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We have a linen closet that for a time in my childhood was emptied out and made to serve as the "Nintendo room", containing an NES hooked up to an old Commodore 64 monitor. I still associate that fabric/crafty smell with 8-bit gaming.

I also love the smell of sun soaked dog fur.

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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Nitromethane exhaust

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Rain. Gasoline. This Vanilla Bean hand soap my brothers baby mama bought.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Skin after the swimming pool (gentle chlorine smell), flourine, curry, my wife's hair, freshly baked bread, roast chicken, clothes that have been dried outside.

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

There's a soecific air freshener that my parents use at their house. They only use it during winter mainly so everytime I smell that, paired with the warm lighting of their lamps, and the quietness of the snow outside. It always gives me a sense of calm that I can't explain.

[–] Pudutr0n@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The smell of rain in a forest.

[–] FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

CK1. Had some when I was a teenager, forgot about it for 20 years, now whenever I smell it I am instantly transported (sadly not literally) back to a more simple time before I completely fucked my life up.

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

Rosemary + brand-new-book-smell

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fresh mint. Oh my goodness does it smell amazing.

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

Apparently Lemmy has decided for me:

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

Tom Ford Tuscan Leather

Tom Ford Oud Wood

Parfums de Marly Herod

Le Labo The Noir 29 and Santal 33

[–] leftascenter@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Napalm in the morning. /s

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

The University of Wisconsin Madison Arboretum has several acres planted with a combination of; magnolias, crab apples, and lilacs.

During April to early May that field smells AMAAAAZING.

[–] wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 points 2 months ago

I feel this way about 90% of smells. I really hate candles (even ones that smell fantastic) because it feels like the air is poisoned.

Having quit smoking/vaping a year ago I’m still shocked by how nasty people smell in public. We all know Los Angeles has some stench (piss and shit everywhere) but in places like theaters, Costco or other packed retail stores, etc. I’m just blown away by how bad it all smells.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Cardamom rich coffee

Night blooming cereus

The smell of my best friend from back at uni - patchouli, henna and well-cared-for dreds.

Burning Xanthorrhea trunk - the australian grass tree that acts like a firelighter.

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

My grandfather’s basement, pine trees that remind me of childhood and last but certainly not least garlic and onion sauteeing in olive oil

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

We have some similar memories :)

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

My cats, gasoline, pinesol, Mac n cheese

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A well aged cheese. Honorable mention to Creosote bushes (thunderstorm smell)

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

Horny pussy. It's absolutely intoxicating

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I dont really like Smells

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

Growing up my dad had a jar of orange oil at his workstation. It smelled great every time we visited him at that job.

When the wind blew the right way it would smell like cookies outside in the mornings. There was a cookie factory within noseshot. It was like an invisible treat.

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

Maybe peeled clementines or tangerines, pine wood, baked pizza or even chlorinated water, as found in indoor pools.

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

Petrichor or slightly chlorinated water in a fountain.

In perfume - Neil Morris City Rain

[–] remon@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago

Rotisserie chicken.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Kerosene mixed with summer jasmine. When you step onto the tarmac and the humidity hits you, and those two syrupy fragrances mix

Mmm.

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

Garlic. My mom thinks I'm weird

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Weed. And sometimes dead skunk (becsuse it smells like weed).

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 0 points 2 months ago

Sagebrush after a summer rain

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