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Title: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: denb45 on February 12, 2011, 11:33:30 am
Top 20 smells that make people happy

1. Freshly baked bread

2. Clean sheets

3. Freshly mown grass

4. Fresh flowers

5. Freshly ground coffee

6. Fresh air after rain fall

7. Vanilla

8. Chocolate

9. Fish and chips

10. Bacon frying

11. Roast dinner

12. Babies

13. Lemon zest

14. Lavender

15. Petrol

16. Apple and blackberry crumble in the oven

17. A freshly lit match

18. Roses

19. Party poppers

20. Rubber tyres
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Snowangel on February 12, 2011, 04:10:49 pm
LOL, funny how different what makes people happy can be.

 I wouldn't have half of those on my list.  ;D

Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: J.R.E. on February 12, 2011, 04:44:34 pm
Can't say it makes me happy, but riding around in the country and getting an occasional whiff of cow manure, and hay brings me back to earth, and nature   :) But I especially like the ozone smell, just prior to a rain.

Ray
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: woodshere on February 12, 2011, 05:30:25 pm
My kind of pary poppers need to be number 1!
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: WillyWump on February 12, 2011, 07:44:41 pm
Luzziane Tea Bags when you first open the box. Ohhh man!

and to expand on JRE's maure, I love the smell of a horse barn its a potpourri of Manure, hay, leather and horse. Brings back childhood memories. I love it.

-Will
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: odyssey on February 12, 2011, 10:28:23 pm
RE: party poppers; I must contend there is a difference between a "smell" making one "happy" and the chemicals being inhaled making one high. Same thing with petrol/gasoline. Though I am one of the strange ones that actually likes the SMELL of it, not to huff or anything, but just the odor when I'm filling my tank at the gas station. An interesting odor.

odyssey
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: CaptCarl on February 13, 2011, 12:41:09 am
This is your Captain speaking:

   Gotta disagree with #12. Babies?

   Then again, after marinadiing for a few hours then baked with the proper seasoning, one imagines the aroma would be quite luscious.

   Baby. The Other White Meat.

CaptCarl   
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: anniebc on February 13, 2011, 01:23:57 am
This is your Captain speaking:

   Gotta disagree with #12. Babies?

   Then again, after marinadiing for a few hours then baked with the proper seasoning, one imagines the aroma would be quite luscious.

   Baby. The Other White Meat.

CaptCarl   

Aww come on Cappy..#1 for me has to be a baby after bathtime, they smell like a garden full of roses...puppy breath comes in at #2... ;)

Aroha
Jan :-*
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: mecch on February 13, 2011, 08:50:17 am
"party poppers"  - call me dense - is this nitrate poppers as in sex poppers?
This makes people happy?

Thats a good list!  Very Proustian thread.

How about

New car smell
New clothes smell
Currency
Sea air
Your bf's bo
Drunk teenage breath
pine
certain perfumes
coca cola fizz
movie popcorn
vinyl
cotton candy
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: hope_for_a_cure on February 13, 2011, 08:57:14 am
Back in the old days when I was in gradeschool... I loved the way freshly mimeographed papers smelled.  It was always blue ink and when the teacher would pass them out to the class, I would say that over 85% of the students would immediately take a whiff. 
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: mecch on February 13, 2011, 09:19:35 am
http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2007/04/mimeograph_machines.php
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: hope_for_a_cure on February 13, 2011, 09:25:05 am
http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2007/04/mimeograph_machines.php

Blast from the past!  I can still remember that distinct smell. 
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: GSOgymrat on February 13, 2011, 09:49:18 am
Drunk teenage breath

I can't say I know what that smells like but it sounds revolting. Beer breath makes me gag anyway so I can just imagine it combined with decaying food stuck in braces.

My mother had a Sunbeam electric mixer that made this particular, kind of ozone smell. I always loved that.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: thunter34 on February 13, 2011, 01:12:48 pm
Drunk teenage breath


Goodness me, but that's rather telling.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Dachshund on February 13, 2011, 01:28:00 pm

Drunk teenage breath


Wow Nancy Nambla.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Cliff on February 13, 2011, 01:38:08 pm
Drunk teenage breath
???

