Thread: Odd smells you like...

When I was a kid my uncle owned a pristine Cherry Red 1957 Cheverolet Belair. I will never, ever, EVER forget the smell from the inside of that baby. Other 60's era Australian cars(HR Holden) have mustered up a scent resembling it but... nothing really comes close to that old '57. Sublime.

Your post just reminded me of the smell of my old HQ Prem. That was a beautiful car.

It is interesting how many like the very smells that others find offensive, and how many of us enjoy the same smells. Here's mine:
The smell of horses and cattle
Vegetable tanned leather (especially when it's wet)
Fresh rain, even better after a long dry spell
Gunpowder after doing its job
Fresh cut and curing hay
Hot bread fresh out of the oven
The sometimes very pungent smell of a working saddle/tack shed

Thanks to you all and thanks for this thread as a very interesting sidelight.

Yeast
The smell of cooking bacon
Pine/Aspen shavings (possibly because they remind me of my now-deceased pet rats)
The smell of my cat (not the rest of our family's cats, though)
Aged brown spirits in general - caramel, vanilla- (tequila, scotch, cognac)
Parmesan cheese
Vodka
New shoes/clothes
Leather
Permanent markers
A long-smoked pipe (as in the bowl of one that's been smoked a couple of days or more ago)
Ginger-infused white rum (obscure, but something I make that I love).

A tobacco barn, filled with fresh cut tobacco. Oh, so good.

I love the smell of most of the items already posted, but one that has not been mentioned is the smell of a brand new baseball(hardball)!

Originally Posted by kooray83

I love the smell of my own fart.

Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one! My girlfriend thinks I'm a real sicko.

Farm smell -- basically cow manure. I lived next to a farm as a kid so it brings back memories and also smells fresh and clean (to me).

Not a smell, but almost the same thing -- the taste of cod liver oil. My mother would line us up like little birds in a nest and use a dropper to give us each a few drops every breakfast. Somehow I just learned to like it.

Of course all the smells one is supposed to like: fresh baked bread, roses, etc..

I love the smell of a canvas tent on a cold October morning, with a wood stove with a pot of coffee boiling on top...


Oh man...Some people just don't realize what they're missing on an early morning. It's one thing I enjoy more then anything else when I'm hunting or camping, the clean, cool scents of the forest.

Originally Posted by davisbonanza

Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one! My girlfriend thinks I'm a real sicko.

But Dave what do you think about Kooray's farts?

Do crowded elevators smell different to midgets?