Mine is lilacs, because there was a lilac bush at the bus stop that I used to wait at with my mom when I was a kid, it was my school bus stop and the public bus stop so we spent a lot of time on that corner and now when I smell lilacs I just immediately feel like a kid again.
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My wife’s soap.
Every time she comes out of the shower I want to pounce on her. I often grab her while sitting for a hug and plant my face in her tummy. Getting a good whiff.
Oddly enough she uses fragrance free soap so maybe it’s just her natural scent. Haha.
That means you liiiike her
Rain. Or, rather, the sweet earthy smell of wet moss or grass and decomposition and the rest of it that is far beyond any human descriptions and impossible to even approach with words 🥹
Combined with the sound, it’s the most divine state a world can exist in, period.
Petrichor?
Not sure if the smell of autumn’s decomposing has a distinct word though.
My favorite smell is that of a well stocked spice store
A mix of lightly burnt motor oil and subway.
Sunscreen and fresh cut grass. Reminds me of carefree days as a kid where everything was possible
Almond scented pink public bathroom soap
Gardenia flowers. Not the terrible candle or soap scents that try and fail to imitate it, but the actual live flowers.
coffee because it is the best thing in the world
When I was little my mom had an electric cookie press that made jet-puffed cookies. Why it was electric, and had to be plugged in, I have no idea. It was almost exclusively used to make Christmas cookies (trees, presents, snowmen, etc.) and the smell of the dough and the finished cookies was so unmistakable and unique that I cannot describe it exactly but can immediately recognize it decades later.
Another smell is the combination of coffee brewing and a classic American breakfast of bacon, eggs, and toast being made by my grandparents. The kind of smell that instantly wakes you up and makes you stumble down the stairs half awake. I don’t ever drink coffee but the combined smell is intoxicating and always reminds me of them.
Raspberries. I can’t exactly recall why, but makes me feel like I’m 8 again. It’s magical.
Pinyon juniper woodland after a violent hailstorm. The pulverized vegetation filling the clean mountain air with their volatile compounds. Tart resiny smells mingling with sweet floral sages combined with the earthy aroma of hummus and wet soil. It is petrichor turned up to eleven-thousand.
My dog’s feet. They smell like corn chips.
It’s a combination of Pseudomonas bacteria and yeasts. Obviously totally normal, but I agree. It’s a great smell.
also the warm pupper aroma. the opposite of wet dawg smell, it’s lovely.
A core memory unlock scent for me is any time I smell honeysuckle. We had some where I grew up, and it just instantly takes me back.
Others are a spray from Lush called sleepy time. It’s Lavender and Tonka, and it is the most calming scent I’ve ever been around.
Dark chocolate. Good roasted coffee. Wife’s body spray Tea and Bergamont from bath and bodyworks.My weird ones are lumber and gasoline
Homemade bread. Nothing beats the smell of fresh bread. Just took a loaf of shokupan out of my oven and the smell in my apartment is incredible.
Learn to make it yourself my dudes, it is 1000% worth it.