And Petrol?  
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: mecch on February 13, 2011, 04:10:33 pm
Hehe - you dirty ol minds.  I never fucked underage and Im not even turned on by youth. 

However, I did start to notice, when I was in my twenties and then again in my thirties, that teenagers have sweet smelling breath when they are drunk. Even beer breath. But more so hard alcohol.  You can smell the booze and smell the youth, and you kinda remember all your happy harmless drunks when you were young. (Forgetting the few bad smashed episodes, of course! Its Proustian selective memory!)

Come to think of it, I kinda loved the smell of keg parties and college bars when I lived them, too.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: anniebc on February 13, 2011, 04:22:35 pm
Hehe - you dirty ol minds.  I never fucked underage and Im not even turned on by youth. 

However, I did start to notice, when I was in my twenties and then again in my thirties, that teenagers have sweet smelling breath when they are drunk. Even beer breath. But more so hard alcohol.  You can smell the booze and smell the youth, and you kinda remember all your happy harmless drunks when you were young. (Forgetting the few bad smashed episodes, of course! Its Proustian selective memory!)

Come to think of it, I kinda loved the smell of keg parties and college bars when I lived them, too.

Sorry Mecch there is no such thing as sweet smelling beer breath...beer breath is beer breath, and smells quite sour at times regardless of age.

Aroha
Jan
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: leatherman on February 13, 2011, 05:08:21 pm
i have qualms about the beer breath, babies, burnt matches, rubber tires, puppy breath, and gas (ie petrol. this must be a European listing by it's spelling). yuck to all. however, i do agree that movie popcorn and cotton candy smell good. although I like the smell of coke fizz, but a gulp of it icy cold on a hot day counts into the best tasting things ever. as to best smells, forget the crumble and just list any freshly baked pie!
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: J.R.E. on February 13, 2011, 05:43:38 pm

The smell of diesel exhaust, is powerful to me.  Anytime I am around any diesel powered vehicle, and I catch the odor of it, it instantly reminds me of the motor pool smell of the tanks, when I was in the Army.

We used to kid, "nothing like the smell of diesel in the morning".


Ray
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: WillyWump on February 13, 2011, 05:55:27 pm
The smell of diesel exhaust, is powerful to me.  Anytime I am around any diesel powered vehicle, and I catch the odor of it, it instantly reminds me of the motor pool smell of the tanks, when I was in the Army.

We used to kid, "nothing like the smell of diesel in the morning".


Ray

Yes, that's a good smell. My car is a diesel so I am treated to that on a daily basis, I love the smell but I try not to inhale too much ;D

-Will
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: rondrond on February 13, 2011, 06:31:24 pm
i have qualms about the beer breath, babies, burnt matches, rubber tires, puppy breath, and gas (ie petrol. this must be a European listing by it's spelling). yuck to all. however, i do agree that movie popcorn and cotton candy smell good. although I like the smell of coke fizz, but a gulp of it icy cold on a hot day counts into the best tasting things ever. as to best smells, forget the crumble and just list any freshly baked pie!


Now I know you like puppy breath...you wouldn't have had a pet shop or all your boys otherwise.... ;)

I like bacon and eggs and buttered toast, though the smell of bacon gets tiring if it lingers too long.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: hope_for_a_cure on February 13, 2011, 07:48:18 pm
I like bacon and eggs and buttered toast, though the smell of bacon gets tiring if it lingers too long.

Very true.  Many foods smell good while being cooked.  After the meal however, the smell usually is no longer welcome. 
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: rondrond on February 13, 2011, 08:09:22 pm
When I sautee onions, everyone comes running to see what I'm going to cook....
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: WillyWump on February 13, 2011, 08:51:09 pm
When I sautee onions, everyone comes running to see what I'm going to cook....

There's a little dinner party trick... if you are running behind on the meal just sautee onions while your finishing the meal and the guests get all excited instead of miffed.

-W
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Dachshund on February 13, 2011, 11:31:57 pm
Hehe - you dirty ol minds.  I never fucked underage and Im not even turned on by youth. 

