CaptOveur From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1348 times:
I was sitting in my calc class today, next to a rather cute girl with a very familiar smell.. Thinking about this for almost an hour I realized something.. She smelled exactly like the inside of a Delta 727 the last time I was on one.
No, I did not tell her she smelled like the inside of an airliner.
So does anyone else know of any smells that bring back memories for you? Ever run into these smells in strange places?
ConcordeBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1338 times:
Cinnamon rolls.
When I was younger, me and my sisters used to wake up at an unholy hour Saturday mornings, make cinnamon rolls and frosting, then watch cartoons until our parents forced us away from the TV.
Those were the days-- no bills, no responsibilities, and our biggest worry was whether the cartoons would be reruns or not.
TriStarEnvy From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2265 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1321 times:
My daughter's school.
It smell's just like MY first grade class, way back in 1966, smelled. If I think about it hard enough, I can just taste the ginger snaps and watered down orange drink they would give us, with our lunch.
If you don't stand for SOMETHING, you'll fall for ANYTHING.
HotelEchoFox From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 69 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1311 times:
Anyone remember Proust's 'À la recherche du temps perdu'? The smell of 'les madeleines'?
TedTAce From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1288 times:
Quoting CaptOveur (Thread starter): No, I did not tell her she smelled like the inside of an airliner.
BUT!!! I bet she caught you looking at her like she does!!!
Quoting CaptOveur (Thread starter): So does anyone else know of any smells that bring back memories for you?
Two things come to mind.
The perfume my wife wore when we were dating early on. I once found my self strangley attracted to a nasty looking old woman once because of the same scent.
The scent of an ex girlfriends......umm yeah... I have smelled some fishy "Tang" in my time but one of my ex's was a joy to dine at the Y....
Ozvirginuk From Australia, joined Jan 2005, 396 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1287 times:
Whenever I walk through a Chinatown in any city, as you walk past a chinese grocers (you know the ones that sell the dried stuff) It always reminds me of Hong Kong. I only have to close my eyes, and I can imagine being there.
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7335 posts, RR: 52 Reply 12, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1284 times:
Canned tuna fish stirs up some thoughts of women from the past.
TUNisia From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1834 posts, RR: 5 Reply 14, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1268 times:
Hawaiian Tropic tanning oil.... vacations!
Someday the sun will shine down on me in some faraway place - Mahalia Jackson
SlamClick From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 10062 posts, RR: 71 Reply 16, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1258 times:
Quoting CaptOveur (Thread starter): She smelled exactly like the inside of a Delta 727 the last time I was on one.
So he asked what kind of perfume she used.
"I don't know" she said "it is blue and comes in a 55-gallon drum.
Happiness is not seeing another trite Ste. Maarten photo all week long.
TriStarEnvy From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2265 posts, RR: 4 Reply 17, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1240 times:
Now, CAR smells go on forever.
There WAS a time, that each of the Big Three car makers had a almost unique odor to their cars.
I liked the Chrysler "new car smell" the best of 'em all. Reminds me of our then new 1964 Dodge Dart and 1968 Dodge Coronet 440 wagon.
If you don't stand for SOMETHING, you'll fall for ANYTHING.
GQfluffy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1208 times:
Car smells...
I remember my frosh year in college. Went out with the gf to some club. Think it was mid-winter, whatever. Walking back out after bumping and grinding for a few hrs, she starts playing grab-ass, didn't even make it back to the dorm for that one.
Decide to drive home two weeks later to see the folks, haven't touched the car since that night. I jump in, and what do I smell?
KLMA330 From Canada, joined Feb 2005, 692 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1206 times:
My last trip to the store, I fell in love with a store called Hollister. They spray their perfume Drift inside all their stores. The eye candy in that store is insane, and the clothes rock (yes, I'm a twenty something gay guy)
Every time I put the cologne on, it takes me back to that store, the music, and the boys
ScarletHarlot From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 4673 posts, RR: 60 Reply 21, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1171 times:
Certain colognes bring back old memories.
Brut - reminds me of my dad.
Polo - reminds me of my gay ex. (Yes, boys, I was a 'fag hag'.)
I have another memory that reminds me of a smell. When our first house was being built, I listened to Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine almost constantly. Now whenever I listen to that CD, I can almost smell the new wood in our house under construction.
The smell of Jet-A also reminds me of my dad - spending Sundays at the airport with him.
You know how, in cold climates, there's that one day in the spring where it gets warm all of a sudden and the snow melts and trickles away and you can smell the ground for the first time in months? I miss that. We don't get that smell here. That smell always reminded me of when I was small.
This one is weird, but the stink of a paper mill is pretty nostalgic for me, having grown up in Northern Ontario.
Aerobalance From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 4634 posts, RR: 51 Reply 24, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1151 times:
Quoting ScarletHarlot (Reply 21): reminds me of my gay ex. (Yes, boys, I was a 'fag hag'.)
Stick around here and one may learn more about others...
The smell of the ocean reminds me of the joy of body-surfing, just me and the waves.... I need to get down to Newport next week and have a go with the water...
"Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy..."
25 Aloha717200: the smell of an airport. A heavenly mix of food, cleaning fluid, carpet, jet fuel and cigarette smoke. Whenever I smell that combination I stop in my
26 ScarletHarlot: As my dad used to say, "That's the smell of money". I didn't say I like the smell of paper mills, but it does bring back a lot of memories. Tony, if
27 Mdsh00: The smell of the lugggage whenever a relative visits from India. All those spices locked up in there for almost 2 days really gives off a typical smel
28 HAWK21M: My Wifes Perfume.Can smell it a long way off My Neighbours house had a Typical South Indian Coffee smell. At Work,the smell of Skydrol & ATF. These Sm
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