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In reply to the discussion: What are some of your favorite aromas? [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)143. The smell of head shops back in the hippie days...lemon, in particular.
It's hard to find the fragrance of lemon in things. Everything is just generic citrus these days. But I love the scent of lemon...real lemons, lemon oil essence, lemon air freshener.
Vanilla in the winter.
Cinnamon.
Roses.
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Cardamom; grilling or roasting meat, fish, poultry; pine; sex...to name a few
LuvLoogie
Feb 2019
#22
Since most of mine are already named ... I'll say ... Grandma & Grandpa's House
mr_lebowski
Feb 2019
#37
Study from 70s found men were most aroused sexually by scent of cinnamon rolls baking
Panich52
Feb 2019
#40
Yeah! black walnuts + soil in spring + the smell of cold snow!! You lost me at bacon and skunk nt
Kashkakat v.2.0
Feb 2019
#165
Freshly picked tomatoes, any fresh herbs, daffodils, lilac, roses, mowed grass,
sarge43
Feb 2019
#71
Yes! Fresh, organic garden tomatoes! I grew up with a big garden so it reminds me
smirkymonkey
Feb 2019
#96
fire yeah. but cedar, bergamot, pine, fresh coffee beans. tobacco in the store.
pansypoo53219
Feb 2019
#129
I love the smell of vanilla. It's probably my favorite scent/aroma. Lemons would also be high on
amywalk
Feb 2019
#130
A cottonseed mill gives off the most wonderful smell only out in the boonies
flying_wahini
Feb 2019
#144
Ponderosa pines at the Grand Canyon last summer, lilacs, roses, rain, clothes that were dried on the
Kashkakat v.2.0
Feb 2019
#154
Scents are so evocative - there was a lovely scent I noticed while walking around New Orleans
Kashkakat v.2.0
Feb 2019
#156
fresh cut limes. brushing against Rosemary. crushing a handful of basil.
NRaleighLiberal
Feb 2019
#160
YES I know of what you speak.... last summer was my first trip to Utah/Nevada/AZ nt
Kashkakat v.2.0
Feb 2019
#164