Friday Five Things You Like to Smell

February 7th, 2010

Kind of a simple Friday Five this week – I was pondering the weird things that some people find pleaseant or unpleasant to smell, and thought I’d take a poll. So here are the Friday Five things that you like to smell. (I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate our menfolk for not going there – honestly.)

jeniburns - @superbadgirl #fridayfive magnolias, orchids, tea roses, Joe after a day of work, and Brodie’s hair after a shower. #yeahIknowImgirly

superbadgirl - Roses growing in my garden, gasoline, sandalwood candles, cookies baking and Vick’s Vapo-Rub. #fridayfive

narcise - old leather, lemon peels, vetiver, the rose bush in my front yard, wet soil #fridayfive

cbellers - @superbadgirl sandalwood, fried potatoes, burnt gunpowder, lavender, @zsb3 ‘s skin. #fridayfive

avandonsel - @superbadgirl Freshly washed sheets, good chocolate, sandalwood, those damn Kevin Murphy hair products, coffee, gardenias. #fridayfive (six)

p_tea - @superbadgirl Hoppe’s #9, 90w gear oil, Lori’s head, cookies fresh out of the oven, leather. #fridayfive

avandonsel - @superbadgirl Interesting… so far three votes for sandalwood.

narcise - @avandonsel sandalwood and night-blooming jasmine are also on my list, but no room!

trmink - @superbadgirl bacon, baby powder, cedar, fresh basked bread, new books.

_bunny_ - @superbadgirl Roasting coffee beans, grilling meats, wet pavement, pesto, olfactory silence. #fridayfive

UnclePilot - @superbadgirl Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, and Curly Sue. #fridayfive

superbadgirl - @UnclePilot I wonder what a roundhouse kick to the face smells like?

_bunny_ - @superbadgirl Like blood and victory.

violentecstasy - @superbadgirl patchouli, carmelizing onions, wet soil, leather, the air right before it rains. so hard to pick just five. #fridayfive

laurabean - @superbadgirl fresh cut wood, bpal’s lampades, peppermint, fancy pumpkin candles, pages of old books #fridayfive

Lorizs_tweets - Old Books, vanilla, pink sugar goat milk soap, cinnamon and my grandma’s house. #fridayfive

The_Cyr - @superbadgirl @vforvero’s morning shower, cinnamon rolls, used book stores, camp fires, summer storms. Also…deez nutz #fridayfive

El_Dickman @superbadgirl Roasting garlic, fresh turned garden earth, slow cooked dry ribs, fresh cut grass, sage desert after the rain #fridayfive

drew_w - @superbadgirl cucumber-melon, eucolyptis, baby, leather, napalm in the morning.

cassiland - @superbadgirl brewing coffee, real sandalwood, fresh man sweat, linseed oil and turpenoid together, tomatoes still on the vine #fridayfive oooh, and fresh cut lumber, ivory soap, cedar chests, and freshly printed paper (not glossy) #fridayfive (tough to choose)

k_del - @superbadgirl Cupcakes, coffee beans, dogs feet (fritos), firecrackers, cilantro #fridayfive

stevodarkly - Coffee, barbecue smoke, menthol, chili cooking, & girl. Also hot chocolate, pipes that smell like hot chocolate, leather. #fridayeight

Joule - A spring thunderstorm, baking bread, the wild green smell deep in a rainforest, L’eau D’Issey perfume, Meyer’s lavender soap #fridayfive

ZSB3 - Ice rinks, the back of @cbellers neck, sawdust, gardenia, coffee. #fridayfive

SgtHotpants - #fridayfive Nick’s scent and cologne, Method Almond wood floor cleaner, caramelizing onions, white truffles, Clinique Happy Heart.

SgtHotpants - See also: puppy breath, jasmine, roasting garlic, my house, coffee

thatcesareguy - #fridayfive Ozone, old books, jasmine, cinnamon, pipe smoke.

sub_english - Libraries, tomato sauce, dirt in the springtime, autumn leaves, the smell of rain through an open window #fridayfive