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[DeeRax]

Actually yeah. I was sort of hoping for that. However my request that the noses be tied to context, location, DOES NOT SEEM TO BE BEING FOLLOWED.

Almost all of my favorite smells have the context of all of the camping/hiking my wife and I do.
So there.

[LaurenEmily]

The smell of your favorite food when you are really hungry.

 

And of course whatever smell you associate with good memories, our mind works in a funny way like that, the smell of a leather jacket and gasoline brings me back to some of the best memories i have. Oh and of course the deodorant/perfume someone really close to you uses or used.

[Call_Me_Ishmael]

Leaded fuel and Race Gas - especially if it's ELF leaded racegas.  Reminds me so much of racing and my childhood back circa 1969 (when pumps dispensed leaded gas... up to 1972.  Don't tell me Regular gasoline was leaded after 1972... it wasn't).  Getting gas in my dad's metal can for the lawnmower.  Or, in the case of racegas, getting ready in the morning for the first practice session, feeling the adrenaline picking up, but playing it cool, then getting the whiff of racegas in the Rider's Meeting... 

 

I guess I need to say 'two-stroke exhaust' too - castor or other.  Castor reminds me of model airplanes (can you say 'Cox .049'?) and bike/chainsaw oil makes me think of that first motorcycle, a 1969 Suzuki 50cc something or other... oh the times we had together :)

 

I too like the first minutes of rain, but don't associate it with anything.  Creosote bushes have a smell in light showers, but nothing specific comes to mind (other than me telling myself I need to get the hell out of the city and into the desert more often.  I've since moved away :( ).

 

Warm pine forest smells I associate with July, 1983 and a camping trip.  Most of the Sonoran Desert (sagebrush), and much of the high Rockies pine elicits that in me.

 

Lemon and some limes.  I had both in my house in Arizona.  And rosemary, too.  All three remind me of my awesome house in Arizona and that I had to leave it because of work.

 

Hops - the live vines and even pellets/cones while brewing.  Reminds me of brewing, oddly enough (I gave it up around 1999).

 

There is a certain combination of vanilla, wax, and coconut which I strongly associate with a former fling.  Late January, Stratton Mountain, Vermont, in the early 1980's and that is all I will say.

 

Mimeographs.  Kids today just will NOT understand that scene in Ferris Bueller.

 

Baking pecan pie, or baklava in the oven just brings back my Grandmother getting ready for holidays.

 

Ozone.  Reminds me of a model train I had, and the fantasies of growing up to be a train driver (my bedroom, early '70s, when I was maybe 5 or 6)

 

Smoked Whitefish.  Instantly makes me salivate/stomach rumble.  Reminds me of Park Avenue in NYC, mid-late 1970s, the era when Bonham and Moon died from excess (I remember conversations at family gatherings/events on that and the Falklands war, while eating whitefish on toast points...).  Haagen-Daz vanilla will bring me to the same point in time, but not  the same 'gotta have it' craving (I very seldom eat ice cream).

 

Fresh (like you pull the bulbs out of the ground by the greens) Garlic.  Just so much can come to mind when smelling it.

 

Pretzels - Bavarian style - remind me of a trip to Bush Gardens, but I can only remember that it was NOT Tampa, it was another city.  Want to say 'Williamsburg'... don't think that facility is still open.  But I remember not liking the rides, so I was in my early teens; we were in some sort of 'Bavarian Gasthouse' with a lot of beer which my Mom and Aunt let me have :).  Fond memories indeed.  Anyway, I avoid Auntie Annies in the mall (hell, I avoid shopping, let alone at a mall) because it isn't the same.  But at a baseball game... I'm without willpower.  Camden Yards was really bad for that, and I suppose my next pretzel will now remind me of Orioles' games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ticklemyiguana]

You know, it baffles me to hear about other people's lives and recognize that they're just as vivid as mine.

[coldform]

You know, it baffles me to hear about other people's lives and recognize that they're just as vivid as mine.

that primordial link that is olfactory memory kept living things alive for the vast majority of existence, and still does.  the fact that you would start a conversation about smells realizing how deeply smell is tied into the fiber of your being, revealing extremely complex and intricate details about who you are,  and expect that it would be different than our connection to smell, and how many details can be revealed about a us when someone starts to exercise our olfactory memory.

