Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 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 You're sweet for trying! I don't think it's one of those, but I'm so old that it might be that I just don't remember! lol Wait. Was there walmart then? I heard of Walmart for the first time in 1989. There absolutely was! Ours was w/in walking distance of my house, and I walked up there to buy many a 45 record! I'd get 3 cents back from a dollar! Stetson? Good thought, but I don't think so. Thanks! try Vermont Country Store. They seem to specialize in merchandise from the era. Thank you--I will! 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. I'm so sorry. :grouphug: I've lost my dear, dear stepdad, but I can't imagine the day when my dad is gone. And the day isn't really that far away, I'm afraid. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) Pine trees/pine forest, because it reminds me of my childhood yard and the woods that we played in as kids. Pipe tobacco that my dad used to smoke. I hate cigarette smoke, but love me some pipe tobacco smell because it reminds me of my dad. Edited January 12, 2017 by reefgazer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 LOL! DS and I were in Tractor Supply Store over Christmas and there were packages of circus peanuts for sale near the register. I haven't seen them in years, and DS picked them up and eyeballed them suspiciously. He couldn't understand why I was so excited to see them! 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecropia Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Smells that remind me of the house I grew up in: Lilac blossoms Lily of the Valley blossoms The chemical smell of a perm (my mom did hers at home; it was so strong to be forever imprinted in my brain) Old Spice Lava soap Mom's chicken soup recipe. One of the best scents in the world! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 The scent of root beer takes me right back to my great-grandparents' kitchen where I would drink it out of a shiny, pink aluminum tumbler. My great-grandpa also used to give me fat, round, pepto bismol pink colored peppermint flavored candy. I can't remember what kind they were, but that color and scent remind me of him. White Linen reminds me of my grandmother. I never cared for the scent itself, but she loves it and I still give her a bottle of the lotion every Christmas. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) The smell of my grandparents' gas floor heater. As a child I would huddle up right next to it and put my legs over the grate until I couldn't stand the heat. The smell of the resin box at the ballet studio. Ozone after a thunderstorm-I grew up in Oklahoma, so it was pretty common. Edited January 12, 2017 by trulycrabby 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sangtarah Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Horse barns. Between poop and shavings and leather and horses' coats, I'm right back at 9 or 10, hanging around the barn, riding next to my mom. Those were the best times. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami 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. That's my Dad's favorite too. <3 When I smell gardenia, I think of my Grandma. Oh...and the smell of Palmer's Cocoa Butter reminds me of her too. (It was her beauty secret. ;) Have to say, she had great skin in her 80s.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) Green apple air freshener....my adopted grandmas house. Mens shaving cream....my dad (he had such a heavy beard he shaved 2x per day) Red Door perfume or Taboo...my mom. She swore that wearing musk perfume improved her sucess when she went hunting, so it was her 'fall' scent. LOL Polo cologne for guys and Passion for girls....high school. potato soup.....my immediate family Floral potpouri...the 80s. LOL Edited January 12, 2017 by Tap 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Original old spice and pipe tobacco come to mind. It's been a very long time for both. I'm sure there are other scents. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 The smell of gingerbread and gluhwein at German Christmas markets. That one is my favorite. A mixture of Pine Sol and bleach used for cleaning floors takes me instantly back to my preschool. I don't use it myself, though I love the smell, but I get so excited when I go somewhere that mix is used. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Wait. Was there walmart then? I heard of Walmart for the first time in 1989. I was thinking the same thing! We didn't get Walmart in CA until the 90's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 There's a certain cologne that reminds me of good times (whoa, good times.) So a few years ago I was working a PT job and that scent floated by. My head tilted in the air and my eyes closed as I savored the smell, and I looked up...expecting to see someone HOT. A little old man shuffled by.... And I learned my lesson. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Cigarette smoke in cold weather brings back a lot of childhood memories. Just about all adult relatives smoked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 try Vermont Country Store. They seem to specialize in merchandise from the era. They have it! It's English Leather! Lol. Can't believe it's still available. Thanks, PM! Hearing everyone's good memories is so much fun! Thanks to all who've posted! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 The west coast, Pacific Ocean smell! From my growing up in California days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 My Grandmother's house smelled like a combination of fabric softener, detergent, furniture polish and something else. It was a lovely scent and I was sad when the fragrance that was trapped in the cedar chest that I inherited from her dissipated. Then I got a dresser from my brother. It had belonged to her, and when I opened the bottom drawer, I found scraps of quilting materials. And the smell was my grandmother's house! It made me so happy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Polo and Chaps cologne remind me of high school, the whole 80s flashback moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Wait. Was there walmart then? I heard of Walmart for the first time in 1989. I was thinking the same thing! We didn't get Walmart in CA until the 90's. Maybe Missouri had them fairly early on since we're so close to where they originated? Maybe their early expansion/development was pretty close to Arkansas? The scent of root beer takes me right back to my great-grandparents' kitchen where I would drink it out of a shiny, pink aluminum tumbler. My great-grandpa also used to give me fat, round, pepto bismol pink colored peppermint flavored candy. I can't remember what kind they were, but that color and scent remind me of him. White Linen reminds me of my grandmother. I never cared for the scent itself, but she loves it and I still give her a bottle of the lotion every Christmas. I remember those tumblers and that candy! The tumblers were a weird sensory thing for me--lol! And the candy -- what WAS the name of that? I'll have to check to see if the Vermont Country Store has it! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 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. I went to a tiny high school. Most boys who wore cologne had a signature type they'd wear. I can smell those colognes in the store on a passerby and think of that individual boy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 And the candy -- what WAS the name of that? I'll have to check to see if the Vermont Country Store has it! haha Darn it. Couldn't find it on their website. I'll ask dh if he remembers it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth 2 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Old spice - grandpa. A guy I was interested in walked away because I told him it reminded me of my grandfather. He didn't speak to me again. Dial handsoap - grandmas house. Chanel no 5 - the best teacher I ever had and her husband. 4th and 5th grade. Beth and Body Works cucumber melon anything. Middle school then High school marching band. The girls had the stuff, the guys used the stuff on the bus, but I never had it. Cigarette smoke and car exhaust: going to the racetrack with my dad during the summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebo Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 LIlacs, peonies, and burning leaves. The scent of a fresh snow.... also the sound of it, the hush and crunch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 They have it! It's English Leather! Lol. Can't believe it's still available. Thanks, PM! Hearing everyone's good memories is so much fun! Thanks to all who've posted! Dh wore that scent when we were dating. 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Maybe Missouri had them fairly early on since we're so close to where they originated? Maybe their early expansion/development was pretty close to Arkansas? Yep. We always went to Walmart when I visited my grandma in Missouri as a child. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I don't smell it often but my grandmother wore Lily of the Valley cologne. She also always had Jergen's lotion, which has a sort of cherry scent. Both of those scents remind me of her. The smell of fresh cut grass brings all kinds of pleasant memories. I have a few old songs that can actually bring on memories of scents for me. I can smell certain things when I hear the songs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 The first house that I remember living in (from 3 months old to 2 years 3 months) had roses with a deep scent and also honeysuckle so both of those smells bring back memories. I also used to be dabbed with 4711 Eau do Cologne if I was sick and so that smell makes me feel better too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) Love's Baby Soft!! The pink liquid one with white cap, I think. Mixed-feeling high school flashbacks. Jean Nate after-bath splash - my mother in the summertime Edited January 12, 2017 by Colleen in NS 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Wild onions that grow in grass reminds me of spending time with my grandmother and playing outside and making up games following her while she mowed and getting some nice cold cool aid lemonade afterwards. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 The smell of field corn drying in the large farm dryers. This was the same time (perhaps happening during the same process) that small drifts of pinkish corn chaff would pile up in my parent's carport, blown in from the dryers behind our house. I loved that when I was little. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Polo and Chaps cologne remind me of high school, the whole 80s flashback moment. Me too! The guys I knew practically bathed in Polo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) And the candy -- what WAS the name of that? I'll have to check to see if the Vermont Country Store has it! haha I think we just called them wintergreen mints? On this site they call them Canada mints. Edited February 14, 2017 by MercyA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooCow Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Old spice = my dad Jergens = my mom 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 I think we just called them wintergreen mints? On this site they call them Canada mints. I think my great-grandparents had them sometimes, too, but mainly they kept their candy dish full of gumdrops and peanuts. Yum! I remember eating all the gumdrops and then using my finger to get the leftover sugar, too. I was a greedy little kid. :o My grandma always had Tic-Tacs and Freedent gum in her purse. (She was a smoker with dentures. :) ) Those are the ones--thanks! I couldn't remember what we called them, but it's on the website--lozenges! I loved those! And that leftover sugar at the bottom of the gumdrop dish was the best! I used to go to my mom's office after school sometimes and grab a couple of sugar cubes from the coffee station--yum! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Fresh baked bread - reminds me of my mom, coming home from school to a nice warm house with fresh homemade bread auto repair shops - reminds me of visiting my dad at work and helping him in his garage at home 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 My uncle smelled of apple pipe tobacco. I've always been anti-smoking, except for Uncle Joe (who lived into his 90s). I remember Love's Baby Soft from Middle School. And all of those fake body sprays... I remember my friend had one that smelled like Giorgio. I love the smell of fresh cut grass, but also burning leaves. Oh an cider. Those all remind me of my childhood. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Saucer magnolia -- there was one outside my winow at home AND at college Wet chrysanthemums -- we had so many mums that I could pick them by the armful Wood smoke (or burning leaves) in crisp fall air Warm, newly tilled earth in spring 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) Bath & BodyWorks Sun-Ripened Raspberry body spray. That one reeks of 9th grade... That and CK One. Edited January 12, 2017 by alisoncooks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 My uncle smelled of apple pipe tobacco. I've always been anti-smoking, except for Uncle Joe (who lived into his 90s). I remember Love's Baby Soft from Middle School. And all of those fake body sprays... I remember my friend had one that smelled like Giorgio. I love the smell of fresh cut grass, but also burning leaves. Oh an cider. Those all remind me of my childhood. Yes, wet grass and burning leaves are smells I like too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Yardley English Lavender and the smell of bread baking. Both remind me of my mom. I still have some of the English Lavender and use it occasionally when I want to feel close to mom, who passed away several years ago. 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 Yardley English Lavender and the smell of bread baking. Both remind me of my mom. I still have some of the English Lavender and use it occasionally when I want to feel close to mom, who passed away several years ago. :crying: It's fascinating how emotionally powerful scents can be. :grouphug: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Smells that remind me of the house I grew up in: Lilac blossoms Lily of the Valley blossoms The chemical smell of a perm (my mom did hers at home; it was so strong to be forever imprinted in my brain) Old Spice Lava soap Mom's chicken soup recipe. One of the best scents in the world! Where did you grow up ? How can I forget the lilac blossoms mom had a bush outside the kitchen window. I remember my neighbors yard being full of lily of the valley the scents of home. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Coppertone sunscreen and the rich smell of homemade fudge - both remind me of summers at the beach with my family and cousins. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlossom Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) There's a certain new-toy-plastic smell that always transports me back to holding my baby dolls. Bath and Body Works Country Apple reminds me of my college years. That white face cream, Jergens, reminds me of my mom. Edited January 13, 2017 by DesertBlossom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Coal tar soap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Obsession! That's what MomsintheGarden wore when we were dating in college. :wub: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Who remembers that smell that Strawberry Shortcake dolls had? Or the baby powder smell of a Cabbage Patch doll? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Who remembers that smell that Strawberry Shortcake dolls had? Or the baby powder smell of a Cabbage Patch doll? I'm too old to remember that! Maybe the little girls I babysat had them... :tongue_smilie: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I'm a bit surprised no one said pot smoke. I wasn't a pot smoker, but the smell of pot certainly brings back some memories! :001_cool: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 I'm a bit surprised no one said pot smoke. I wasn't a pot smoker, but the smell of pot certainly brings back some memories! :001_cool: :smilielol5: I've never touched the stuff. (Truly.) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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