Essences we thought "smelled good"

[okarol]

Sense of Smell

These may remind you of essences we thought "smelled good," like …

    * White "library paste." Some idiots would even eat it.
    * LePage's rubber cement.
    * Testor's airplane glue, which held together balsa wood models.
    * Sheets of paper that just came off the mimeograph.
    * The thin oil we put on the tracks of our Lionel trains.
    * The smell of fresh asphalt on the street on a hot day.

[aharris2]

...essences we thought "smelled good," like …
    * White "library paste." Some idiots would even eat it... Smell not so much. Taste? Guilty, YUM!!!
    * LePage's rubber cement.
    * Testor's airplane glue, which held together balsa wood models.
    * Sheets of paper that just came off the mimeograph... Oh yes, Breathe deep!
    * The thin oil we put on the tracks of our Lionel trains.
    * The smell of fresh asphalt on the street on a hot day... I love it to this day (this is a part of my
       work). There is one type that smells like grape jelly as it comes out of the truck.

Thanks for the memories okarol! 

[kitkatz]

The smell of Office Depot
The smell of a tire store

[okarol]

The smell of rain on hot pavement reminds me of summer showers (which were rare in Calif, but memorable experiences) and remind me of being a kid in the San Fernando Valley.

[Jean]

Freshly mowed grass.

[monrein]

I really like the smell of horse manure...not cow poop or BS...but fresh horse manure, yes.  Reminds me of the stables at home when I was a kid.

[Bajanne]

The smell of Office Depot
The smell of a tire store

You can say those two again and again!!  Was in Western Auto  last weekend.  LOVED IT!

Balloons and new Christmas toys had a wonderful scent.
Markers
the smell on rain on the red earth of the country area where I was born

[bette1]

I actually liked the smell of gasoline.
The smell of magic markers.
The smell of baby powder.

[kitkatz]

A used bookstores mells different to me.

[thegrammalady]

The smell of rain on hot pavement reminds me of summer showers (which were rare in Calif, but memorable experiences) and remind me of being a kid in the San Fernando Valley.

i love the smell of rain on hot pavement. fresh cement smell is good too, just not quite the same.

 

[Wenchie58]

I love the smell of lumber.....especially fresh cut.  Used to haul logs into the mill....mmmm always smelled great there.

Now I get my kicks walking through the lumber section of Home Depot or Lowes!

 

[YLGuy]

Babies
patchouli
A fresh Christmas tree
Garlic

[tyefly]

   Nothing better  than I dead bird on the beach  and the dogs find it and bring that smell home....

         NOthing better.......LOL

[glitter]

I love the smell of Tires- for years that was our business- tire smell good-like money!!

I do also love the smell of lumber, and mowed grass. and gasoline, and probably airplane glue.( and I

wonder why I am down to three brain cells !!!)

[MIbarra]

I used to like the smell of school bus exhaust. I know.. weird. 

[twirl]

I really like the smell of horse manure...not cow poop or BS...but fresh horse manure, yes.  Reminds me of the stables at home when I was a kid.

Oh yeah -- I hope I get your name Christmas -- I have fresh horse manure !!!!! and plenty of it ---
               scents of youth
               

[Stoday]

Sorry — can't help it:

She was only the huntsman's daughter but all the horse manure. 

[twirl]

Sorry — can't help it:

She was only the huntsman's daughter but all the horse manure. 

 

[monrein]

Sorry — can't help it:

She was only the huntsman's daughter but all the horse manure. 

Indeed!  Our farm was very near to one of the best polo player's farm at the time in Jamaica and when the royals (Charles and Phillip, often accompanied by Princess Anne) came to play, our neighbour provided their "mounts".  We'd go to watch the matches and I liked to wander among the grooms and the horses.

Twirl, could you put it in a can so it'll stay fresh en route?   

[mcjane]

Shoe polish...the one that comes in the round tin

Tide liquid

downy fabric softener sheets

Chantilly body powder

Packers tar soap

rubbing alcohol

roses

a new car

[Zach]

A printing press

A photography darkroom

A woodworking shop

Exhaust from a lawnmower

A subterranean dig (as in new building construction)

[dwcrawford]

finger nail polish remover

patouli oil

stale beer

[del]

The smell of new books on the first day of school
Christmas trees
The fresh smell you get after a shower of rain
freshly cut grass
The smell of salt water in the air (from the ocean)
lilacs
fresh cut lumber

[kellyt]

I also love the smell of cut lumber!  I love going to The Home Depot or Lowes.  It reminds me of my Dad's shop.
I love the smell of yeast.  It reminds me of my Mother's kitchen during the holidays.
I love the smell of rubbing alcohol.
I love the smell of baby powder.

[harley08]

Nothing like a baby fresh from a bath
The smell of laundry after hanging out in the summer sun
Walking out the front door on a fall morning when all the leaves are changing
Anything baking
The fire at a campsite