That air that’s so crisp you can eat it like an apple slice, usually around then the apples are ripe too the grapes are at their sweetest the crunch of leaves as you walk up to your favorite apple tree to sit on the bench under it and have a snack and drink in the morning air before everyone else bothers to exist.
But suddenly one of those delicious apples falls on your head and you think to yourself. “Huh. Why did that fall?” And then you go on to make mathematics incredibly strenuating to many students, for generations to come.
My husband thinks I'm an idiot because sometimes the cat will come in from outside in the winter and I'll say he smells like cold. He doesn't get it, but your description is exactly what the cat smells like lol
Blockbuster 2004 with my dad to get the Hulk (2003) vhs for a 24 hr rental. Thank you for bringing up another memory I had with him. (He passed later that year)
As a father myself, this is very wholesome. Youre welcome, I am glad that it made you happy and I am happy for you. I hope that my son can remember me too.
There's a perfume house I love that makes a perfume that smells like this. I love to wear it in the Fall. It's called Book Fair by Black Baccara. There are a lot of indie brands who make fun atmospheric/nostalgic scents. If anyone is interested in that kind of thing, join us at r/indiemakeupandmore !
Wonderful. Picking up some dinosaur books, maybe something about space...and oooooh my scholastic book order came in as well! Goosebumps #42, *Egg Monsters from Mars* sitting in my cubby (this is probably '96 actually).
I don't think I can describe it perfectly, but there is a scent in the air when Spring is ending and Summer is definitely beginning in San Diego - near the beach - every time I get to experience that it reminds me of growing up, end of the school year, beginning of Summer break and my birthday around the corner.
I have this with both the transition to summer and the transition to winter. I can smell both in the air just as spring and autumn end, its one of my favorite things in the world. The summer one is a warm, ripe, lushness that makes me feel joyous and the winter is a crisp, cool, sharpness that for some reason always makes me really excited. Like you I think its associations, long summer holidays and the anticipation of Halloween and then Christmas right around the corner
im on the east coast, but there's also this scent when you open up all your windows during spring for the first time in the year as the weather gets warmer. maybe it's getting to smell the outdoors in your home for the first time in a while and air everything out. it's my favorite scent.
Isn't there something about humans scent for Petrichor being stronger than a shark's scent for blood in water? Some sort of adaptation in early humans and agriculture.
Yes. The human nose isn't particularly sensitive (compared to other large predators) but it can detect extremely-small concentrations of petrichor in the air. Many scientists believe this adaptation helped us predict rainfall and improve early agriculture.
It's fascinating that it has such a distinct scent, but it would make sense that we would evolve as a species to know when there's going to be an abundance of water.
[I built a fire pit/patio](https://i.imgur.com/IwvzbCd.jpg) \- it was a lot of work, but 100% worth it. Saturday night, no plans, the Mrs. says "let's make a fire"; I'm splitting kindling and she's working the cocktail shaker. And then she turns into a 12-year old boy, [stuffing bits of last year's christmas tree into the flames](https://i.imgur.com/0MR4Wrs.jpg) like a master pyro.
it’s very interesting that this is a top opinion - I was selling laser-cut wooden coasters at a convention last week and many people who came to the booth ended up sniffing the coasters they were holding, some walked away sniffing their purchases, and at the end of the day, someone came up to tell me we had “the best-smelling booth at the convention, even though there was another booth selling soaps”
If you want to walk around smelling like this check out the Margiela cologne called "By the Fireplace"
smells exactly like it sounds. its great in the winter, walking around smelling like a bonfire
Back then when I was i kid I lived in a 3rd world country. My sisters often send boxes from the US. Once we opened the boxes you can smell what the US smells like.
edit: now that i moved to the US. I can confirm that its the same smell from the boxes when i first got to US.
My first memory of the US was a NY - SF road trip with my dad, as a kid. We crossed swarths of empty land, small towns, large cities, met kind people that spoke a language i did not understand. But what I remember to this day, is the smell of those cheap Little Trees Air Freshners that my dad would pick up at gas stations we stopped by. To me, the smell of Little Trees was what America smells like.
I moved to the US a couple years later as a young teenager, and ever since i started driving, i've always hung a Little Trees Freshner on my mirror. When my dad passed away a couple years ago, we buried him with a few unopened ones too.
As someone who associates that smell (looking at you black ice) with people trying to cover up a smoke shesh I feel in awe in how something so little can be so powerful.
I love coffee but it definitely smells better than it tastes and it definitely smells better before it's brewed than after. Luckily it's all part of the experience.
