What is your favorite scent?

This time of year is by far my favorite for many reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is the scents and smells that seem to educe my spirit. I love the smell of a fire burning outside or a wood/oil stove, I love the way the leaves emit their last scent of the season, and I love the spices and pumpkin aromas in the air...all of the smells are almost seducing in a way.

So what are some of your most enticing scents? It could be anything from perfume/cologne to a good juicy steak on on the grill..Let me see how imaginative some of you are (and I know you are)
Magestica

Oh I love smells, it is my favourite sense. A certain scent can completely change your mood. I have loads of favourites,

I love a perfume called Miss USon my g/f, I love the smell of petrol, I love the smell of a fresh book, and I love certain lemon/orange air fresheners.

But I think the best scents, and the ones that have the biggest effect, are unidentifiable scents, ones that only last about 5 seconds but are recognised, though not identified. Sounds confusing, but true

sandalwood, lavender, myrrh, cypress, dragons blood, majoram as far as plant and natural smell go.

i like garlic, gasoline, evergreen woodlands and mountain air, and i also like the smell of autumn.

books, leather, the smell of a stiked match, metal...

jeeze i lovethe smell of loads of things

ocean breeze
the air after a rainfall
flowers
fresh baked apple pie

My favorite incense is nag champa (sp?) Oh my lord that stuff is awesome!! Anyone ever smell it?

......yeah, rain, that smells nice too. And obviously there are hundreds of nice incenses

*edit* once again Maj, you said it just before I thought it. (about the incense) lol

[Edited on 3-10-2003 by chebob]

the obvious freshly cut grass
the smell of washing when its been out on an autumn evening ( my cats fur also has the same smell sometimes)
car body repair filler (when i was pregnant so I had to restrict my self from inhaleing it )
hot tarmac on a new road
almonds
organza ( my favorite perfume at the moment)
jean paul gautier (my husbands aftershave)
a permanent marker pen.
I could go on and on

A woman - from the smell of Mabeline to whatever signature scent she's carried off well as the last piece of her ensemble. 'White Linen' does it for me - though I haven't determined if it's the scent itself or the memory attached.

Gardenias are a sensual scent and put me in Polynesia everytime I smell them.

Fresh baked bread.

Babies.

Sex.

(*Thanks for the thread, I just planned my weekend; 4 out of 5 that is*)

umm fresh coffee....
Rain on a warm night
log fire on a cold crisp night,
sea breeze in the evening
crayons and paint in a nursery school...love that smell

hmmm i like fresh cut grass and the pavement when its just started to rain thats nice and petrol and some permanent marker pens not all but some, and finally.....id say........some kind of incense

yeah Kurtcobainuk, i love the smell of concrete after its started to rain. i could also stand behind a bus all day. some fresh, potent marijuana, petrol scented coc aine, a womans.. well you know.., tequila, the purity of wind on a high snow capped mountain. wow. what a great thread. its got me happily daydreaming

[Edited on 4-10-2003 by insite]

The air just before a nice summer storm.

Okay, ten most favorite smells in order counting from 10 to 1.

10. Burning wood

9. Steaks

8. Hamburgers

7. Chocolate

6. Popcorn

5. Smell of when you open up a computer for the first time

4. Crayon boxes for Crayola

3. Rain

2. Permanent Markers

MY FAVORITE SMELL

1. GASOLINE

women's parfum, burning marijuana and the smell of gasoline.

Some very abstract scents some of you have presented here LOL! Gasoline??? I absolutely hate pumping gas because #1- I hate the smell #2- I'm scared of emitting static electricity and exploding

When I make it rich one day, the first thing I'm going to do is hire someone to pump gas for me for the rest of my life

Other then that, I love most of the scents you guys/gals mentioned and it is amazing how a smell can bring back a memory-good or bad..

[Edited on 10/4/03 by magestica]

I've never understood the attraction to the smell of gasoline. (I have it too.) it doesn't make a lot of sense.
but yeah, anything that brings up a good memory. whenever I'm going on a trip, I use one specific scent on that trip, so whenever I smell that I'll be reminded of the trip. try it the next time you go somewhere...it's really powerful.

speaking of 'memory scents', I went back to my old high school for 'senior farewell' because one of my friend's sisters was graduating. the auditorium had a very specific smell, the only way I can describe it is musky walnut. so I go back, and the auditorium doesn't smell like that anymore. I asked my friend's sister about it and she said "yeah, that was the seats. they replaced them last year because the old ones were full of asbestos."

Originally posted by magestica
#1- I hate the smell #2- I'm scared of emitting static electricity and exploding

[Edited on 10/4/03 by magestica]

LOL... Thas was cute ! Well I would certainly like to follow you and fill your car whenever it's needed, but you'd have to pay me really really big.

but yeah, I like the smell of it. I see I'm not the only one. It's weird.

[Edited on 4-10-2003 by m0rbid]

[Edited on 4-10-2003 by m0rbid]

That is the wierdest topic I've ever read, but I'm definitely posting!

I like the smell of being deep into a forest, dirt under your feet, a nearby river, and being completely lost. The whole smell of it all, the forest, and you sweating your feet off because you think that you'll run into something that will eat you or you'll run into a Bigfoot, that's the best smell, I've only smelt it once, but I'll never forget it.

I also like the smell of a certain female human that I know, she's the only Human I know that smells... safe.

I also like the smell of Cinnamon Pumpkin Pie!

Originally posted by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
sandalwood, lavender, myrrh, cypress, dragons blood, majoram as far as plant and natural smell go.

i like garlic, gasoline, evergreen woodlands and mountain air, and i also like the smell of autumn.

Okay, I gotta know, how do you know what dragons blood smells like?