However, I did start to notice, when I was in my twenties and then again in my thirties, that teenagers have sweet smelling breath when they are drunk. Even beer breath. But more so hard alcohol.  You can smell the booze and smell the youth, and you kinda remember all your happy harmless drunks when you were young. (Forgetting the few bad smashed episodes, of course! Its Proustian selective memory!)

Come to think of it, I kinda loved the smell of keg parties and college bars when I lived them, too.

Nice try. Still creepy.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: tednlou2 on February 14, 2011, 12:19:46 am
I don't know, I kinda think there is something sexy about beer breath.  When my partner comes home after drinks with co-workers, I think the beer breath is kinda hot.  This could be due to smelling car exhaust as a kid.  My brother and I use to smell the exhaust coming out of cars.  I think this was still when gas was leaded.  It smelled good, but I'm sure it killed many brain cells. 

New car smell is nice, but I've read where that smell is toxic--all the plastics/electronics giving off fumes.  I think many recommend riding with the windows down for the first 6 months.  Most of the ones listed are my favs from coffee to grass.  There is nothing like a warm Spring night and the smell that has.  I actually like the smell of fresh paint, but I know that is suppose to be toxic, too.   
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: rondrond on February 14, 2011, 09:20:34 am
A freshly lit cigarette...
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Dachshund on February 14, 2011, 09:25:49 am
HOT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkHCBO0DXR4&feature=related
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: thunter34 on February 14, 2011, 09:35:36 am
My brother and I use to smell the exhaust coming out of cars.  I think this was still when gas was leaded.  It smelled good, but I'm sure it killed many brain cells.   

So many questions...answered.

 :P
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: leatherman on February 14, 2011, 10:12:16 am
A freshly lit cigarette...
even though I've gone 749 days w/o, I agree with this one! MMMMM ;D
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: rondrond on February 14, 2011, 10:18:39 am
even though I've gone 749 days w/o, I agree with this one! MMMMM ;D


Congrats on your 749 days....


..and I don't even smoke.....and was just diagnosed with COPD.. :-\
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: denb45 on February 14, 2011, 11:37:56 am
even though I've gone 749 days w/o, I agree with this one! MMMMM ;D

Good for you Mikie, I Stopped smoking way back in 98, mikie, trust me it get's better, and you'll feel a lot better too  ;)
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Assurbanipal on February 14, 2011, 12:02:23 pm
old keys

an almost ripe peach in the sun...
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: newt on February 14, 2011, 05:00:45 pm
Old keys (yes, that's good)
The right bloke's skin
Drying eggshell paint
Cape Town, just stepping out the doors of the arrivals lounge at 8am
Iodine from kelp blowing off the Atlantic (Cape Town, Green Point, Cornwall, St Ives)
Poppers n spliff in an Amsterdam flat
Fresh dried sheets
Me own sweat after the gym
Brighton air at 6am (rain or sun)
Roast dinner just being served
Ozone on the Tube in London
Old, unwashed denim jeans
Spring air warmed by sunshine after rain, 3pm in me garden
Nag Champa incense
Muffins with butter
Wood smoke
Inside of me tent
Inside of a mud hut on the Lestotho borders, Eastern Cape (part paraffin, part cow dung, part woodsmoke, part burnt meat)
Exhaust from a 1.8 Audi
New trainers

- matt
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Miss Philicia on February 14, 2011, 06:16:32 pm
I like to smell Justin Bieber's shaved arm pits.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: newt on February 14, 2011, 06:33:33 pm
perv
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: denb45 on February 14, 2011, 06:46:22 pm
perv

I like the fresh smell of semen mine or anyone else's  also the fresh smell of a CLEAN ASS just washed ;D
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Matty the Damned on February 14, 2011, 08:11:33 pm
. . . . the fresh smell of a CLEAN ASS just washed ;D

My people are on it. They're just experiencing some technical difficulties . . . .

