Oo, late night 'whatever' poll! sort of a riff off of LtD's post below... Favorite scents? Fresh baked bread... clean baby... autumn leaves... what scents stir your souls, girls?

stir soul until heart warms to 102 degrees.... the ocean and rain just as it's hitting the scorching hot sidewalk..

vanilla! or the scent of fresh baked cookies.

dog head, baby, pine trees, stargazer lilies, my mom's house, the earth on a sunny day, cedar shavings

peanut butter - that's making me grin like crazy : ))

perhaps a story to share?

No, not really. Just got me thinking about the foods I was able to eat when I was sick - and there weren't many. My mom would bring vanilla milkshakes with banana when I was in the hospital, but I had a terrible time keeping weight on. My brother marveled that when picking meals I had to consider not just how the food would taste going down, but how it would be coming back up : )

exactly!

Cottonwood trees in the spring Play-doh Sandalwood

plenty of things Onions and garlic hitting the oil in a hot pan. That first whiff of citrus when peeling an orange. The scents from crushing aromatics in a mortar, and how they develop and change throughout the crushing. Toasting or frying spices to make curry paste. Caramelizing sugars and starches, whether to make caramel, while roasting root vegetables, or slowly browning onions, or while melting palm sugar, and so on. Peeling ginger or galangal.

freshly laid tarmacadam Freshly baked bread The sea

a new book when you riffle the pages under your nose

good one

freshly ground coffee baking bread baked pasta dishes steeped tea freshly bathed babes books in a used book store/library new car smell and more...

baby head kitten neck, puppy head. I'm a sucker for wee ones I guess. Grilled / sauted onions *always* make me ask what's cooking. Baking smells.. cinnamon, vanilla etc The ocean. Freshly mowed grass, pool water. Clean hair. When someone has clean hair and you can smell it as you get near... mmm yea. Scents are powerful, they bring on memories long forgotten... I know I cannot name them all... the ones that move me.

You guys make me want to add coffee (smacks forehead), nothing like the first cup of the day. New electronics. I love the smell of new technology. Old ephermia

yes,love the smell of unwrapping new electronics