Scents/smells can invoke memories from past experiences and effect mood. What olfactory stimulus makes you the happiest?
2007-04-26 17:58:44 · 20 answers · asked by TRfella 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Diesel exhaust and hot asphalt... sounds weird, I know, but my dad was a truck driver and when I was a kid he would take me with him during summer vacation. Now, every time I smell diesel exhaust and asphalt, a memory of my dad and me walking across a truckstop parking lot flashes into my mind. Those were really good summers.
2007-04-26 18:08:29 · answer #1 · answered by cool_breeze_2444 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was pregnant this old shed that smelt like oil and grease and diesel... and I just wanted to eat it (the soil).
Now many things, sometimes it's food I have cooked other times food someone else has prepared, some types of incense, Fresh clean sheets on my bed, ...the smell of a book, a deep red rose smell, cattle and horses.....
There's nothing that smells like my childhood that's pleasant that i know of!
2007-04-26 18:41:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree - I love the smell of lots of things!
Amongst these are freshly mown lawn, barbecue chicken, old-fashioned roses, department stores at Christmas, brown paper bags, the salty, sandy smell of the ocean, the smell of rain, freshly starched and ironed clothes, puppy breath, gardens freshly filled with bark chips, the smell of breakfast cooking, hot coffee, swimming pools in the Summer and my nanna's kitchen.
2007-04-26 18:32:09 · answer #3 · answered by Allegra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bath and Body Works grapefruit scented shower gel and lotion. It reminds me of fun times in the summer.
2007-04-26 18:42:57 · answer #4 · answered by Toadsputum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely pine. It reminds me of when I was a little girl and our whole house would smell like pine from the Christmas tree.
2007-04-26 18:12:06 · answer #5 · answered by gogirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my husband gets out of the shower and puts on his cologne and gets ready for work in the morning and leans down while I'm still half a sleep and kisses me good-by. It reminds me of the day we met.
2007-04-26 18:13:48 · answer #6 · answered by Teenie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oregano
and Tomato sauce.
Memories from childhood, sundays, a bright sunny spring day, safety, home.
2007-04-26 18:02:49 · answer #7 · answered by goodtrack1980 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband's sweat. He has the best smelling sweat. I wish I could bottle it and take it with me everywhere. Coffee is my second favorite.
2007-04-26 18:28:47 · answer #8 · answered by Vicki C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vanilla, flowers, citrusy scents. some perfumes invoke memories of my grandmother.
2007-04-26 18:18:52 · answer #9 · answered by ~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh god i know this sounds sooooooo dumb, but there is this cheapo mexican brand dryer sheets called Suavatel that are kick @$$ in a blue container. They are awesome and I would eat them if they didnt cause cancer to lab rats in california
2007-04-26 19:07:45 · answer #10 · answered by fireeyedmaiden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