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[–] Onionguy@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Chlorine on my skin after going to the pool.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago
[–] theblips@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Fresh out of the oven bread Coffee Pipe tobacco Cigar shops

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There are these yellow flowers that grow on vines around here. They smell excellent.

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[–] univers3man@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Napalm in the morning.

[–] lancenotsomuch@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Diesel fuel is a pretty awesome smell 🔥

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

diesel exhaust

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago
[–] squinky@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Bromine. It’s what they treat the water with on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, and the smell puts my mind on vacation

[–] goober@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My grandmother's closet - old wood, old clothes, and mothballs

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

I got a brief flash of a Ren and Stimpy close-up of a nostril sucking in mothballs, from reading this comment.

But jokes aside, I can imagine that smell becoming a core memory down the road and will hit with instant nostalgia whenever you smell something similar.

I remember the smell of my Grandmother's house every time I hear the song Teardrop by Massive Attack. I'm 9 years old, and I'm watching MTV, sitting on the living room carpet.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Freshly harvested cannabis is my favorite smell, far and away

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

New packs of cards when the shrinkwrap is removed.

[–] h54@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Freshly cut Ytong blocks. Ink of ballpoint pens.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When you are driving through the countryside and you start to smell cow shit. I fucking love it.

My dad used to say this to me and I never understood it until I got older.

[–] Future_Honkey@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Rain. Baby head. Books

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

That smell that tells you it's Spring.

Fresh bread.

Gasoline.

Bleach.

That head shop incense smell.

The smell of detergent or fabric softener from a nearby house doing laundry.

Whatever that syrup is they use for canned peaches and fruit salad cups.

[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Firewood drying in the sun appeals to me, but it's generally a quite mild smell. If there's a breeze, it probably is undetectable.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago
[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I love the smell of grains being unloaded from a truck into a silo.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Marijuana. And by association, dead skunk (it smells like strong weed/strong weed smells like dead skunk 🤷🏻‍♂️)

Light BO. A day after sweating at work, great. If you haven't bathed in a week; 🤮

Whatever the Rock is cooking.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Chlorine and florine

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

sweaty partner

[–] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 1 points 2 months ago

I'm surprised no one put crayons on here yet (I don't really care either way but it seems like something that would go on this thread).

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pot/weed. I understand why non-partakers dont care for it but I gotta get a sniff whenever opening a new bag

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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dogs. A place where dogs have been living has such a comforting smell to it. Also their paws smell so nice

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