmmm i used to love the body scent of my ex girlfriend

Is that legal in Dubai???

[rustedmetal]

I hate the vinegar and miso my wife puts in her salad. Hate!

[Lisa]

I don't like rose-scented perfumes, sachets, soap, or anything that smells like a rose but isn't one. Blecch. Real roses smell just fine.

I love the smell of the old farmhouses our neighbors lived in when I was a kid - and they were old farmers, of course - ancient people who still canned their own vegetables and held threshing events after the wheat harvest. Their homes smelled like warm gas stoves, dampness and mustiness from the root cellars, and cooking smells of bread or beans with ham or garden vegetables.

[gmh1013]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by gmh1013

I love the smell of napalm in the morning

Smartypants.

[Mosco]

Originally Posted by gmh1013

I love the smell of napalm in the morning

[Jimbits76]

I like the smell of newly opened action figures....I recently bought W some soldier toys and when I opened the box it took me back about 20 years.

I also like the smell of books...that kind of slightly foisty pulped wood paper smell.

Smells I don't like...frying onions...urgh!

J

[AIKO]

Cigarettes and strong cologne/perfume-barf.

[Tony-GB]

Originally Posted by AIKO

Cigarettes and strong cologne/perfume-barf.

I loath the smell of cigarettes. Yuk.

Love any smell that reminds me of my childhood.

[Jimbits76]

Originally Posted by Tony-GB

Love any smell that reminds me of my childhood.

Tizer?

Spangles?

Wham Bars?

J

[Ashley]

I hate the smell of popcorn, vanilla, cigarettes/cigars, and potpourri. Oh, and also anything that tries to smell like chocolate. It always smells absolutely terrible.
I looove the smell of cinnamon/apple combination, just cinnamon, fresh cut grass, horses, fresh baked cookies or pies, the blossoming trees outside my house (it smells like Spring!), hay, gasoline, and oranges. I also like the smell of marijuana oddly enough, though I've never tried it or even held it.

[Jimbits76]

Originally Posted by Ashley

I hate the smell of popcorn, vanilla, cigarettes/cigars, and potpourri. Oh, and also anything that tries to smell like chocolate. It always smells absolutely terrible.
I looove the smell of cinnamon/apple combination, just cinnamon, fresh cut grass, horses, fresh baked cookies or pies, the blossoming trees outside my house (it smells like Spring!), hay, gasoline, and oranges. I also like the smell of marijuana oddly enough, though I've never tried it or even held it.

I hate the smell of dope...awful.

Old stale cigar smoke is also pretty rotten.

J

[Ashley]

Originally Posted by Jimbits76

I hate the smell of dope...awful.

Old stale cigar smoke is also pretty rotten.

J

If the marijuana is bad quality, it can smell so acrid and gross. If it's a good quality, it smells nice and sweet. At least, that's what my pot-head friends say.

[Jimbits76]

Originally Posted by Ashley

If the marijuana is bad quality, it can smell so acrid and gross. If it's a good quality, it smells nice and sweet. At least, that's what my pot-head friends say.

yeah...your friends...now pass the doritos

J

[Ashley]

Originally Posted by Jimbits76

yeah...your friends...now pass the doritos

J

You can have the Dorito's, Jim! I'd be too scared of the impending munchies to try marijuana, it's hard enough staying away from the stuff sober!

[Ashley]

Oh, I forgot to add that I love the smell of rain and ozone, and Frederic Fekkai has the most amazing apple-scented shampoo. I would go broke buying it every few weeks, but I can't use it on my super dry hair anyway.

[clew84]

I love the smell of a fire in late fall coming from a house's chimney. And a campfire. Just something about the smell of those that brings back good memories.