Last week in this space, I invited you to .
This week, I香蕉视频直播檓 trying to get you to smell one.
A list of the greatest sounds in the world sparked plenty of response (thanks, everyone), which I香蕉视频直播檝e saved for a future piece.
Now, let香蕉视频直播檚 fire up those olfactory senses and see what we can smell.
Like sounds, smells can evoke all kinds of memories. So what are some of the best ones?
Interestingly, there seems to be far less consensus with the smells. What香蕉视频直播檚 odoriferous to some may be delightful to others.
I香蕉视频直播檒l start with some of my favourites (many connected to their friends, the best sounds).
香蕉视频直播� Fresh-cut grass at the ballfield. Or the golf course. Or your backyard.
香蕉视频直播� The inside of your baseball glove, even if it香蕉视频直播檚 been in the garage for years.
香蕉视频直播� Absorbine Jr.
香蕉视频直播� The smell of fresh-brewed coffee. I don香蕉视频直播檛 drink it, but it smells good. Best smelled at 5:30 a.m. at the rink.
香蕉视频直播� Hockey card gum. Could be number one on the list. Now, actually eating the shards of pink glass is another story.
Can you smell it yet?
香蕉视频直播� My grandparents香蕉视频直播� house. Lavender and aftershave.
香蕉视频直播� My dad香蕉视频直播檚 workshop. Grease and woodchips.
香蕉视频直播� Coming home to the house whenever Mum was cooking anything.
香蕉视频直播� Going to my friends香蕉视频直播� houses whenever their moms were cooking anything.
香蕉视频直播� Your hockey bag. Even in an ammonia-like state if you left it in the car and it baked in the sun and then you coated everything in Old Spice. My nostrils are yelling at me right now.
香蕉视频直播� A freshly opened can of tennis balls. Always took about 10 minutes to get my nose out of the can before play could resume.
香蕉视频直播� The inside of an old used book store.
香蕉视频直播� When you walk down the street and your neighbours all seem to have their barbecue going at once.
香蕉视频直播� The plethora of olfactory choices in a good candy store.
香蕉视频直播� Gasoline. If you ever catch me sniffing my fingers, it香蕉视频直播檚 because a little gas got on there while I was filling the lawn mower.
香蕉视频直播� If you ever used to catch me smelling my fingers, it was from my very brief stint working at McDonald香蕉视频直播檚, where the smell of onions lingered no matter how many times you washed your hands.
香蕉视频直播� Perfume/cologne instantly transporting you back to a certain place in time, whether it was you dousing yourself in it or someone else香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播榮cent香蕉视频直播�.
香蕉视频直播� Chlorine at the pool.
香蕉视频直播� Pine needles.
香蕉视频直播� Your favourite old sporting goods store.
香蕉视频直播� Perfectly crisp, fresh paper money. (Anyone remember that?)
香蕉视频直播� The smell of the pits at Western Speedway.
香蕉视频直播� Hot dogs with onions at the ballpark.
香蕉视频直播� The smell of manure as I near the Cowichan Valley (coming south) and I immediately feel like I香蕉视频直播檓 home.
香蕉视频直播� Sizzling hot tar on a road.
香蕉视频直播� Butchart Gardens.
香蕉视频直播� The inside of an old car that香蕉视频直播檚 been in a garage for decades.
香蕉视频直播� Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion. Wherever I am, a whiff of that and 香蕉视频直播榃ave Babies香蕉视频直播� by Honeymoon Suite starts playing in my mind.
香蕉视频直播� The distinctive smell of walking along the railway tracks on a scorching summer day.
香蕉视频直播� Vicks VapoRub. Also Neocitran.
香蕉视频直播� Sparklers as they just go out in your hand. Also those little cap things in the toy guns we all seemed to have as kids.
香蕉视频直播� A fresh box of crayons. Never was one to enjoy the smell of glue. A good thing, I香蕉视频直播檓 told.
香蕉视频直播� Freshly baked bread. Freshly baked cookies. Freshly baked anything.
香蕉视频直播� A row of leather jackets in a clothing store. I may or may not have stuck my head in the middle of them a few times.
香蕉视频直播� Some sizzling bacon. How many of you were wondering when I香蕉视频直播檇 get to that one. Mmm, bacon.
香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播楴ew car香蕉视频直播� smell.
香蕉视频直播� Felt pens.
香蕉视频直播� Rain in the summer.
香蕉视频直播� Play-Doh. Have left a few noseprints inside those jars.
香蕉视频直播� Inside the bag of Cool Ranch Doritos.
香蕉视频直播� The fart jar. Those in the know will know. Certainly wouldn香蕉视频直播檛 make any 香蕉视频直播榖est香蕉视频直播� lists, but favourites? I香蕉视频直播檒l allow it.
READ MORE:
Here香蕉视频直播檚 some offerings from my Black Press colleagues:
香蕉视频直播� Damp cedar.
香蕉视频直播� That first whiff of the ocean when you香蕉视频直播檝e been away from the coast.
香蕉视频直播� The smell of a sunny spring day after the rain stops falling and the flowers are in bloom.
香蕉视频直播� A good humidor
香蕉视频直播� Campfire smoke during a summer campout.
香蕉视频直播� The sweet smell of cotton candy and mini donuts at a fair/carnival.
香蕉视频直播� Laundry after it香蕉视频直播檚 dried outside in the sun. (I香蕉视频直播檒l throw in the distinctive smell of clothes being ironed).
香蕉视频直播� That gamey whiff from the (now closed) UBC farm.
What did we miss? Let me know some of your favourites.
PQB News/VI Free Daily editor can be reached by email at philip.wolf@blackpress.ca, or by phone at 250-905-0019.
