It’s raining cats and dogs out there and there’s that lovely earthy smell.
I love it.
I also love bacon, Creosote.Fresh sawn wood. And Swarfega and Brut… preferably on a man. (Not creosote)
What smell do you love or what smell makes you go all nostalgic.
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The sea - particularly that low tide seaweed smell. It evokes happy memories of childhood rockpooling. I still enjoy a beachcomb and dip into a rockpool when the opportunity arises.
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Newly cut grass, freshly baked bread, washing that has dried outside, newly ironed clothes …
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As Margaret, my favorites. And freshly brewed coffee, and clean air after a rain.
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Yes definitely the sea for me too.
We live as far from the sea as you can get here in the midlands - our nearest beach would be Weston Super Mare, but my ideal is Dorset/ Devon/Cornwall.
The smell takes my breath away.
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Cornwall is terrific, the coastal footpath and all those coves!
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And piskies, not to mention pasties!
Looks like one of the favourite smells is salt sea air and seaweed and ‘after the rain’.
Nature’s smells.
Pasties are for munching …yummy.
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Quite! The prospect of smelling a smuggler’s booty doesn’t appeal to me at all!
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I wouldn’t want to munch him either
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Anise1
30 August 2026 16:30
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Daphne du Maurier territory - very exciting!
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That smell after it rains is called petrichor…
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You learn something new everyday. I never knew that.
Bruce
31 August 2026 01:05
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I am with you on some of those, creosote, coal tar soap, moth balls are smells I am very fond of. Alas the first two are now denied to me.
There are some unkind children that complain about the smell of moth balls as the seasons change.