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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 26, 2013 20:04:18 GMT -5
For those of you who have already seen this, new content added on page 3.
Speaking of reminiscing has me, well, reminiscing. I think this would be an interesting topic -
What smell or odor from your past has the most pleasant/memorable/wonderful memories for you?
For me, it is the smell of Sea-and-Ski suntan lotion. To this day, I can catch a whiff of that, at the beach, horse races, or wherever, and conjure up lots of nice memories of growing up here in San Diego. Pleasant thoughts.
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 26, 2013 20:10:16 GMT -5
Old spice after shave.
Reminds me of my dad.
Lee
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2013 20:12:53 GMT -5
cigarettes/shaving cream
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cigarettes/shaving cream/old spice
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vomitous memories
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Post by Pat on Aug 26, 2013 20:15:26 GMT -5
I remember lots of scenes from a very young age, but I don't remember smelling anything until I was much older. This is probably a survival thing  I also remember Sea and Ski, along with French fries as a young teenager. Hmmmmm..... Will have to give it further thought. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2013 20:27:57 GMT -5
l'air du temps makes me think of a raven haired young lady. A lot. Her eyes a lusty chocolate color. Too bad girlfriend, you missed your chance.  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 26, 2013 20:30:27 GMT -5
ROTFL as I think of the Cee Lo Green song - WOOT!!!
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Post by jamesp on Aug 26, 2013 20:40:23 GMT -5
Prune juice Mom forced down me in those little say 4 once cans.
To keep me from being constipated. Can we make this another poo poo thread Mr Scott? Just kidding.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 26, 2013 20:47:04 GMT -5
What are you asking Scott for? It's my thread. Oh, what the hell, do whatever you want. As long as it's entertaining!
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 26, 2013 20:52:31 GMT -5
Hoppe's No. 9 gun-cleaning solvent. It brings back vivid memories of hunting and target-shooting with my Dad and our ritual of gun-cleaning that always followed. It smells nice, too.
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Post by Pat on Aug 26, 2013 21:27:35 GMT -5
Ahhhhhh, I remember the lovely smell of s'mores over a campfire.........mmmmmmmmmmm
Even today whenever we have a fire, I can almost smell the smores.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 26, 2013 21:38:53 GMT -5
S'mores, yummmmmm! Thanks for that, Pat.
Another smell I cannot get enough of is the smell of rain in the desert. But not a childhood memorey, as I didn't start going to the desert until about 1979.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 26, 2013 22:44:55 GMT -5
Hands down my mom's baked pies. My mom used to do the dessert baking for huge farm crews in Oklahoma and Texas. Best dang pies Ive ever tasted with the flakiest crusts. Coconut cream and lemon meringue yum!. I can still remember the smell of them cooling on the counter.
The other is not so fine, my pop's taxidermy shop stink. Ah, the delightful odor of dead critters, hides in the pickle, and horns hanging form the rafters *L*......Mel
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Post by Mark K on Aug 27, 2013 7:39:41 GMT -5
Smell is one of the strongest memory triggers that there is.
You can smell an odor, good or bad, and it can bring back long forgotten memories from decades ago.
I still remember the way the house smelled when we first moved in, in 1974. I also remember the smell of the ancient dust when we tore it down.
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Post by garock on Aug 27, 2013 10:09:51 GMT -5
I love the smell of a ham being baked as you go traveling down the road on Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. My Mam'ma always baked a ham. Seeing the ham was like "icing on the cake" !
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Post by free4rms on Aug 27, 2013 12:33:23 GMT -5
I have to agree with Rockoonz, and for the same reason. Old Spice sure reminds me of my Dad, too. Vick's Vapor rub sure brings back memories of the treatment for chest congestion back in my childhood. The smell of chlorine in swimming pools,the pungent smell of seaweed on the coast of New England, all bring back lots of memories.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 27, 2013 12:55:29 GMT -5
My neighborhood is very ethnically diverse - black, white, Asian, Hispanic... When its a big holiday like Thanksgiving or Christmas (or even Easter and Mother's Day) and it seems everyone has their families over, it so much smells like an international smorgasbord. So many different types of food smells, you'd think you died and went to olfactory heaven!
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Post by Thunder69 on Aug 27, 2013 19:23:21 GMT -5
Campfires...Hanging with my friends in the backyard....Silly putty too......
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 27, 2013 21:05:06 GMT -5
Smell of burgers frying on a cast iron skillet-reminds me of Granny VanDyke and her burgers cooking on the old cook stove(wood fired) with her cast iron pan!
A certain smell in the air during the fall months,right after the sun goes down on a calm day-reminds me of Boot Camp (Army) and the calmness it brought me realizing I was on my own,to write my own book on life!
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Post by tkrueger3 on Aug 27, 2013 21:21:22 GMT -5
Jergens Lotion: my grandma used it on her hands constantly, and that's the earliest olfactory memory I have. I remember putting my head in her lap during church service and going to sleep with that smell of Jergens .... OMG, that was close to 70 years ago!
Tom
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Post by grizman on Aug 27, 2013 21:32:49 GMT -5
Lots of the same as mentioned, but the smell of burning leaves in the fall is still one that will stay with me forever.
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