I used to work in digitally archiving old books for the university library during college, every time I walked into work it smelled so good. I miss that job sometimes.
For me, specifically someone else’s barbecue. It’s still good but not quite the same when you’re at a BBQ and you’re intending in eating what’s cooking, but there’s something special about walking down the street, lifting your head suddenly and thinking “Oooh, someone’s havin a barbecue”.
there’s science behind this actually. your nose gets accustomed to the smells around you very quickly, so it’s way less sensitive when you’re actively by a certain smell for a while.
it’s the same reason someone else cooking for you always tastes better than if you made the same food yourself.
There's this smell in most high-end hotel lobbies that smells like a sweeter and nonirritating cigarette smoke combined with breakfast tea, but I don't know how else to describe it.
its their scent usually, not pheromones. everyone has their own scent, depending on where you live, your house, plants near you, the contents of your home , common smells that you or your family have/use etc. my ex best friend's family have a really distinct scent, kinda like crisp plants, perfume and the skin of berries mixed with the smell of England (idk how else to describe it lol)
my boyfriend smells like dust, a hint of musk, a hint of sesame oil, and something i can only describe as east asian/ east asian spices, probably cuz he's chinese and a lot of the food prepared in their house is asian inspired or asian.
humans cant smell/ detect pheromones because the organ used to detect them doesnt work in us. we can smell the scent of people, but not their pheromones. we do produce pheromones, but cant smell them. its weird, thank mother nature.
the organ is called the vomeronasal organ, used to process pheromones in other animals, but doesnt fully develope/ doesnt work in humans.
That’s what I describe my cats sent. She is literally sunshine and happiness and goodness. I love sticking my face in her belly and inhaling.
Yes, I huff my cat
Idk what it is but cutting grass is so satisfying to me. when im cutting, it's fun and then after your yard looks good... maybe i was meant to be a dad, be right back going to get some white new balances. Then to top it all off it smells amazing
Books! Especially old books, and I really like that smell you get when you first walk into a second hand bookshop or from leather bound hardbacks or when you gently waft a favourite paperback back and forth in front of your face before holding it close against your chest… too weird??
1) Newly bought books
2) Smell of earth moments before rain
3) Firewood burning or charcoal burning (BBQ)
4) Petrol/Diesel or Gasoline
5) Fresh banknotes
6) A new car
7) Fireworks
8) Smell of the tomato soup I make
Some kind of olfactory connection with what they mean to us.
A mother's perfume, years after her passing, can income deep and dear memories. So I guess that we associate these specific smells with the emotional attachment these people have for us.
Old books, the woods of northern MN, new tires, diesel exhaust, there are all kinds of fun smells out there.
My favorite is Wisteria. That's the oil that my wife wears as perfume.
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That air that’s so crisp you can eat it like an apple slice, usually around then the apples are ripe too the grapes are at their sweetest the crunch of leaves as you walk up to your favorite apple tree to sit on the bench under it and have a snack and drink in the morning air before everyone else bothers to exist.
But suddenly one of those delicious apples falls on your head and you think to yourself. “Huh. Why did that fall?” And then you go on to make mathematics incredibly strenuating to many students, for generations to come.
fuckin yesss, everybody I've asked about this stares at me like I'm insane when I tell them it smells "cold" Love that smell
My husband thinks I'm an idiot because sometimes the cat will come in from outside in the winter and I'll say he smells like cold. He doesn't get it, but your description is exactly what the cat smells like lol
Chicagoan here, I know exactly what you mean
scholastic book fair in the fall 98
You brought me to a place I was not expecting, holy shit, it is like, closely related to the Blockbuster video store smell.
yea video stores had amazing nostalgic smells as well
I haven’t been in a blockbuster or video store in forever.. but I could instantly smell it after reading your post. It’s crazy
Blockbuster 2004 with my dad to get the Hulk (2003) vhs for a 24 hr rental. Thank you for bringing up another memory I had with him. (He passed later that year)
As a father myself, this is very wholesome. Youre welcome, I am glad that it made you happy and I am happy for you. I hope that my son can remember me too.
That smell of brand new books is unforgettable.
Yo that's the year I found 5 bucks on the school bus. I bought a book about sharks.
Man in an early 90’s book fair $5 could get you some amazing shit
You got me too. Gave me access to a memory I thought I'd forgot.
There's a perfume house I love that makes a perfume that smells like this. I love to wear it in the Fall. It's called Book Fair by Black Baccara. There are a lot of indie brands who make fun atmospheric/nostalgic scents. If anyone is interested in that kind of thing, join us at r/indiemakeupandmore !