 

Welcome to the human condition. and thanks for inspiration.

[ticklemyiguana]

Oh and of course the deodorant/perfume someone really close to you uses or used.

 

The smell of your significant other without perfume or deodorant.

 

So, granted, I've no idea either of your preferences or anything of the like, but a male, and a female both not from the states, both happened to use both "perfume" and "deodorant". It may well be a coincidence, but in the states, I feel it'd be more likely to mention cologne, prior to deodorant, especially if you're mentioning perfume. Is cologne called perfume outside of our continent sized bubble?

Edited by ticklemyiguana, 16 January 2016 - 11:56 PM.

[crockrocket]

that primordial link that is olfactory memory kept living things alive for the vast majority of existence, and still does.  the fact that you would start a conversation about smells realizing how deeply smell is tied into the fiber of your being, revealing extremely complex and intricate details about who you are,  and expect that it would be different than our connection to smell, and how many details can be revealed about a us when someone starts to exercise our olfactory memory.

 

Welcome to the human condition. and thanks for inspiration.

mfw not even human

[SparkyJJC]

You can't really smell hugs, but I like hugs.

[ticklemyiguana]

You can't really smell hugs, but I like hugs.

You can't really smell 4 in the morning but it's time for me to go to bed.

[n3onfx]

 

 

 

 

So, granted, I've no idea either of your preferences or anything of the like, but a male, and a female both not from the states, both happened to use both "perfume" and "deodorant". It may well be a coincidence, but in the states, I feel it'd be more likely to mention cologne, prior to deodorant, especially if you're mentioning perfume. Is cologne called perfume outside of our continent sized bubble?

 

 

Dunno about elsewhere but in France cologne is a category of perfume, more specifically a perfume which contains only 4-6% of essences. The most famous of them is the "Eau de Cologne", literally "Water of Cologne" and has the distinct smell that is associated with the smell.

 

There's;

 

• "eau de Parfum" -> Perfume Water -> 12- 20% essences
• "eau de Toilette" -> Grooming Water -> 7 -12% essences
• "eau de Cologne" -> Cologne Water -> 4 - 6% essences

 

Cologne is the one of the three that smells the most like alcohol in a sense.

 

No idea if abroad it's called "cologne" because the term came to designate all perfumes or if the cologne variant of men perfumes is the most successful. Personally cologne is the one I like the smell off the less, it's overpowering and I come to associate it with cheap perfumes in terms of odor. If cologne is used abroad because it is the most popular variant then I really encourage you to check non-cologne men perfumes, they smell less aggressive and there's a lot more variants, they have much deeper and broad smells as well.

 

edit: Found a link that explains it better. https://www.quora.co...tte-and-cologne

 

Basically that, if you want the real men perfume experience take parfum/perfume, cologne is the cheapest and lightest variant and the one that smells the most like the alcohol basis.

 

edit edit: fuzzy bunny, I sound like some sort of perfume nerd now. I just knew about the differences in France, searched for what the name means abroad and got excited to share what I learned. I love learning new stuff 

Edited by neon, 17 January 2016 - 02:39 AM.

[Aregon]

The smell of people you like and enjoy the company of. Totally not creepy at all

 

The smell of firing of a bullet from your rifle, for then the bullet hitting in the middle of the bullseye. 

[Pleasure_Mortar]

can you smell the bullseye getting hit?

[Aregon]

can you smell the bullseye getting hit?

Rather the satisfaction from just getting the perfect shot. 5 times in a row. It`s like an orgasm except it isn`t as wet.

[Pleasure_Mortar]

Rather the satisfaction from just getting the perfect shot. 5 times in a row. It`s like an orgasm except it isn`t as wet.

 

yeah I know that feeling from shooting my bow.

due to the arrow having traveltime there's even something more satisfying: releasing the arrow, knowing that you made the perfect shot before you hear the impact. 

[PoopSlinger]

A smoker with some venison jerky or salmon. We used to do venison jerky with a glaze sprayed on it. That glaze made the smoke smell so good. Eating jerky fresh from the smoker is the best.

