Sunday, September 22, 2013

Favorite Smells

Compiling a list:
  • 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
  • Fried foods--e.g., Corn dogs--at fairs (e.g., county fair, state fair)
  • 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
  • Freshly mown hay
  • Shoe stores (leather)
  • Basil
  • Screen door mesh when wet
  • Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis; smells like dill)
  • Muddy earthy smells of banks of rivers/lakes
  • Crayons - especially after opening a new pack
Non-favorite, but memories triggering :
  • Stale cigarettes remind me of arcade game cabinets in bars and other such places

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