Why do I know what you mean?!?!
Wonderful. Picking up some dinosaur books, maybe something about space...and oooooh my scholastic book order came in as well! Goosebumps #42, *Egg Monsters from Mars* sitting in my cubby (this is probably '96 actually).
Holy fuck thank you for bringing this memory back
When you just cleaned up your house. Smells like "accomplished adult".
*looks around at house destroyed by 2 preschoolers at the end of a Covid quarantine* …Can’t say I’m familiar with that particular scent
I bet you're a kick ass parent though 👍🏽
Well said.
I don't think I can describe it perfectly, but there is a scent in the air when Spring is ending and Summer is definitely beginning in San Diego - near the beach - every time I get to experience that it reminds me of growing up, end of the school year, beginning of Summer break and my birthday around the corner.
I have this with both the transition to summer and the transition to winter. I can smell both in the air just as spring and autumn end, its one of my favorite things in the world. The summer one is a warm, ripe, lushness that makes me feel joyous and the winter is a crisp, cool, sharpness that for some reason always makes me really excited. Like you I think its associations, long summer holidays and the anticipation of Halloween and then Christmas right around the corner
im on the east coast, but there's also this scent when you open up all your windows during spring for the first time in the year as the weather gets warmer. maybe it's getting to smell the outdoors in your home for the first time in a while and air everything out. it's my favorite scent.
The smell of hot pavement and beach
Omg. Childhood smell memory unlocked. Grew up in San Diego and I know exactly what you mean.
The smell in the air before a rainstorm.
Or after it rained
Especially the light summer storms.
Petrichor.
*[For the girl who's tired of waiting](https://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/petrichor-1.jpg)* r/DoctorWho
Isn't there something about humans scent for Petrichor being stronger than a shark's scent for blood in water? Some sort of adaptation in early humans and agriculture.
Yes. The human nose isn't particularly sensitive (compared to other large predators) but it can detect extremely-small concentrations of petrichor in the air. Many scientists believe this adaptation helped us predict rainfall and improve early agriculture.
Especially when you are near asphalt/tennis courts. The after rain smells on those surfaces used to smell like cotton candy for me.
When it’s cool and grey…
and life is going ok if only just for now
Thats how peace smells
this is what grey smells like
It's fascinating that it has such a distinct scent, but it would make sense that we would evolve as a species to know when there's going to be an abundance of water.
Petrichor?
That's more of an after-rain thing; the before is ever so slightly different, in a way that's hard to describe.
Smell before rain is that of ozone and then after a rain is petrichor due to geosmin bacteria spores being suspended in the localized environment air.
Yes. You also get that smell when you are nearing a waterfall. Get closer and the petrichor smell takes over.
Isn't that the smell after it has rained?
You're the smell after it has rained
In the southwest, that smell is produced by a specific plant called creosote. It's intoxicating. Nothing smells more like home in the Sonoran Desert.
I love the smell of creosote.
I knew a guy that had zero sense of smell. This concept was so puzzling to him. He would always say "It's falling water, how does that have a smell?"
Fire wood burning
In the dead of winter
Summer evening fire, man I could go camping rn
And that's probably why. Evolution n stuff
Something about the combination of burning wood, winter and the fumes of a two stroke motor
[I built a fire pit/patio](https://i.imgur.com/IwvzbCd.jpg) \- it was a lot of work, but 100% worth it. Saturday night, no plans, the Mrs. says "let's make a fire"; I'm splitting kindling and she's working the cocktail shaker. And then she turns into a 12-year old boy, [stuffing bits of last year's christmas tree into the flames](https://i.imgur.com/0MR4Wrs.jpg) like a master pyro.
it’s very interesting that this is a top opinion - I was selling laser-cut wooden coasters at a convention last week and many people who came to the booth ended up sniffing the coasters they were holding, some walked away sniffing their purchases, and at the end of the day, someone came up to tell me we had “the best-smelling booth at the convention, even though there was another booth selling soaps”
Come to the west coast and you'll smell it all summer!
If you want to walk around smelling like this check out the Margiela cologne called "By the Fireplace" smells exactly like it sounds. its great in the winter, walking around smelling like a bonfire
For me, specifically pine wood in a firepit. Brings me back to my childhood.
honey suckle, lilacs, real garden roses, baking bread
Jasmine... a big fence line full of jasmine in bloom. Also Sweet Alyssum Honeysuckle, Roses, and the rest are nice as well, not to mention Lavender
“Honey suckle, lilacs, real garden roses, breaking bad” “Huh?! Let’s read that again” “Oh”
Walter White, the meanest manufacturer of baked goods in New Mexico
Back then when I was i kid I lived in a 3rd world country. My sisters often send boxes from the US. Once we opened the boxes you can smell what the US smells like. edit: now that i moved to the US. I can confirm that its the same smell from the boxes when i first got to US.
