Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Mine is sorghum. One whiff of that and I am transported back to my years growing up and eating it, mixed with butter, on my mom's homemade buttermilk biscuits. Heaven. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Dove bar soap. My grandmother always had it at her house. Erica in OR 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daria Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Old Spice and Tide, always makes me think of sitting cuddled up with my Dad for a bedtime story. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Dove bar soap. My grandmother always had it at her house. Erica in OR Awwww...sweet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Jasmine in bloom reminds me of my grandmother' patio in San Diego. I have stopped dead in my tracks in strange cities when I smell it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 moth balls... They don't have a pleasant scent, but my grandmother used them and they make me think of her (happy thoughts). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Golden Delicious apples. My grandfather used to give me a bag of apples when I would leave his house and go back to college. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Leg of lamb roasting. Totally associated with happy times. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Cinnamon and cloves take me back to my Grandma's kitchen, and my favorite cookies. She was a wonderful cook, and those molasses cookies were bliss. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Mine is weird - circus peanuts. You know, those gross, spongy, orange things? For some reason they remind me of my great-grandma, but my mom swears there is no relation between my gg and them...strange. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Alberto V05 - the hair conditioning oil. My grandmother used it. It will take me back to my time with her. And Old Spice. Definitely the smell of high school. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Mine is weird - circus peanuts. You know, those gross, spongy, orange things? For some reason they remind me of my great-grandma, but my mom swears there is no relation between my gg and them...strange. my mother loved those things.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 I love all these! The grandparent ones are precious! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 And Old Spice. Definitely the smell of high school. :) The typical high school smell (in my day) was Polo. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 my mother loved those things.... I loved them when I was a kid! Haven't had one in years! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 White linen perfume....my favorite aunt wore it when I was small. It makes me smile when I smell someone wearing it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Believe it or not, stale cigarette smoke, especially mixed with Shower to Shower body powder. My grandma was the only person in my life who smoked, and while I hate the smoke itself, the scent of its residue brings me to a happy place. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 WD-40. It sends me back to my grandfather's shop. For most of my life he owned a small vacuum cleaner and sewing machine repair shop that sat behind his house. Usually the kids were supposed to stay out, especially if there were customers. But when I got a little older, because I was the quiet one, sometimes I could get away with just sitting in there while he worked. The whole place reeked of WD-40. A whiff of it instantly sends me back there. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Yes- Palmolive dish soap. My grandmother used it and the smell reminds me so much of her house. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Well, not exactly what you asked but... My grandmother owned a diner at the stockyard. Yes, where they auction off cattle. All the years I worked at 5 star hotels, whenever they had a high dollar auction for expensive vacations and other things... I could smell the auction yard outside my grandmother's restaurant. Totally psychosomatic. When I hear an auctioneer, I smell cow poop, lol. Cant help it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 diesel fuel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 And Old Spice. Definitely the smell of high school. :) The typical high school smell (in my day) was Polo. Typical high school boy smell at my school/in my day was Drakkar. Funny to remember this....I'm in my mid/late 40's. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 The variety in the scents is so interesting! I bought a cologne gift set for a high school boyfriend, but I can't remember what it was called! Throw some others out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) My father's mother used Cashmere Bouquet. My mother's mother's house also smelled like moth balls. Lovely smells from my past: mimosa trees in Puerto Rico, night blooming Jasmine outside my bedroom window in Florida, wood burning pizza ovens in Sicily, that kind of cool wet salty fishy smell on a pier at night. I have hundreds of fond smell memories. Edited January 12, 2017 by Onceuponatime 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I bought a cologne gift set for a high school boyfriend, but I can't remember what it was called! Throw some others out there! When were you in high school? I :001_wub: this thread! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) When were you in high school? I :001_wub: this thread! Well, that info would help, wouldn't it?! Late 70s - early 80s. I'm sure the cologne I bought was readily available at Walmart (lol), but that's all I remember! I've tried Googling. Edited January 12, 2017 by Chelle in MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Not me, but my kids . . . one time I was complaining about the smell of 409, which my dh cleans with obsessively, and dd exclaimed, "Mom, that's the smell of our childhood!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) . Edited February 14, 2017 by MercyA 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Post offices. I loved the smell of post offices, and every time I go in one, it reminds me of playing at the park across from the post office and the tiny little library in my home town. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Not me, but my kids . . . one time I was complaining about the smell of 409, which my dh cleans with obsessively, and dd exclaimed, "Mom, that's the smell of our childhood!" That's adorable! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Horses - like the smell you get when you bury your face in a horse's neck. That has been a favorite smell my entire life. Lily of the valley - when I was around 3-4 years old, my mom had a bottle of lily of the valley perfume that she kept in the fridge and I would sneak spritzes of it. Lemon drops - my grandma always had lemon drops in her purse and the sight, smell, or taste of them instantly reminds me of her. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Well, that info would help, wouldn't it?! Late 70s - early 80s. I'm sure the cologne I bought was readily available at Walmart (lol), but that's all I remember! I've tried Googling. Ah, I'm no help then. I was in high school during the Calvin Klein years. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Eucalyptus immediately transports me back to Bolivia--it was one of the few trees that would grow at the higher altitudes so it was quite common there. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Lemon drops - my grandma always had lemon drops in her purse and the sight, smell, or taste of them instantly reminds me of her. Oh, yes! My grandparents had a cut-glass candy dish with a lid, and it was always full of lemon drops (or lemon drips, as my little brother called them!). Ah, I'm no help then. I was in high school during the Calvin Klein years. :) You youngster, you! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Tobacco. Not cigarette smoke, but real tobacco. It takes me back to summers of playing with my cousins in my grandparent's tobacco barn. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Well, that info would help, wouldn't it?! Late 70s - early 80s. I'm sure the cologne I bought was readily available at Walmart (lol), but that's all I remember! I've tried Googling. Okay, I'm still going to give it a try. Could it be any of these? Chaps Oleg Cassini for Men Yardley Original L'Homme Sport Brut Aramis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Roses. My great grandma brought a rose bush with her to Florida from North Carolina in 1960. Lord only knows how old the rose bush was when she dug it up, but it was definitely cultivated before most roses had the smell bred out of them. I wish I had it now. Orange blossoms. My great grandad grafted his own orange trees in 1960 when they moved to Florida. I was born in 1969. When I was a little girl Pappy and I used to sit outside around Christmas time and eat oranges until I was sick on them. Also gardenias. Same reason. I have a lot of really lovely memories tied to my great grandparents. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Well, that info would help, wouldn't it?! Late 70s - early 80s. I'm sure the cologne I bought was readily available at Walmart (lol), but that's all I remember! I've tried Googling. Wait. Was there walmart then? I heard of Walmart for the first time in 1989. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Chanel no 5 - my mom's favorite perfume. Old Spice - grandpa! Palmolive and Avon Wild Rose perfume - grandma all the way. Petrichor (that wet pavement smell) - fond memories of rollerblading for hours around our pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 The variety in the scents is so interesting! I bought a cologne gift set for a high school boyfriend, but I can't remember what it was called! Throw some others out there! Stetson? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Oil of Olay (original) -- my grandmother She put it on every night and had the softest prettiest skin 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Lilacs -- we had two huge bushes in my yard growing up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I remember Cashmere Bouquet soap or powder at my grandmother's house. I saw some not long ago and wish I had bought it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Well, that info would help, wouldn't it?! Late 70s - early 80s. I'm sure the cologne I bought was readily available at Walmart (lol), but that's all I remember! I've tried Googling. try Vermont Country Store. They seem to specialize in merchandise from the era. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Tobacco. Not cigarette smoke, but real tobacco. It takes me back to summers of playing with my cousins in my grandparent's tobacco barn. This reminds me: Pipe smoke. My grandfather smoked it and the few times I've smelled it it took me right back to my grandparents house. I love the smell of pipe smoke - much more pleasant than cigarettes, even though it still does damage. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 There's a bunch for me... but how about Attic Insulation smells like Christmas to me because we stored our Christmas stuff in the attic when I was a kid. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) There was a certain sunscreen my cousin and I had when our two families vacationed in Italy. I don't even remember the name but when I smell it I know it and for a brief moment I am back in Rimini. Pies baking - Grandma Salty air - ocean (always pleasant for me) and seafood bbq at the beach Edited January 12, 2017 by Liz CA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeFlowers Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Oil of Olay (original) -- my grandmother She put it on every night and had the softest prettiest skin My mom used Oil of Olay and I always loved it. For me, it's honeysuckle. My grandmother's house sat on a double lot and had a 6' chain link fence all the way around. However, you couldn't see any of the fence for all the honeysuckle. The house we live in now has some growing in the woods. I can't wait for it to bloom each year. I've taught the kids how to eat honeysuckle. I hope it brings them good memories as well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) nm Edited January 19, 2017 by .qp_ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Peanut butter on hot toast, mixed with the smell of black coffee. I am instantly transported back to Sunday morning breakfast when I was growing up. This was my dad's favorite breakfast. I don't like coffee and really don't much like the smell of it, but this mix of smells gets me in the gut. I miss Dad. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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