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[–] wendigo@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

vinegar, just can’t get enough of it

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Horse feed. Sweet feed to be exact.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

My dachshund's feet. Seriously. They smell something like popcorn sometimes.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

Grass, lily and petrichor.

Bonus points if all combined :)

[–] Onionguy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Chlorine on my skin after going to the pool.

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Fresh out of the oven bread Coffee Pipe tobacco Cigar shops

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

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

Diesel fuel is a pretty awesome smell 🔥

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

diesel exhaust

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

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

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week 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.

[–] squinky@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week 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

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 points 1 week 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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[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.

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.

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks 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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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Chlorine and florine

[–] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Stockmar crayons.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week 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.

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

Rain. Baby head. Books

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago
[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Skunk. From a very safe distance, of course. But I love it when you can smell one, somewhere nearby.

[–] the_q@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

The air on a crisp Halloween dusk back in 1988.

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