There is a smell, which only happens after a really cold snap of weather, and the first day of the cold snap, early in the morning. Its like this super cold fresh smell, and everything is just super cold and frozen around you. I love it.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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”
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.
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.
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”.
I love it. Got a candle from bath and body works. It's called Paris Café. It absolutely assaulted my house with the smell of a bookstore's coffee shop. The smell actually makes me feel calm and want to read lol. My girlfriend loves the smell but says it's too strong
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.
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)
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??
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
The other day, I went go karting, drinking, and smoked a bunch of cigarettes. So I smelled like stale beer, go kart exhaust, and cigarette smoke. That was apparently my girlfriend's favorite smell, because she was all over me that evening.
So when I was in middle school, we sat alphabetically in phys ed before the class started. I was kinda lucky getting to sit next to a girl I had a crush on. She had the absolute sweetest smelling ...SOMETHING...perfume, lotion, body spray, idk. Smelled sooooo good, and I have no idea what it was. Kinda tangy-sweet-fruity smelling. Hard to describe. I think of that scent often.
There is a smell, which only happens after a really cold snap of weather, and the first day of the cold snap, early in the morning. Its like this super cold fresh smell, and everything is just super cold and frozen around you. I love it.
fuckin yesss, everybody I've asked about this stares at me like I'm insane when I tell them it smells "cold"
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.
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
That smell of brand new books is unforgettable.
You brought me to a place I was not expecting, holy shit, it is like, closely related to the Blockbuster video store smell.
Yo that's the year I found 5 bucks on the school bus. I bought a book about sharks.
Holy fuck thank you for bringing this memory back
You got 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
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).
Why do I know what you mean?!?!
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
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.
Omg. Childhood smell memory unlocked. Grew up in San Diego and I know exactly what you mean.
The smell of hot pavement and beach
The smell in the air before a rainstorm.
Or after it rained
When it’s cool and grey…
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 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?"
Petrichor?
Fire wood burning
In the dead of winter
I built a fire pit/patio
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"
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.
“Honey suckle, lilacs, real garden roses, breaking bad”
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.
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 always imagined the US smells like cardboard and lucky charms haha
Philippines.
Freshly brewed coffee or freshly baked bread
It's always been freshly ground coffee for me.
ripe peaches… words cannot describe how much i love that scent and i can’t wait to smell it again during the summer
Walking into a hardware store
The smell of that nasty water in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Smells like childhood memories.
This is the correct answer. You can thank bromine for that.
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.
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”.
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.
Coffee grinds is like my favorite smell ever
I love it. Got a candle from bath and body works. It's called Paris Café. It absolutely assaulted my house with the smell of a bookstore's coffee shop. The smell actually makes me feel calm and want to read lol. My girlfriend loves the smell but says it's too strong
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.
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
You might like lapsang souchang.
Came here for hotel lobbies
Vanilla
Yess😩
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)
Why isn't this further up? Yeah, freshly baked bread smells good, but I'd rather be sniffing my SO.
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.
Omg yes.
Its the best smell ever
Cats smell so good dude
All cat owners smell their cats head from time to time. It's impossible to resist.
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 yes yes yes. I was about to comment garlic but ibsaw your comment. Also sambal smells really good.
In butter
CHRISTMAS TREES.
Plumeria after a rain shower in Hawaii.
Plumeria anytime. We brought some back to grow at home, and that was lovely.
New shoes or the tire store. It smells so good I could eat it.
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.
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
I was looking for this one!
fresh laundry
https://www.futurity.org/line-dried-laundry-smells-2402452/
For laundry specificly for me it's bleached sheets dried on a line, or used dryer sheets.
Cinnabon
Aunti Annies
Didn’t have to go too far to see this. It is literally intoxicating.
Boreal forest
I used to live in Alaska when I was little. I don't remember what it smelled like, but the nostalgia would probably make it all the better.
The sea
when you step off the plane in florida
Fresh ground coffee.
Haven't seen new car yet, but yes. That's a good one
Freshly cut grass
Freshly baked bread
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!
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.
Only parents would understand this one. Just reminiscing on the smell of the top of my babie's head warms my heart.
Yup came here to say newborn baby head but it sounded too weird
Eucalyptus
I was about to say that but thought no one would relate
Napalm in the morning.
Vietnam has a different opinion
That gasoline smell.
Clean cotton
Clothes after a cigar. Not ciggies
The air when its raining
Freshly sliced cucumbers. It's hard to tell if you're smelling or tasting it.
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..
Why do people you love smell so good?
I'm also gonna go with this guy's wife's skin.
Right where the neck meets the shoulder
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.
orange peels or anything citrus
Honestly a patch of high quality marijuana growing can smell like fruit and candy
Gasoline
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.
Dog’s Doritos feet smell
Frito feet
Yes!
Nacho paws! I’d give anything to smell that on my old boy again
One of these is not like the others
I had to scroll way too far for pussy! 🤣 That was my first thought.
5,2,1,4,3.
Bruh rubbing alcohol???? That shit makes me gag
Sandlewood
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
Campfire, the smell of that wood on fire is just mmmmmm, amazing
Bacon cooking
Scrolled way too long.
My mom's cheeseburger casserole 🥰 God, I miss that woman
Gas stations
hyacinth
Blown out candle
A garden in the fall at Dusk.
The smell of a freshly baked apple pie
Chlorine
The smell in the air after a summer storm
my wife's pillow. it smells like vanilla, baby powders and her.
This guy's wife's pillow
Coffee and freshly baked bread
Storms. Genuinely would love to live in a place that's constantly raining like in edinboro, Scotland.
Fresh Popcorn
New car smell
Basil
The other day, I went go karting, drinking, and smoked a bunch of cigarettes. So I smelled like stale beer, go kart exhaust, and cigarette smoke. That was apparently my girlfriend's favorite smell, because she was all over me that evening.
Man. by Dior.
Chlorine
Makes me miss the swim team.
Books, new trading cards, freshly spent fyceline, and fresh paint.
Sharpie or links Africa
the smell of sharpies
Fresh cut grass and campfires
Fresh Air after being in an office all day.
Artificial grape flavouring
Orange mist when you twist an orange rind
Maybe not the best but one I enjoy... new tires
Gardenia flowers
Honestly I love the smell of gas from my dads cars
So when I was in middle school, we sat alphabetically in phys ed before the class started. I was kinda lucky getting to sit next to a girl I had a crush on. She had the absolute sweetest smelling ...SOMETHING...perfume, lotion, body spray, idk. Smelled sooooo good, and I have no idea what it was. Kinda tangy-sweet-fruity smelling. Hard to describe. I think of that scent often.
Popcorn at the movie theater.
Garlic and onions being sautéed in a pan.
Clean vagina.
Depends on who it belongs to
True, It's also one of the better tasting things out there.
My lover's body after sex
This was my first thought too. The pheromones are off the charts
Pussy of someone you love.
Am I the odd one here to say I love the smell of sweat. Like BO kinda funky lmao
This is true.
Old blanket or sheet that’s been in the closet for ages
Cinnamon buns
Cocaine
Fresh cut wood/saw dust