Smells and memory

[polywideblock]

"London plane trees" on a rainy day
walking through a pine forest
that smell when you know your "gona get some "
fresh picked bud ( while it is still skunky)
the aroma from fresh out of the oven bread
bacon cooking in the morning
the smell the whole house gets when making a stew /braised steak and onions in the pressure cooker

 

[FlagCraig]

The perfume Eternity.
My Dad's smell in our old Mopars. After a complete restoration of 72 Challenger his smell is still there.....spooky cool.
The Beach.
Fresh Cut Grass.
Cleaned Sheets that were dried outside on the clothes line.
Summers back in the 70's and 80's.

 

[747mopar]

The smell of high test 2 cycle fuel burning in the morning (at the races). That instantly brings back good memories of my not so distant past.

 

[Dennis H]

Stayed at an acquaintance place on the Hudson Upstate New York. That was in 1984 on the way to Aspencade on the old BMW MC. Awoke to the smell of bacon, and the sound of the river. Never forget. Beautiful part of the world there.

 

[oldbee]

Remember a bottle of 'Old Spice' on my uncle's dresser at grandma's right after Korean War; I still buy/use it. My dad always had a bottle. Hoppe's #9, gotta love it!!!

 

[ws27]

I can't believe no one remembers mimeograph!

I can remember trying to inhale fresh pages as they were handed out.

 

[oldbee]

Or when the Bee fired up last summer after 20(?)yrs and the exhaust blew into bedroom & better half asked what's wrong with the car?? Not a thing!no catalytic converter!!!

 

[Polara426]

NITRO

 

[khryslerkid]

My problem is when I catch wind of an aroma that I haven't smelled in awhile, I drive myself crazy trying to identify it.

 

[oldbee]

mmissile- cordite?? Smokeless powder/primer to us young guys!!!!

 

[Budnicks]

My sweet cornbread

Bacon cooking on the stove

a good pot of coffee in the morning

Methanol &/or Nitro-methane burning at the drags
even some good race gas smells great

Strawberry rhubarb pie my Grammie use to bake

The ol' Hostess bakery in Sacramento by where I use to work for P.U.E.C.

{someone said puppy breath & spent gunpowder already }

the house after it's cleaned

the smell of the air after it has just snowed

a cedar tree freshly cut

 

[polywideblock]

the smell of sulphur and black powder after letting off fireworks

 

[Cranky]

smell of my dad. remembering as a kid when I could sit on his lap when he came home from work

When my dad lit up a cig with his Zippo but everything after that was just plain stink.....

 

[Thunderlugs]

I can't believe no one remembers mimeograph!

I can remember trying to inhale fresh pages as they were handed out.

You stole my Thunder... I did not think anyone would think of that! Well Done! Great Memory

 

[polywideblock]

the smell when you walked in the door and Sunday roast was still in the oven but almost done

 

[Thunderlugs]

A fresh Christmas tree as it thaws in your house filling the room with that unmistakable scent, before Decorating commenced.

 

[Thunderlugs]

The Corner Bakery on Sunday Morning with the Fresh Bread and Rolls baking and the smell of the sweet cloved Baked Ham..............Slice me a few pounds! The smell of rain on a Hot Day..... The Smell of the Nestles Chocolate Plant, every time I drive into Burlington Wi.

 

[Thunderlugs]

The Old Hardware Stores from back in the day with the Creeky Hardwood floors.

 

[Speedbird]

Just that faint whiff of a moldy room conditioner in a old room
Reminds me of a Florida motel.
Summer vacation.
And Douglas Fir is Christmas.

 

[khryslerkid]

There's nothing like the aroma of a Thanksgiving Dinner when you first walk into the house on a cold day.

Too bad it only comes around once a year.