(http://tool.shagnasty.net/wiki/images/5/59/Everyone_needs_a_clean_ass.jpg)

MtD
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: WillyWump on February 14, 2011, 08:12:16 pm
I like the fresh smell of semen mine or anyone else's  also the fresh smell of a CLEAN ASS just washed ;D

There's a smell to semen?
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: denb45 on February 14, 2011, 08:33:30 pm
My people are on it. They're just experiencing some technical difficulties . . . .


MtD

Oh Matty  ;D I knew you'd come to the rescue  :D
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Miss Philicia on February 14, 2011, 08:34:32 pm
I bet Wumpy likes Eau de Bieber.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: denb45 on February 14, 2011, 08:35:41 pm
There's a smell to semen?

Of course it does,  has a fresh sorta pungent smell to it,  I always wondered why my 2 kitty cats keep stealing my dirty jocks, and hiding them for me after they molested them with their own scent  ;)
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: anniebc on February 14, 2011, 08:48:25 pm
I like the fresh smell of semen mine or anyone else's  also the fresh smell of a CLEAN ASS just washed ;D

Well it had to happen..this thread has now officially gone down the toilet..thanks Den.. ;D

Aroha
Jan  :-*
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: rondrond on February 14, 2011, 09:00:25 pm
Well it had to happen..this thread has now officially gone down the toilet..thanks Den.. ;D

Aroha
Jan  :-*

Maybe the toilets where the cats hid his socks.  :D
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: tednlou2 on February 15, 2011, 12:16:20 am
even though I've gone 749 days w/o, I agree with this one! MMMMM ;D

I like the smell of someone smoking outside on a nice, warm day.  But, I don't like the smell indoors.  Strange.  Someone mentioned armpits.  I kinda like the smell of "dirty" armpits where no deodorant has been used.  Its those pheromones.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: leatherman on February 15, 2011, 12:47:41 am
I like the smell of someone smoking
mmm cigars and pipes too! (do people even still smoke pipes with tobacco?)
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: tednlou2 on February 15, 2011, 01:39:36 am
mmm cigars and pipes too! (do people even still smoke pipes with tobacco?)

I can't stand the smell of a cigar.  It literally takes my breath away--just like going to the animal barn at the fair takes my breath away.  But, I enjoy pipe smoke.  That smells really good.  I recently found a pipe I had bought I guess around 1999 in order to try pipe smoke.  I had forgotten about it.  It took a lot of sucking to keep it lit.  Plus, a pipe at age 24 wasn't so cool.  I remember I only did it a couple times in secret.  Maybe I'll save it for when I'm 75.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: denb45 on February 15, 2011, 11:26:05 am
mmm cigars and pipes too! (do people even still smoke pipes with tobacco?)

My Father use to smoke Cigars and a Pipe w/ Cherry Tobacco, of course my Mother didn't like it, so he had to go outside on the Front-Porch or back-Yard, I use to go out with him at night sometimes, and I liked the smell of the CherryTobacco, it was kinda a male bonding sorta thing my dad and I use to do together, I couldn't smoke, I was too young as a boy  :)
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Rev. Moon on February 15, 2011, 11:31:59 am
I'm surprised that none of you queens has mentioned the delicious smell of leather (as in a man dressed in leather, not a barn, Willemina).

Mix it with poppers and you got me there, sugah.


PS./ I just saw that "teen breath" smell comment and discussion.  Weird.  Ick!  Le Kreepeh.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: rondrond on February 15, 2011, 11:40:31 am
Both of my Grandfathers smoked pipes. Mom's dad worked for General Motors in Michigan when she was born and he smoked Prince Albert. Empty Prince Albert cans were very important to him.

We used them for toys, you could blow in them and make like a bazooka, and he drove a 1957 two-tone yellow/white Ford that he drove us to school in. Never went over 35mph. (drove me crazy)

If it wouldn't start, he would take one of those Prince Albert cans, do some kind of hoodoo under the hood, look at me, wink, and say, "it'll start now" ...and it would.
Title: Re: Top 20 smells that make people happy
Post by: Miss Philicia on February 15, 2011, 06:02:17 pm
I'm surprised that none of you queens has mentioned the delicious smell of leather

Please girl, you've seen the pix -- I do my house cleaning in chaps