list 100 of my favorite smells

1. lavender
2. clean fresh laundry that’s been baking in the sun all day on a clothesline
3. basil
4. the first two whiffs of freshly cut grass
5. bergamot
6. the earth after it’s rained
7. the pavement after it’s rained
8. the unpolluted pure scent of rain
9. the light far away scent of wood burning outside in the winter
10. the first three whiffs only of cigarette smoke and only at a BBQ, picnic or at the 4th of July
11. oranges
12. mint
13. Elmer’s glue
14. chocolate
15. cedarwood
16. clean skin
17. apple pie baking in an oven
18. pencil lead/graphite
19. the smell of the furnace heating up at the house I grew up in
20. lemon

21. pine trees
22. mountain air
23. shampooed hair
24. lilacs
25. bread baking in the morning
26. coffee brewing on a rainy afternoon
27. dried corn kernels cooking
28. vanilla
29. the sweet smell of a mountain cottage confectioner’s shop
30. the subtle crisp scent of new money off the press (this makes me feel dirty)
31. clean sheets
32. daffodils
33. the just washed and dried fur of a dog or cat
34. kleenex
35. Jean Nate
36. this musky spice smell that’s somehow different than Old Spice
37. the smell of the upholstery in my father’s first boat
38. art paper
39. clay from the earth
40. cherries

41. melon
42. strawberries
43. cucumber
44. apricots
45. sometimes old books
46. almond extract
47. amber
48. frankincense
49. the smell of the wood in the camping trailer my family had growing up
50. sunscreen
51. coconut

52. Sassafras
53. Ginseng soap
54. metal
55. aspen leaves
56. eucalyptus
57. the faint smell of cigarette smoke tainted upholstery of my car combined with air flowing through the windows
58. warm machine smell
59. leather
60. beeswax
61. honey
62. my sparkling pomegranate candle
63. ocean mist
64. any meat cooking
65. my ex’s hair
66. my current guy’s t-shirts
67. old movie theater smell
68. amusement park/carnival smell
69. the smell of Whole Foods Market
70. cover girl compact powder (even though I haven’t worn it in years)

71. raw pumpkin guts
72. the smell of candle wax and burned pumpkin
73. pheromones
74. this one marker that had marker smell, but was berry scented
75. shaving cream
76. talc powder
77. sandalwood
78. the spice cabinet mixture of mouth watering goodness
79. Indian restaurants
80. Neroli
81. A combination of ginger, cardamom, cinnamon and clove
82. roses
83. peaches
84. roasted tomatoes cooking
85. olive oil

Now on to the next 100…. yes?

51. Sand
52. Fur
53. My candle called Ex-boyfriend
54. Chai
55. Root Beer
56. Paper
57. His neck
58. Old spice
59. Pumpkin Play-dough
60. Pomegranate
61. Currant Juice
62. Amber
63. Fireworks
64. Steam
65. Snow
66. Grass
67. Heat
68. Blood
69. Clean clothes
70. Metal
71. Cotton candy
72. Stone
73. Sage Brush
74. Candy canes
75. Lavender
78. My sliver eye shadow
77. Mountain air
78. Dragon’s blood
79. The bag of bits of candles that I have saved
80. Old cellars
81. After rain
82. Crayons
83. Mushrooms
84. Cedar
85. Green growing things
86. How I smell like coffee after coming home from a Coffee Shop (I don’t drink coffee, but I do love that smell)
87. Fresh berries
88. Cream
89. His pillow
90. Dryad (my perfume)
91. Damp Earth
92. Dark rooms and the chemicals therein
93. Bread
94. Honey
95. Memory of Grandma’s cooking
96. Mom’s potato soup
97. Clay
98. Before Rain
99. St. Ives whipped silk, soft petal breeze lotion
100. The way my room smells, earthy, heady, safe and my own.

1. That blue candle I had once. It smelled like the ocean on a warm sunny day mixed with a little fresh snow.
2. The smell that my friend Lex smelled when she hugged me and said that I smelled like trees.
3. Burt’s Bees
4. Wood burning stoves
5. Cold winter nights
6. New books
7. Old Books
8. Sharpies
9. His hair
10. Rotting leaves
11. Burning pumpkins
12. Fire
13. Hot Water
14. Ice
15. Mangoes
16. The soap we use at the cabin
17. Shaving Cream
18. Fairy Mist incense
19. Winter Pine incense
20. The way Wild Oats smells when you walk in
21. Organic cooking
22. Old deep forests
23. Bark
24. River rocks
25. Moss
26. Dove Soap (we use it at work to make what we preschool teachers call Clean Mud, it’s shaved Dove soap, ripped up toilet paper, and water all mixed together… it’s great stuff… it feels like mud, but it’s clean, thence the name.)
27. Chocolate
28. Dad’s truck, gasoline and dust.
29. Trick-or-treat bags.
30. My pillow
31. Mornings
32. Fall nights
33. Dirt
34. Rain
35. Paint
36. Cold water
37. Dr. Pepper
38. Tape
39. Tyler’s purple roses, best smelling roses my nose has ever found
40. Salt
41. My own skin
42. Chirstmas trees
43. Orange juice
44. Leather
45. Fog
46. Sunshine
47. The smell of new
48. Gummy bears
49. Hemp
50. Sandlewood

If you know me you know I’m an addict to scents. I smell everything… and I mean everything. Each new food or drink needs to be celebrated by the nose before the mouth and other senses can partake. I bathe in the scent of water and foam before I lay my body in it. I could live off my nose. Each time I step outside my door Nature delights and fills my mind and body with its wonderful world of scents.

I want to make this list to celebrate my favorite sense, and give it the respect it deserves. I’ve already started the list in my journal and have come up with about 80.