I came across this list in my blog drafts. I don't remember writing it, but it's apparently a list of my favorite nostalgic smells. What am I missing?
- Gardenias
- Geraniums
- Goldfish crackers
- Chlorine
- Fresh oranges
- Newly cut grass
- Tar (one of my favorite quotes from my dad about this particular scent is that it “smells like money”)
- Gasoline (general gas station smell)
- Yoplait (reminds me of long childhood road trips)
- Old grocery store smell. Only specific (older) stores have this and I want to say it’s heavily influenced by the deli area. I think of it as an Albertson’s smell, specifically; not sure why.
- Outdoor woodsy pine smell on a hot day. This is the smell of girls camp. Or any camping trip. I smelled it recently at the beach, oddly enough, because there were woods nearby with some sort of specific evergreens in them. And I don't smell it in Virginia woods. Might be a warm climate thing. Or maybe the woods around here just don't have many evergreens. Note: this is a different smell from Christmas trees.
- But I do love the smell of Christmas trees
- Avon Gingerbread Joys
- Teen Spirit Berry Blossom (may it rest in peace)
- Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers
- cK One
- Gap Dream
- Victoria’s Secret Strawberries & Champagne
- Victoria’s Secret Heavenly
- John Frieda Beach Blonde shampoo and conditioner (a very pleasant minty scent)
- Coppertone sunscreen. (college summers of lifeguarding)
- There’s a very specific old-musty-building smell that the old Cannon Center at BYU (where I spent many hours in college) used to smell like. The SWKT also smelled like this, but I haven’t been in there in 15+ years, so I couldn’t swear on it. I can swear that the elevator at our local rec center in VA has this exact smell and I hope they never remodel it away.
- Witch hazel (postpartum)
- Pampers (clean ones...)(postpartum)(I only ever bought the scented Pampers for newborns; after they outgrew those I was all Kirkland-brand diapers all the time)
- Three specific candles from different times in my life. An orange-vanilla scented candle that reminds me of college. A pineapple-cilantro scented candle from my friend Sarah, that reminds me of the summer we lived in DC during law school. A plain orange candle that reminds me of our apartment when we first moved to Virginia. Whenever I need a shot of nostalgia, I take a sniff from one of these beauties.
I'm sure there are lots more, but that's what I have on my list. Good smells from a happy life.
Not sure I could produce such a detailed smell list! And I don't recall Yoplait having a smell!
ReplyDelete“ Outdoor woodsy pine smell on a hot day. This is the smell of girls camp.” I know EXACTLY what this smell is and I also really like the smell of gasoline hahaha
ReplyDeleteAll those OG bath & body works smells like country apple, cucumber melon, and lavender something are reeeeally nostalgic to me