Distinctive Smells

Some odors leave no doubt

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Smells are interesting in that they tend to be directly be associated with visual images people have. But what is even more interesting is when that image is wrong and the source of the smell is not what you thought. In those rare cases, one tends to announce it aloud to everyone in the area. While that's just human nature I guess, it can make for some awkward moments. So to help everybody out with this sensual conundrum, I have made a list of distinctive smells. If you feel there are any obvious ones I've missed, please leave them in the comment area below.

baseball (peanuts, beer, grass and humidity) Billy Hardwick's bowling alley bottle rockets baking cookies : wmartin breakfast food burning electrical wires : kgarrett burnt hair burnt popcorn burnt rubber burnt toast cat pee cheese : kristen cigar : kgarrett clorox : wmartin coffee college football cosmoline dead carp at Horseshoe : wmartin dead mouse dead skunk diaper ditto machine paper dog crap on rubber shoe dumpster in the summertime expired milk freshly cut grass freshly struck match : loh1974 fresh flowers : kristen fresh paint gasoline ghetto sled exhaust grandparents : wmartin grilling out : kristen hairspray : kristen high school football game Indian food incense : hankword inner tube air : wmartin Kinko's Lysol : kristen melted crayon : wmartin mildew : kgarrett Mid-South Fair Mc Donald's fries moth balls : loh1974 model airplane glue nail polish natural gas new can of tennis balls : wmartin new car new carpet new leather OFF! onions : kristen pitchuli oil (aka hippie) : hankword pizza pool locker room at a country club pot : hankword rented tux rubber cement : wmartin sawdust : wmartin sulphur suntan lotion : kgarrett superglue sweaty kids sweaty socks : kristen taxi cab tennis shoes fresh out of the box tour bus fumes : hankword tuna fish turning on the heat for the first time all season two stroke engine exhaust : wmartin Vick's VapoRub : kgarrett vomit vomit covered with that sawdust stuff wet copper pipe : hankword wet dog

rvining - 3/9/2007 12:10:21 PM just to lay some ground rules here - the smell listed must be one that can be mistaken. for example, you walk into a room and go 'it smells like ... in here', yet the item mentioned is nowhere to be found. hankword - 3/9/2007 12:31:45 PM A$$ rvining - 3/9/2007 12:45:36 PM hey hey hey... remember the rv.com mantra. just like nuclear power, it's cheap and clean. so while totally accurate, correct and within the scope of the lists' parameters, NO POINTS FOR YOU. wmartin - 3/9/2007 1:03:31 PM 8th grade locker room - spray Right Guard deoderant - Ole Spice - feet - a loved one (hey people have smells) hankword - 3/9/2007 1:26:43 PM that's why i used the obscuring $ rather than s wmartin - 3/9/2007 2:56:35 PM indoor paint, clorox, cooking choc chip cookies, 2 stroke engine exhaust, melted crayon, inner tube air, rubber cement, new can of tennis balls, dead carp (at Horseshoe lake), interior of new car, sawdust, antifreeze hankword - 3/9/2007 3:09:18 PM bus exhaust (always reminds me of ski trips to Colorado) rvining - 3/9/2007 3:14:42 PM ohhhh - yes! high school grade tour bus exhaust. hankword - 3/9/2007 3:25:59 PM movie theater loh1974 - 3/9/2007 7:44:14 PM jerry curl... that stuff be stanky! a newly struck match, moth balls, the Mid-South Fair, and the new car smell kgarrett - 3/11/2007 7:53:56 PM sun tan lotion burning electrical wires whatever combination makes up Bourbon St or behind Bosco's (stale beer is probably the main ingredient) mildew gi bleed (take my word for it or ask any other medical-type) cigar Vick's Vapo-Rub kristen - 3/18/2007 8:30:43 PM charcoal grilling, aquanet hairspray, Lysol spray, sauteed onions, hot wings, florist/fresh flowers, roasting marshmellows, Thanksgiving, clothes dryer-fabric softner, sweaty nasty black socks after work, expired milk, bleu cheese, gorgonzola cheese, rotten eggs, ski lift or airport public restroom odor, football season, closing time bar floor Home > Collections > Lists > Lists of Lists