I love the smell of....

[JP]

Back east, when all the leaves have fallen and begin to decompose in November, the air has a special smell to it that I think is just magical.

Orange groves coming into full bloom.

[Scott Card]

Football....

[xjblue]

Sagebrush in the rain, and Sand Verbena laced spring desert air, blow by from a 289 Cid along with old vinyl seats, and bacon.

[Mooseman70]

Orange groves coming into full bloom.

Agree wholeheartedly, JP! Lived in a small town in SoCal that was surrounded by orange groves. Loved coming home from work when they were in bloom. Rolled the windows down and enjoyed the intoxicating aroma! I miss that.

I also love the smell of:

Campfire smoke
BBQ
Pipe tobacco / smoke
Ocean air
Fresh cut grass
Fresh ground coffee beans
Pine trees in the mountains
My kids after a bath
My wife's pina-colada scented body lotion

[JP]

There's nothing like it. I like the nights you can open those windows and let the orange blossom permeate the house. Okay, I need a bloom now

[Mooseman70]

Same with strawberry fields! My extended family farmed and grew acres upon acres of strawberries in SoCal, too. Loved to drive through those areas with the windows rolled down. Another intoxicating scent!

[Sandstone Addiction]

A few of mine:

hot asphalt
fresh cut alfalfa
hot apple pie
fresh cut lumber
pinion pine campfire
tire smoke and nitro at NHRA race
wet concrete

[rockgremlin]

My #1 favorite: Peaches.

[double moo]

the smell of plasticizer on a cold morning, steam rising off the mud, the steady shuusshhhh of the pump line with a Schwing metronome in the background.

yeah... that's the ticket...

[accadacca]

A 2 stroke motor running on a cold morning.

A little 110 only makes it better.

Ditto. Reminds me of my childhood, riding my dirt bike in the desert.

Lotta good other scents mentioned, cool thread.

[UTJetdog]

hot asphalt

Ha, that invoked some memories. I spent a summer 20 years ago with a paving crew doing compaction testing.

For me:

Bacon is way up there
Hoppies No. 9 - yeah, I get that
Burned gun powder - I don't shoot much anymore, but I still like it
Chain lube - for my bike(s)
Everything in the mountains except for those really pungent alpine meadow plants that come out in early summer - bleh!
Quality leather
The inside of my tent
Fresh cut hay after a summer storm
Cottonwood trees along a streambank
The lumber department at the Depot

[Deathcricket]

No one mentions the resin smell of a freshly opened mint in box action figure? I am seriously disappoint.

[Scott Card]

No one mentions the resin smell of a freshly opened mint in box action figure? I am seriously disappoint.

That there is some reeree good Engrish.

[accadacca]

Did anyone mention whiteboard markers... ohhh yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhh.

[8315421]

I hear lots of people enjoy the smell of cocaine. :-)

[JP]

The blooms are here

[accadacca]

Gasoline!

[savanna3313]

The blooms are here

Yep - here too! Azaleas, dogwoods - just beautiful! High today in the lower 70s! One of the good things about living in the South....