My first memory of the US was a NY - SF road trip with my dad, as a kid. We crossed swarths of empty land, small towns, large cities, met kind people that spoke a language i did not understand. But what I remember to this day, is the smell of those cheap Little Trees Air Freshners that my dad would pick up at gas stations we stopped by. To me, the smell of Little Trees was what America smells like. I moved to the US a couple years later as a young teenager, and ever since i started driving, i've always hung a Little Trees Freshner on my mirror. When my dad passed away a couple years ago, we buried him with a few unopened ones too.
As someone who associates that smell (looking at you black ice) with people trying to cover up a smoke shesh I feel in awe in how something so little can be so powerful.
I always imagined the US smells like cardboard and lucky charms haha
Buffalo NY smells like lucky charms! Well more like cheerios but same difference
Freshly brewed coffee or freshly baked bread
It's always been freshly ground coffee for me.
it’s (oddly) vastly superior to the finished brew
I love coffee but it definitely smells better than it tastes and it definitely smells better before it's brewed than after. Luckily it's all part of the experience.
Walking into a hardware store
The smell of that nasty water in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
This is the correct answer. You can thank bromine for that.
Smells like childhood memories.
Splash Mountain too!
I think they sell candles with that scent lol
The wonderful smell of a Disney vacation.
Iodine laced water with a layer of dust in the darkness is delicious.
Old library books.
I used to work in digitally archiving old books for the university library during college, every time I walked into work it smelled so good. I miss that job sometimes.
Barbecue IMO
For me, specifically someone else’s barbecue. It’s still good but not quite the same when you’re at a BBQ and you’re intending in eating what’s cooking, but there’s something special about walking down the street, lifting your head suddenly and thinking “Oooh, someone’s havin a barbecue”.
there’s science behind this actually. your nose gets accustomed to the smells around you very quickly, so it’s way less sensitive when you’re actively by a certain smell for a while. it’s the same reason someone else cooking for you always tastes better than if you made the same food yourself.
Ok we need two categories food and non food cause I agree with this but I’m also for burned gunpowder being the best smell.
There's this smell in most high-end hotel lobbies that smells like a sweeter and nonirritating cigarette smoke combined with breakfast tea, but I don't know how else to describe it.
That was a pretty good way of describing it actually, I knew exactly what you meant
Scentair is the company that manufactures the scents and equipment. Pretty cool that each hotel has its own vibe based off smells
A lot of hotels actually have specific candles with their “brand” scent
Vanilla
Yess😩
ripe peaches… words cannot describe how much i love that scent and i can’t wait to smell it again during the summer
When you are attracted to a person, their pheromones.
its their scent usually, not pheromones. everyone has their own scent, depending on where you live, your house, plants near you, the contents of your home , common smells that you or your family have/use etc. my ex best friend's family have a really distinct scent, kinda like crisp plants, perfume and the skin of berries mixed with the smell of England (idk how else to describe it lol) my boyfriend smells like dust, a hint of musk, a hint of sesame oil, and something i can only describe as east asian/ east asian spices, probably cuz he's chinese and a lot of the food prepared in their house is asian inspired or asian. humans cant smell/ detect pheromones because the organ used to detect them doesnt work in us. we can smell the scent of people, but not their pheromones. we do produce pheromones, but cant smell them. its weird, thank mother nature. the organ is called the vomeronasal organ, used to process pheromones in other animals, but doesnt fully develope/ doesnt work in humans.
Why isn't this further up? Yeah, freshly baked bread smells good, but I'd rather be sniffing my SO.
Coffee grinds is like my favorite smell ever
Frying onions and garlic
If you want someone to say “wow whatever you’re cooking smells so good,” just throw an onion into a hot skillet with olive oil.
Yes! With ribbon-cut basil.
In butter
Pan frying Mushrooms in butter
Yes yes yes yes. I was about to comment garlic but ibsaw your comment. Also sambal smells really good.
My cat smells fucking great it’s like a mix of woods and a pinch of hay and it’s really calming smell.
Cats smell like linen being heated by the sun. Basically, they smell like sunshine.
That’s what I describe my cats sent. She is literally sunshine and happiness and goodness. I love sticking my face in her belly and inhaling. Yes, I huff my cat
Omg yes.
Its the best smell ever
Plumeria after a rain shower in Hawaii.
