I'm a guy. Like many others vanilla is probably my favourite scent. I will overlook a lot of things if you smell like sweet sweet vanillery awesomeness. Diesel exhaust - specifically when it comes from a bus - comes in a close second. Other smells that make me weak at the knees: -coconut (especially those coconut shampoos) -new leather shoes/wallet/belt/whatever -new clothes -damp smell/sense right before a summer storm I loathe the smell of coffee. Makes me want to punt small children.
The smell of freshly laid or still warm bitumen. Good coffee The smell inside old Australian cars with pvc bucket seats.
Enchanted Orchid from Bath and Body Works. This chick I worked with wore it, and it took every ounce of strength I had not to bend her over the desk.
I'm a guy. I like the smell most explosions/fast burns leave, whether it's modern gun powder, carbide cannons (acetylene gas, I think) or black powder. I've gotta agree with the smell of just-opened Magic cards, although it's been a while. Apples, cinnamon, cocoa and watermelon are scents capable of being pleasant on their own. Steak smells good, but without the taste and texture there's just no point. Burning/burnt wood. It's really great when you're in an area where there's been a fire and some evergreen saplings have started to sprout, so you have the constrast of the dry burnt wood and the moist fresh plant, filling your nostrils. The smell of decent leather products makes me glad I'm not vegan. I like the smell of industrial-strength toilet cleaners, but really more as an appreciation of their masking the stink of shit than of any quality of their own. Good cigars, whether they're moist or on fire, generally have a good smell. Not sure it really mixes well with most things, though, pretty much just works with brandy, whisky, and leather. There's several smells that really could go either way. I sometimes am a big fan of the smell of creosote, and other times just want to scrub the inside of my nostrils with something coniferous to mask the smell. Actually, that's a good transition, I love how evergreens smell when my nostrils are moist enough to appreciate them, in dry air it just becomes aggravating. Garlic is a great smell in cooking, rosemary's also good although sometimes the scent can be overpowering. Pipe tobacco fits into this category. Smells I hate: Avocado. This also ties in to taste, they're just big watery fat-bags, I don't understand how they're as popular as they are. Coffee, shitty beer, bad weed, and cigarettes. Especially when these smells overlap, as they often do.
I'm a girl. And I love vanilla, as par for the course. Practically every scent I buy is a vanilla fragrance. I will walk into the Lush store and spritz this strongly 'nilla cologne called Vanillary down my shirt so I can have the heavenly scent waft near my nose all day. I can't stand Jennifer Lopez but FUCK, every single Glow perfume she makes smells divine. So, on my dresser, there's Glow, Glow Miami, Love at First Glow (which I wore on my wedding day) and Glow After Dark. I'm ashamed to admit this. Homemade chocolate chip cookies baking. The beginning process of Sunday gravy: onions and garlic sauteeing in olive oil, after which the pan is deglazed with a good red wine. Reminds me of my grandma's cooking.
I'm female. -onions being sauteed on the stove (this regularly brings me from the other side of the house to see what's going on in the kitchen) -coffee -cinnamon I'm surprised at how many men are saying they love vanilla. The only scent my boyfriend has commented on is when I was using this body wash for about the first year we were together. It makes me smell delicious! Spoiler I stopped using it lately, but only because I am trying to get rid of all the Christmas bath products I received this year.
I'm a girl. The smell of barns (fresh hay, leather, horses) Jasmine flowers Cinnamon and cloves All delicious.
I'm a guy, some of my favorite scents include: - Gasoline - Popcorn - My girlfriend's shampoo'd hair. - The smell of a sunny spring day after a day of rain. - Fresh Coffee - McGraw Cologne. - A lumber yard. - Steak's Grilling on a Barbeque. - The scent when you first walk into an arena. The combination of hamburgers, pop-corn, ice cream and beer.
I guess I'm the only person here who doesn't like the smell of vanilla. I also cannot tolerate going near any open-plan cosmetics counter - instant asthma attack. As a consequence, I don't bother with expensive cologne - cheap (but effective, and non-offensive) anti-perspirant is all I use. Fuck these asshole shops with their open-plan shit. Most strong smells, unfortunately, result in my asthma kicking in, so I stay away from anything with any strong odour, good or bad. And... I'm a guy.
I'm a girl. I love the smell of the ocean, fresh linen, grass after it's just been cut & anything with a coconut or sunscreen/beach smell to it. Candles I tend to lean towards Apple Cinnamon or Melon scents. On men, I love Swiss Army cologne, high school kids ruined it- always smell groups of boys who apparently showered in it. Random other ones are gasoline, walking into Canadian Tire (smell of rubber, maybe?) and work shirts after a man has been welding.
Guy. Burnt-out matches. Freshly cut grass. Garlic and Herb Old Bay seasoning, especially when it's cooking on the stove Laundry right out of the dryer after being washed with Downy liquid fabric softener
I'm a dude. Fresh cut grass as everyone else says - I think it has to do with playing sports in the morning during elementary schools, just being on a field kicking or catching a ball. Also I love walking barefoot on grass so I guess that smell reminds me of that feeling too... The smell of the ocean and the fresh breeze that accompanies it. A good hike trail where no scent stand out, just fresh clean air that's a little moist from the surround trees. Good weed smells fantastic - I don't even smoke that much, but I have a couple good buds that do. Other than that, I'm all about food and scents of clean laundry. Oh and I love the way girls smell when they're clean, but I can't stand the scent of cheap hairspray. That shit reminds me of bus rides in middle school where all the gangster chicks had shaved eyebrows and crispy hair. Some oddballs would be chlorine & gas.
I'm a man, man. Like everyone else except the saffer, I like vanilla. Cinnamon. Freshly brewed coffee. Old books. That slightly musty, aged smell. New computer components. Apple. Liniment. Especially Tiger Balm. And I love the smell of a boxing gym, makes me want to fight. Fresh sweat on a clean, naked female. Something we used to locally call "honey pot", used in car repairs. Never found out what it was. Fresh baked bread. Anti-focus: Cigarette smoke, and smoker's breath. Dog shit. That funky, cheesy smell fat people get when they don't keep themselves clean. "New car smell". I hate it and try to get rid of it as quick as I can.
I work in a chocolate factory. The mixing rooms are like concentrated cocoa and rainbows. I love it when I have to fix the computers in that particular part. Ditto on the freshly cut lawns and just after it's rained. There is a strip club in Melbourne that makes all of the girls wear the same scent. It's vanilla-ish. I'm also male.
Nope. Love: menthol cigarettes black 'n milds decent cigars whiskey marijuana a well-made mojito pretty much anything on the grill pretty much any type of burning wood/campfire my fiance's freshly shampooed hair (someone else mentioned something similar) strong coffee (and I drink it black) fresh hot pretzels the ocean Didn't Michael Jordan make a cologne that was a combination of fresh-cut grass, leathery baseball glove, and something else?
I'm a dude Burning weed, even though I don't smoke. This is a clear #1. Amaretto Fallen leaves in October Chianti Burning embers after a campfire Marinara A brand new tee shirt Bath towels fresh out of the dryer
Six pages and no one's mentioned puppy breath? You folks are slippin'... Likes: Jasmine & Neroli essential oils Arm & Hammer Essentials laundry detergent in Mountain Rain Oil of Olay (the very basic original one) Method Cucumber spray cleaner Fireside candles from B&BW Grilled chicken Hates: Weed Vanilla (99.9% of the time) scented stuff (not the real thing) in: Chocolate or Cocoa & apple cinnamon