I'm just sayin' I think it's funny how I go my whole life with people telling me "smaste" isn't a real thing and then here comes a pandemic where smaste issues are one of the main symptoms and now all of a sudden everybody believes in it?
Yes, pettiness and dark humor are absolutely getting me through, so I'm choosing to focus on the fact that I TOLD YOU SO, LITERALLY EVERYBODY.
Reddit user Muntszy asked:
"What smells better than it tastes?"
And since we're all ready to admit that smaste is real, let's talk about the hideous disappointments that come along with incongruity in the smaste continuum.
First, let's talk about what rubs Reddit wrong.
Doggie Treats
"Beggin’ strips. 'Dogs don’t know it’s not bacon' but I sure did" - hcos612
"My older brother tried one of my dog’s Milk Bones once out of curiosity and from then on he’d deada** snack on them now and then." - KevinFrane
"Tried a dog treat that smelled just like a great jerky strip. good amount of regret after. and pity for my dogs"- khactye
High Five Well Done GIF by Five Guys A WeekGiphyFresh And Clean
"soap" - 2kRandy
"Someone stocked the toilets at work with strawberry scented hand soap made by this small local business."
"I swear this soap smelled more like strawberries than actual strawberries do, gave me instant cravings every time I had to take a piss." - Frostfallen
"I made a bunch that were Creamsicle flavor for a party my family was having and they smelled so good lol." --SoVerySleepy81
eat michael carbonaro GIF by truTV’s The Carbonaro EffectGiphyTaste Like Lies
"Vanilla extract" - m00kiiprinxess
"Me, holding vanilla extract: You know, I've heard this doesn't taste the way it smells."
"My best friend, not even looking at me: Don't." - an_ineffable_plan
Floral And Herbal
"Snazzy flavored herbal teas" - FriskyKittenPaws
"I think there is a Nobel prize to be had for the first one to come up with a tea that tastes as well as it smells."
"Any tea!"- avarjag
"Most teas are such a delicate flavor that overloaded palettes won't find much to them."
"Gotta add that little bit of sweet to brighten it up and give it a fighting chance. Sugar is the salt of the tea world!"- whotookmysh*t
Keeping Up With The Kardashians Reaction GIF by E!GiphySeems High In Fiber
"Has nobody mentioned lumber/sawdust yet?"
"Wtf?"- RedditsWhilePooing
"My mom had an, uh… unusual… craving for a stack of lumber while pregnant with me, walking through Home Depot with my dad."
"They both tell me slightly different versions of this story, but my mom will never cease to admit to it being so true."- RockinAndRollin00
diy mouth GIFGiphyThe Best Part Of Waking Up...
"Coffee. I like the taste of coffee but the smell is better." - maggie081670
"Yeah, I don't like coffee, but I love the smell."
"I also like things that are coffee flavor, like coffee ice cream, coffee oreos, etc, but not actually coffee."
"Even really sweetened coffee isn't that good."- Mediocretes1
"Freshly ground coffee is maybe the best scent in the world. Nothing could live up to that, not even coffee."- Kolz
Vampires Would Disagree
"Uncooked minced garlic"- slut-princess
Not Sure You're Suppose To Try This One
"Purple gluesticks" - nbarry1425
"The only thing worse than how a gluestick tastes is how 'well' it sticks."- Verminnesotanboio
Super Glue Wow GIF by Krazy GlueGiphyPut That In Your Pipe And Smoke It
"Pipe tobacco"- Mapletron2020
"I went through a short pipe phase in the '70s."
"Probably freshman year of high school while reading the LOTR."
"I discovered that tobacco that smelled good and had a pleasant aroma when burned tasted like sh*t."
"Tobacco that tasted good smelled like sh*t.
"Sh*t being a metaphor."
I have no idea what it tastes like." - citsonga_cixelsyd
"I've been a pipe tobacco smoker for almost ten years and mainly smoke aromatics like bourbon, vanilla, etc."
"People love the smell of it when I smoke around them."
"I have to remind them the taste isn't the same."
"Not as bad as a cigarette of course but no it isn't going to taste as well as the name implies." - gil_beard
Star Trek Smoking GIFGiphyNot so "mad about saffron"...
"There’s this spice called saffron."
'It smells like pure heaven but doesn’t have a taste."- DogPrudent6787
"Hot" in what way, one wonders?...
"ANYTHING that is very hot."- God_is_superb
"Lather, rinse repeat"... just don't eat...
"My shampoo."- Officialy_stupid
"Shampoo and conditioner lol…"
"When I was a kid that L’Oréal kids shampoo smelled so good and I tried tasting it and almost yacked."
"To this day, best smelling shampoo."- Logical_Ranger_3488
crossfire hurricane vintage GIFGiphy... Some might think just the opposite...
"'begins to laugh evily'... its long, hard, and filled with semen."- TheOgGameBoy29
Is it even possible to taste this?
"My farts."- rugbychicken
Especially the fruit scented ones...
"Marker."- DssCooleC
So let's talk about the first time I had a Cosmopolitan, shall we?
It was a beautiful pink in a gorgeous glass. It smelled like citrus and summer in a cup. I had waited so long to finally be out somewhere fancy enough to warrant ordering a cocktail. I was so ready for my Carrie Bradshaw moment...
It tasted like hairspray. I was born in the '80s, I already knew what hairspray tasted like! I didn't need to spend $15 on that.
Alright fam, your turn! Let us know what you would add in the comments.