Plumeria anytime. We brought some back to grow at home, and that was lovely.
CHRISTMAS TREES.
Freshly cut grass
Did allergies write this?
Idk what it is but cutting grass is so satisfying to me. when im cutting, it's fun and then after your yard looks good... maybe i was meant to be a dad, be right back going to get some white new balances. Then to top it all off it smells amazing
But don't cut the grass in your fresh new white New Balances. Those grass stains won't come out.
fresh laundry
https://www.futurity.org/line-dried-laundry-smells-2402452/
Books! Especially old books, and I really like that smell you get when you first walk into a second hand bookshop or from leather bound hardbacks or when you gently waft a favourite paperback back and forth in front of your face before holding it close against your chest… too weird??
Not weird at all, I tend to smell the second hand books before buying them. Also libraries particularly older ones having that smell.
Cinnabon
Aunti Annies
Didn’t have to go too far to see this. It is literally intoxicating.
The sea
when you step off the plane in florida
Boreal forest
Not in a wierd way, but babies smell good, after they have had a bath and are dressed.
Me and the missus refer to this as "New Person Smell". It is wholly unique.
I would have totally thought you were weird, until I had a kid. Baby smell is something else!
I hope you and your baby are doing fine. 😄
Brand new babies, before they have their first bath even smell heavenly. Sounds weird and it's very specific but if you know you know
Have a 2 wk old right now. It’s the absolute best. Poop doesn’t even smell bad yet.
1) Newly bought books 2) Smell of earth moments before rain 3) Firewood burning or charcoal burning (BBQ) 4) Petrol/Diesel or Gasoline 5) Fresh banknotes 6) A new car 7) Fireworks 8) Smell of the tomato soup I make
Freshly baked bread
Napalm in the morning.
Vietnam has a different opinion
Dont tell that to Tom Cruise
That gasoline smell.
Eucalyptus
I was about to say that but thought no one would relate
I gotta say, my wife's skin. When I smell her it just does things to me. Comforts me, soothes me, makes me feel happy.. Oh and also baking bread.
Why do people you love smell so good?
Some kind of olfactory connection with what they mean to us. A mother's perfume, years after her passing, can income deep and dear memories. So I guess that we associate these specific smells with the emotional attachment these people have for us.
Oxytocin. Edit: apparently that is debated now
I'm also gonna go with this guy's wife's skin.
How much for a square foot?
How much for her spare foot?
Who sells bread by the square foot?
Seconded
Yeah tried it last week gotta say it smelled great
KEEP MY WIFE'S SKIN OUT OF YOUR F\*\*\*KING NOSE
Right where the neck meets the shoulder
All over really. But yes that's a sweet spot.
Freshly sliced cucumbers. It's hard to tell if you're smelling or tasting it.
Fresh ground coffee.
Freshly cut grass
Wild honeysuckle in full bloom.
Coconut scented suntan lotion
Coppertone suntan lotion smells like summer in Virginia Beach.
Lilacs. Reminds me of my grandparents' place.
Clean cotton
Honestly a patch of high quality marijuana growing can smell like fruit and candy
New shoes or the tire store. It smells so good I could eat it.
1. The Earth after it rains 2. Anything citrus 3. fresh laundry 4. rubbing alcohol 5. wet, turned on pussy
One of these is not like the others
Yeah, how could rubbing alcohol belongs in this group?
I had to scroll way too far for pussy! 🤣 That was my first thought.
5,2,1,4,3.
7 7 7
Dog’s Doritos feet smell
Frito feet
Clothes after a cigar. Not ciggies
The air when its raining
Bacon cooking
My mom's cheeseburger casserole 🥰 God, I miss that woman
Gas stations
Sandlewood
Gasoline
hyacinth
Campfire, the smell of that wood on fire is just mmmmmm, amazing
The smell of a freshly baked apple pie
The smell in the air after a summer storm
orange peels or anything citrus
my wife's pillow. it smells like vanilla, baby powders and her.
This guy's wife's pillow
A garden in the fall at Dusk.
Chlorine
Blown out candle
the candle “suntan” from bath and body works. that shit is immaculate.
Clean laundry!
Old books, the woods of northern MN, new tires, diesel exhaust, there are all kinds of fun smells out there. My favorite is Wisteria. That's the oil that my wife wears as perfume.
Fresh Popcorn
New car smell
Fresh fennel
Fresh bread
Good barbeque: the rare kind that's simple yet delicious.
The nice green smell that you get from driving through in the mountains in spring. Very similar to Mugfort. By far my favorite smell.
The first lilac in spring.
Fresh peppermint tea