- Wood chips, plywood, construction framing, and so forth (Yankee Candle has a 2x4 candle)
- Dryer vent (laundry vent)
- Dryer sheets
- Smell of vegetation after a rain (petrichor)
- Curing concrete (?) from interstate construction; also, concrete dust (?)
- Dill
- Groves of sequoia trees after a rain...or anytime
- Autumn leaves (after/during raking, etc.)
- Wet leaves
- Glossy-coated paper (e.g., Yearbox calendars) reminds me of certain booksellers, comic books, and trading cards
- Soap after activating in hot water
- Bookstores: (1) smell of glossy paperbacks; and (2) smell of pulp paper
- Libraries: smell of books
- Sea smells: brine, seaweed (note: a discussion, including artificial attempts to replicate)
- Cooking bacon in the cool morning air: memories of camping
- 4-H county fair food vendor shack
- Chlorinated water (for example, water fountains, pools)
- Grass clippings
- Lawns
- Tall grasses (e.g., from fields)--these smell somewhat different and remind me of rural road shoulders or rows of alfalfa
- Shoe stores (leather)
- Basil
- Screen door mesh when wet
- Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis; smells like dill)
- Muddy earthy smells of banks of rivers/lakes
Non-favorite, but memories triggering :
- Stale cigarettes remind me of arcade game cabinets in bars and other such places
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