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What is your favorite smell?

Postby Alexander » Sun May 13, 2007 9:45 pm

Oh yes, an odd topic created from loose thoughts.

Do you have a favorite smell? While I've been debating what mine is, I think I've found it.

The smell of fresh new books. I was at my bookstore today while shopping for a present, and I realized that the aroma of fresh books was what always seems to set me in a feeling of wanting to explore a new place and leave the world I live in.
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Postby RedMage » Sun May 13, 2007 9:47 pm

The air right before a rainstorm.
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Postby bigsleepj » Sun May 13, 2007 10:01 pm

The smell of freshly brewed coffee, the air right before a rainstorm and for some reason I like the smell of burning grass.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Sun May 13, 2007 11:26 pm

Vanilla! Oh and just-washed hair. The shampoo is produces a scene that is like woah.
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Postby Sammy Boy » Mon May 14, 2007 3:11 am

1. Freshly baked bread just out of the oven.
2. The air after a storm.
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Postby Hotarubi » Mon May 14, 2007 4:53 am

The scent of summer heat.
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Postby FarmGirl » Mon May 14, 2007 5:02 am

The smell of a used book store (the sort which is set up in an old house). The gentle decay of paper and wood combined with the great amassing of many kinds of dust and just a little bit of smoke is intoxicating.
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An old book, of course
A well-used hay loft on a clear day
A holiday kitchen in the last hour before mealtime
That which fills the air after a hurricane or in its eye
A good little ice cream shop. Can't describe this smell, for I suspect that it is unique to that shop.
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Postby Raiden no Kishi » Mon May 14, 2007 5:48 am

Vanilla, spearmint, gasoline, and napalm in the morning.

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Postby AsianBlossom » Mon May 14, 2007 6:54 am

Subway restaurants (mmm...delicious) and cinnamon or apple spice candles burning (reminds me of Christmas).

New books are good too.
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Postby wingedfox » Mon May 14, 2007 9:30 am

i like the smell of the fall leaves crushed after a rain storm.
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Postby Saj » Mon May 14, 2007 9:52 am

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Postby K. Ayato » Mon May 14, 2007 10:43 am

Chocolate

Spaghetti sauce or any food that's Italian

Chicken adobo (Filipino food), particularly the way my mom makes it

Eucalyptus leaves
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Postby mitsuki lover » Mon May 14, 2007 11:53 am

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I love the smell of blood in the morning!
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Postby The Liar XIII » Mon May 14, 2007 11:54 am

I always enjoyed the smell of my Mom's homemade "German meatballs"..

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Postby CrimsonRyu17 » Mon May 14, 2007 12:42 pm

The smell of smoke at the end of a gun's barrel.

And a blazing fire.
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Postby Sheol777 » Mon May 14, 2007 12:42 pm

Smell of a swimming pool.
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Postby Master-Chief » Mon May 14, 2007 1:21 pm

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Postby Conner999 » Mon May 14, 2007 1:27 pm

New or old books.
The smell of various foods, especially around the hollidays.
Rain.
My hair.
Certain people.
Puppies.
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Postby ChristianKitsune » Mon May 14, 2007 1:42 pm

Nince.

I actually like the smell of firewood.. like for the past few nights our family has sat around our outside fire pit... and when we come in it's like we all smell like fire.

I guess for me it's just the time we spend together that makes it smell so good. I know that I have a very limited amount of time left at home...and that thought makes me want to hold on ot my family all the more.. ^^;

I also love the smell of rain, and insense.
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Postby Tenshi no Ai » Mon May 14, 2007 2:20 pm

A vanilla freak here as well^^ various chocolately scented candles as well, the smell of fresh licorice when you JUST open the bag (same with pizza when you JUST open the box), to list a few that top my list^^

Oh, and certain perfumey scents (including deodorants which are NOT strong) as well as some manly scents for both. Not sure why some young guys seem to think that the more Axe the better, though :/
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Postby Danderson » Mon May 14, 2007 7:51 pm

That old wood polish smell that makes old houses smell.....well....old......

That at certain people.....though I rarely notice that....
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Postby Fiore teh Duck » Mon May 14, 2007 9:47 pm

The air when you wake up in the morning during spring/fall, when the temperature is not too hot or cold, and the morning dew is still all over the grass and the leaves.
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Postby KBMaster » Tue May 15, 2007 10:10 am

New books and freshly cut grass.

Oh and brownies. Can't forget brownies. Not the kind of brownies I make, though. I like non-burnt brownies. :)
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Postby AsianBlossom » Tue May 15, 2007 10:44 am

Mmmm...forgot freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies. And three types of incense: this one kind that one of our priests brought back from the Holy Land, a rose incense we also use at Church, and this narcissus incense my dad bought in the Japan store at Epcot.
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Tue May 15, 2007 11:14 am

Freshly cut gardenias. I freaking LOVE gardenias. Also, the orange blossom trees in Florida. We (my family and I) were driving past a grove of them one night, and we just rolled down the windows and let the smell into the car. They smell amazing. o_o
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Tue May 15, 2007 11:23 am

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Postby Okami » Tue May 15, 2007 12:19 pm

The smell of freshly made popcorn. Once I was sitting on the footstool below our microwave and I looked up at my mom (with 30 seconds left to go on the popcorn) and said "Mom, when Jesus comes again, he's gonna smell like popcorn" I dunno what state of mind I was in at the time, but really!
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Postby mitsuki lover » Tue May 15, 2007 12:27 pm

the woods after it rains.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Tue May 15, 2007 2:13 pm

Fresh baked goods (banana/cardamom bread) and the air right after a rainfall.
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Postby Jingo Jaden » Tue May 15, 2007 2:32 pm

I am pursuasive >:D
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