Your favorite smells

[kphoger]

Diesel exhaust (in small doses)

Nasty!

[xcellntbuy]

Thousands upon thousands of acres of orange and grapefruits being picked at this time of the year in northern Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties along Interstate 95.  Extremely pleasant.

[Ian]

I'll bite. I like the smell of a new car, most cigars, Febreze, gasoline, sea water, and vanilla candles. Oh, and poo.

[Molandfreak]

Fresh bread

Ahh, childhood memories! My dad always used to take the day off work on my brother and I's first day of school, get some cleaning done, and bake fresh bread! Which brings me to another one, Orange Glo

[triplemultiplex]

...Lake Michigan...

What part of Lake Michigan? Hopefully far away from Jones' Island, Milwaukee

LOL
I "love" the smell of milorganite.

When I say Lake Michigan, it's the smell of fresh, cold water with a hint of something biological I think. I'm not talking about piles of rotting algae and alewives that one often encounters on the shore while the shells of quagga and zebra mussels crunch underfoot; this is a refreshing smell.  You would totally buy a soap if it smelled like this.  It's common in the morning when it's going to be warm later in the day.  I think it works with any Great Lake, too, not just Michigan.

[allniter89]

Purple kush.

Gotta agree on that bugo, actually most varieties smell good to me.
The smell of a Zippo lighter lighting a cigarette and the 1st exhale of smoke, the smoke smells different that 1st exhale, it hard to describe, maybe a little sweet?

[CrossCountryRoads]

PennDOTFan, I thought I was the only one who actually didn't mind the smell of gasoline at all.  Good to know I'm not alone.

[roadman65]

Diesel exhaust (in small doses)

Nasty!

I used to like the smell of bus exhaust in NYC back in the 80's.

[kphoger]

I just found out our best friend likes the smell of diesel exhaust.  For him, it brings back good memories of driving a school bus route in Michigan.  He loves Michigan, he loves driving, and he loves kids, so it was the perfect job.

[triplemultiplex]

Smells are very important to memory.

I think a whiff of diesel exhaust takes lots of people back to their youth, sitting in that school bus, slowly getting poisoned by toxic fumes.  Ah memories!

[kphoger]

Smells are very important to memory.

I think a whiff of diesel exhaust takes lots of people back to their youth, sitting in that school bus, slowly getting poisoned by toxic fumes.  Ah memories!

Indeed, what an infringement on my right to life.

[andrewkbrown]

Wood-burning smoke (whether it be from a fireplace or structure fire)
Diesel fuel and diesel exhaust
Gasoline and car exhaust
Kerosene
Pipe tobacco smoke (grandfather used to smoke pipes, delicious)
Permanent markers
Dry-erase markers
Fresh coffee (although I rarely drink it)
New car smell
New carpet
Burning dust smell from a heater just turned on for the first cold day of the year
Rubbing alcohol

[kphoger]

Permanent markers

How could I have forgotten???  Heck, yeah!

[Molandfreak]

Permanent markers

How could I have forgotten???  Heck, yeah!

I LOVE the strong smells of permanent markers, rubber cement, white out, gas, etc! Call me crazy

[BigMattFromTexas]

Sawdust
Burning paper
BBQ
Being from Texas, natural gas. I don't love it, but I'm used to it basically and coming back from a different smelling place, it smells better here.
BigMatt

[A.J. Bertin]

I just found out our best friend likes the smell of diesel exhaust.  For him, it brings back good memories of driving a school bus route in Michigan.  He loves Michigan, he loves driving, and he loves kids, so it was the perfect job.

Which part of Michigan did he drive a school bus in? I've always had a special fascination with school buses and would love to drive a school bus somehow... someday. I live in Michigan too.

[kphoger]

South Lyon

[Alps]

Your favorite smells

South Lyon

Do tell. (Yes, I'm aware of unquoted context)

[huskeroadgeek]

PennDOTFan, I thought I was the only one who actually didn't mind the smell of gasoline at all.  Good to know I'm not alone.

I like it too. Makes me think of traveling, which is what I love to do more than anything else. That goes along with liking new map smell as somebody else mentioned. Along the same line, I also like the smell of motels(as long as they have been properly cleaned). I remember when I was little, when we came back from family vacations my pillow would always smell like a motel for a couple of weeks afterward and I would just savor that smell for as long as I could, reminding me of being on vacation.

[Ian]

PennDOTFan, I thought I was the only one who actually didn't mind the smell of gasoline at all.  Good to know I'm not alone.

I like it too. Makes me think of traveling, which is what I love to do more than anything else.

That's one of the reasons why I enjoy the smell as well. The feeling of a full tank of gas right before hitting the road for a long car trip is really satisfying.

[bugo]

I liked the smell of leaded gas.  Ethyl was the best.  Unleaded gas smells like a shit.

[kphoger]

Your favorite smells

South Lyon

Do tell. (Yes, I'm aware of unquoted context)

Easy.  South Lyon smells like Michigan.  Michigan smells like snow.  Everyone likes new-fallen snow.

[Alps]

Your favorite smells

South Lyon

Do tell. (Yes, I'm aware of unquoted context)

Michigan smells

Go on...

[kphoger]

Your favorite smells

South Lyon

Do tell. (Yes, I'm aware of unquoted context)

Michigan smells

Go on...

OK, you got me.

[sandiaman]

cedar  smoke
pinion smoke
freshly baked chocolate chip cookies
green  chile  roasting
Hawaiian sun  screenblack
black & mild cigar
marijuana smoke(don't smoke it any more,like  the smell still)