What's your favourite smell?

[sft42]

Following a conversation with a mate who insists vanilla is the best smell ever, it got me to wondering what others fav smells are?

[gazzawazza]

I remember meat pie at school as if it were yesterday. I'm not sayimg this is my favourite... (coz I've been drinking loads) I just want it logging!

I will be posting with other smells soon!

[gazzawazza]

Fresh cut grass, cucumbers in a salad, wood burning... There are so many but I've had loads to drink so I'm going to leave it at that!!!

[brawburd]

Cinammon, - whether the real mccoy or in air fresheners, toiletries, perfumes ..... makes me all warm n cosy!

[RCP]

The smell of onions frying (particularly when you know they are going to accompany a nice juicy steak) takes some beating, the smell when you break the seal on a new jar of coffee. The smell of cigarette smoke on a cold day on the terraces is another I always liked for some reason.

[beenee]

the smell of rain on dry earth!

[Cathy]

I always like a citrus smell. I also think the smell of petrol and nail varnish is lovely (even if it is a bad idea to sniff it).

[Cetti]

The smell of damp nettle is very minty, and takes me back to my childhood on a farm. A newly painted creosote fence is another thing I just have to sniff - oh, and fresh bread!!

[rekstout]

That sweet, yeasty smell of really fresh bread or the smell of my wifes unique combination of perfumes, lotions and potions.

[bluedolphin]

the smell of burning leaves/wood on a cool autumn evening always reminds me of coming home from school and halloween approaching and further on xmas. Ah the world was a simpler place then ....

[ANUSHIKA]

The smell of Lavender, or i love the smell of nail varnish !!!

[Stav]

Ive got to argree with Cathy. Petrol is the best smell in the world!! I would say that a close second is the smell of a cake baking in t'oven, or a nice sunday roast!

[KARL]

Reading through the answers, the idea occurs to me that most people probably do not have a firm favourite but instead thoroughly enjoy the sense of smell. The suggestion that a particular smell triggers a vivid recollection of something is one that I suspect most people can identify with - it certainly applies to me. There are certain curiosities about this too, for example I like the smell of freshly roasted coffee beans (or, more so, the smell of the roasting process), but I cannot stand the taste of coffee (my addiction to chocolate only just overcomes the dislike and allows me to give in to a coffee flavoured fix).

[andy hughes]

Brace yourselves - the smell that reminds me of being little, when my grandmother used to take me down to the pools near where she lived to watch the anglers is ... maggots! I really do like the smell of maggots in sawdust - but I know of no-one else who does, I guess I'm not surprised!

[louisecheese]

my favourite smell has got to be the smell of freshly washed clothes dried outside on a breezy summers day. mmmm

[xyzzy@bok]

the dry Earth smell just before rain, as already mentioned; and that 'dope' smell in racing motorbikes.

[tracymort]

ooh babies! especially after a nice breastfeed - all milky and warm!

[darth vader]

smoke from dead wood burning, bacon cooking, cigars, baby's breath, baking bread, eucalyptus, salami.......... It's funny how smoke (in one form or another) features heavily in the responses - a caveman instinct?

[simon_says]

Pear drops.

[xyzzy@bok]

Castrol R.

[gazzawazza]

Right, I'm back and a little more sober!

Reading through these answers it's amazing how some people love the smell of certain things which others hate... I used to love the smell of nail varnish but detest the smell of petrol. I love the smell of kippers being cooked but I think they're more trouble than they're worth, (taking out all the bones then they repeat on you all day!

Although I don't eat a lot of chocolate, whenever I do, I have to smell it first...mmmmm...

Freshly laundered clothing is definitely one of my faves as well as the rain on earth which has been mentioned a couple of times. Baby lotion and almost any soap is a smell from heaven for me. I also love the smell of onions being cooked slowly and then garlic and ginger being added to the pan... Delicious!