 

Edit:  Also the smell of certain illicit plants as they grow.

Edited by PoopSlinger, 18 January 2016 - 10:15 AM.

[hellc9943]

 

Is cologne called perfume outside of our continent sized bubble?

No, we just call it "Köln" or, when hailing from there, "Kölle".

[JeffMagnum]

So, granted, I've no idea either of your preferences or anything of the like, but a male, and a female both not from the states, both happened to use both "perfume" and "deodorant". It may well be a coincidence, but in the states, I feel it'd be more likely to mention cologne, prior to deodorant, especially if you're mentioning perfume. Is cologne called perfume outside of our continent sized bubble?

I personally associate the scents of deodorants and lotions with exes or friends/fwb I am or was comfortable around and physically near frequently and perfume with people I was only with once or twice. I think it's fairly normal to do that after you and your significant other are past the stage where you have to impress each other by looking/smelling better than usual and can act and dress casually.

Edited by Brumbpo Tungus, 17 January 2016 - 03:37 PM.

[OdinTheWise]

i love and alway will love the smell of burnt gunpowder from fireworks. the smells of ribs on the grill. the various scents of wild grasses and weeds from a freshly mowed field.

 

the smell of my grandfather's old sail boat. the the faint smell of algae and mildew on the fiberglass, mixed with the scent of weathered cedar. 

[Bergwein]

 

So, granted, I've no idea either of your preferences or anything of the like, but a male, and a female both not from the states, both happened to use both "perfume" and "deodorant". It may well be a coincidence, but in the states, I feel it'd be more likely to mention cologne, prior to deodorant, especially if you're mentioning perfume. Is cologne called perfume outside of our continent sized bubble?

 

 

What neon said. And hellc.

 

Seriously though, I use "perfume" for pretty much anything that isn't deodorant.

But that's just me not being very educated in cosmetic products.

 

Concerning the preferences and the order of mentioning them... I guess it all depends on the memories that are linked with the smell. I for one associate most perfume smells with persons whom I encountered only in a, let's say more superficial situation and therefore I rarely like any. Deodorant on the other hand is something that suggests more familiarity, down-to-earth-ness and such things, while still being on a somewhat not-too-intimate relational level.

And then a persons original body odour is something you hardly like on anyone but your lover.

 

But then again all of this varies from person to person. Not even because of cultural differences like US/EU, but on an even smaller scale. Like, the circle of people who make for most of your enviroment. Ranging from a microcosmos where literally everyone wears heavy smells all the time and maybe even has a lot of different "eau de [insert french word here]" for every imaginable situation to groups of people who never use any such product and maybe even have very strong opinions on people who do use them and ... you get the idea.

 

I've touched this a little bit at the uni.

 

What I find even more interesting is that perfume and the likes are the smells everyone thinks about first when being concerned with "how do smells influence my perception of relation(ship)s". And that's because we exercise very direct control over them.

But there are a lot more. Starting with things like what brand of washing powder you use, what you eat, the smell you absorb from the places you frequent the most, then of course smoking tabacco or cannabis (which may or may not be something you feel very active control over) and so on and so forth.

 

TL;DR

Smells are interesting and one can be very nerdy about them.

[Sp3ctrr]

Nobody said rain on concrete? No? I mean how could you not love that smell.

 

Also, fresh winter air that stings your nose.

Spoiler

 

 

[dorobo]

Cats and simply a fresh forest air after a months of poisonous regular city poison..

 

and this parfume by tokyomilk is nice. Suposedly smells like paper and cotton

[Rainbow_Sheep]

The smell of cut grass on a summers day.

And steak <3

(But not at the same time)

[Flight1ess]

The smell of your favorite food when you are really hungry.

 

And of course whatever smell you associate with good memories, our mind works in a funny way like that, the smell of a leather jacket and gasoline brings me back to some of the best memories i have. Oh and of course the deodorant/perfume someone really close to you uses or used.

I was going to write something down but you pretty  much summed up what I was going to say ggwp.

freshly baked bread and memories are my favorite tho :D

[DallasCreeper]

I don't have a nose

[CraftyDus]

your own babies

[coldform]

your own babies

This. So much this.