I've come to the decision
that the only reason I've stayed sane in this job (aside from b3ta) is the box of teabags on my desk. I love the smell of tea.

What's the best smell ever?

It's a really, really slow week.
(GONEism, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:38, 21 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

My dad worked in the tea trade for years
Being in a factory full of the stuff is an amazing smell!

I really like the smell of hi grade hydroponic skunk, although I'm not sure whether I actually like the smell or whether it's just a Pavlovian association.

Also fresh brewed coffee and freshly baked bread. No I'm not that woman off the telly giving you advice how to sell your house.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:40, Reply)

Fresh cut grass.
Is the best summer smell. I just wish it didn't make my eyes all itchy :(
( wanderlust, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:42, Reply)

Agreed
I love the way it combines with the smell of petrol when you're mowing the lawn.

I love the smell of petrol, not that I'm a solvent abuser or anything. Sadly I drive a diesel car, that doesn't smell nearly as nice.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:43, Reply)

Babies.
Don't want them but love to smell them.
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:44, Reply)

...
Napalm in the morning?
(KipperMinge has been watching out for the penguins since, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:45, Reply)

Someone brought a baby into the office the other week
(having babies seems to be a popular sport in the main office, possibly cos it gets you time off work)

And was offering it round to hold/smell...

WTF?

I've seen babies before, bring it back when it can speak and I might find it more interesting. Well, I'll find telling it inappropriate/untrue things interesting, anyway.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:46, Reply)

Best smell ever
Has to be hot, sweaty sex.
( Captain V, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:47, Reply)

The smell of Johnson's Baby Oil
never fails to give me the raging horn.

Cheese on toast is another favourite, although with less horny overtones.

And fresh tarmac. Almost chewy, that smell.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:47, Reply)

Got to be
smoked jalapenos.

Or the Salt Lick BBQ.

Or the smell of a sweet box.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:52, Reply)

As far as tea goes
Chai tea is the licks.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:56, Reply)

Urgh *shudders*
Always happens to me at festivals, some sly bastard gives me a cup of normal looking tea that I take a swig of, only to find someone's helpfully mixed some pot pourri in with the tea leaves.

Should be banned, or at least made more easily recognisable!
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:58, Reply)

Ok a serious one
Roads and pavements just after it's started raining in the summer.

Reminds me of America for some reason.
(KipperMinge has been watching out for the penguins since, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:58, Reply)

kipper's minge
I'm with you there, that is a good smell
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 12:13, Reply)

Alll of the above.

Thought I'd throw in the pine smell of real Christmas trees and the smell of a good log fire...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 12:16, Reply)

I love
The smell of decaying leaves on a wet autumn Sunday. It's what makes slow weeks worth being slow. Savor it, love it, caress it. It's a slow week, but it's your slow week, it's your bitch now. Make this slow week say, "I'm your bitch, I'm a nasty, slow week bitch!"

That should pass the time.
(Osama Bin Ladin is opening a whole can of jihad on, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 12:21, Reply)

^^ Petrichor
being the name for the smell of rain on dry ground (from oils given off by vegetation, absorbed onto neighboring surfaces, and released into the air after a first rain).

i'm not saying i like the smell, but i like the word...
( kitsune-tsuki tankeløst hode får lettest sove, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 12:24, Reply)

Bonfires

( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 12:26, Reply)

@ kitsune-tsuki
Wow, i never knew they had a word for that, gotta love those pesky scientists!

Can't wait to use it now.
(KipperMinge has been watching out for the penguins since, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 12:29, Reply)

favourite
cinnamon or basil.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 12:43, Reply)

Clean bedlinen
which has been dried outside ..... mmmmmmmm.

Oh and chocolate. Bourneville.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 18 Nov 2008, 15:26, Reply)

my mate's dad
was a freight-forwarder and would often go onboard ships with manifests and cargo lists and things to sign. One particular cargo was drums and drums of a chemical called Ethyl Mercaptan. That's the stuff that they put in natural gas.

The drums were sealed, but bear in mind that the human nose can detect the smell as low as 1 part in 3 billion parts air and make you go "Arghh! Gas leak", the smell was overpowering and he smelt of the stuff for a week afterwards. Having to keep telling people that they most likely don't have a gas-leak and it was him.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 16:00, Reply)