Let's get existential ... and argumentative.
Because this is internet, people, why are you acting like you don't know what we're here for?
Reddit user Due_Abrocoma6874 asked:
"What exists, but can't be sensed with our 5 senses?"
Which means what was intended as an exploration into the ephemeral took a sudden detour into semantics city.
Because Reddit is Reddit.
Magnetisim
"Magnetism, extremely powerful (it saves us from the Sun) but you can't tell it's there unless you have something to tell you. I work in a electric motor shop and have to stick my hand in +4,000 horse power motors with dummy rotors to test them. I'm probably shooting blanks now, my 2nd answer, infertility."
- Padmei
"I think you're confusing the effects of ionizing radiation with magnetism. Strong magnetic fields have absolutely no effects on humans; MRIs are a perfect example. However, working with radioactive materials or near x-ray sources can kill irreplaceable cells in the reproductive organs of both sexes."
- Jenyweny09
"Hence the burning question, 'F*cking Magnets, How Do They Work??' "
- saruin
"Interesting job, bad answer."
"Look I'm not a 'magnestist' here, just an electrician which I guess could be one of the next closest jobs. But thats like saying you can't use any of our senses to sense gravity."
"Ever seen an object get affected by a magnet? That's sensing magnetism through our sense of 'sight'. Ever held something near a magnet - or even a magnet itself since you can feel the repllent aspect of the force as well? That is sensing magnetism through our sense of 'touch'."
"When anyone cops a belt (sparky for an electric shock) whether it be licking a 9v battery, touching live 240v conductors or even getting struck by lightning; we are feeling the electromagnetically energised positive protons and negative electrons trying to balance themselves out. We literally feel our body experience magnetism."
"Hahaha I did have a laugh at your second answer though that's probably true"
- sheppo42
"Actually, both of those are the effects of magnetism. We can't sense magnetic force, just what it causes."
- Mori_564
Season 3 Smoking GIF by The SimpsonsGiphyIt's Technically Hearing, But We Get It.
"The difference between an awkward silence and regular silence"
- Jeutnarg
"YES! Have a freebie!"
- Sticketoo_DaMan
"I choose not to ever consider silence to be awkward silence and i encourage others to do the same. Yeah it's some corny sigma male sh*t but it's really made my conversations more enjoyable"
- maxverstrappin
"Once knew a guy who was having difficulties with a co-worker. HR finally just told them not to talk to each other. A week later HR spoke to him because the other guy whined about him being 'aggressively silent'. Like wtf?"
- II_Confused
"bro speaking facts"
- holdupdindindindin
"It is a regular silence until you mention the silence. Then it is an awkward silence."
- nellucd
Getting Metaphysical
"Most of reality."
- hydraxl
"And yet some brilliant humans have been able to make many of the insensible things visible through their inventions. It’s incredible how many things are known even when we’re unable to detect it without devices."
- TheYeti4815162342
"I thought this was a dark matter reference at first."
"Most of the universe is dark matter, but we can't see it, touch it, smell it, or interact with it in any way with our senses."
- stevey_frac
"This is perhaps the best and, simultaneously, most frightening answer."
"If we had 10 more senses and 1000 more IQ points we still wouldn't be able to experience even a fraction of reality."
- pezdal
"This 100%."
"Here's a rough list of things that are currently all around you but you don't know is there:"
"Countless air molecules such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen"
"Light (EM spectrum) outside of our range. Radio signals from cell phones, routers, towers, planes, etc. Xrays and gamma rays from upper atmosphere particle interactions and distant stars."
" Billions and billions of neutrinos produced by the sun that penetrate the earth (and your body of course)."
" Radioactive emissions from various natural decaying elements including Carbon"
"14 found in pretty much anything with Carbon (such as your body). Also Potassium such as in Bananas."
" Billions of bacteria and viruses all over everything."
" That Klingon Warbird decloaking off starboard!"
- salbris
Radiation
"Nuclear radiation, plus neutrinos - they go right through us."
- Ghostforever7
"Apparently it tastes like metal when there is a lot of radiation tho"
- luminaxed
"Astronauts said they could see flashes of light through their closed eyelids, so not all radiation"
"But I do agree with neutrinos"
- FrankMiner2949er
"Technically you could sense neutrinos since they could hypothetically interact with the liquid inside your eyes, but that happens so rarely and our eyes are so small that statistically it will never happen for anyone ever."
- Moikle
fox artists on tumblr GIF by Animation Domination High-DefGiphyYou Have To Imagine The Flavor
"The different flavors of La Croix."
- Tantra_Charbelcher
"La Croix flavors aren’t real, you read the can or see the color and it tricks your brain into thinking there is a flavor. I’m convinced this is true and nothing anyone says can change my mind."
- megapuffranger
"Wait... La Croix has flavors? I thought it was just different can colors"
- Tips__
"Ha! I have a buddy that always said La Croix is like drinking sparkling water while someone on the other end of the house whispers the word grapefruit."
- mrausgor
"It tastes like TV static"
- chealey21
Soda Water Summer GIF by LaCroix Sparkling WaterGiphyTricky Brain
"Magenta. Your brain makes it up"
- TrulyTynixo
"I'll take it if seeing it as grey is the only alternative."
"Crap how many things that we perceive as grey are actually exciting colours? I know certain birds, insects and marine life can see a wider scope of colours than we can."
- Chromattix
"I am so confused. I know exactly what magenta is but I googled it and there are no wavelengths? Is life a lie?"
- K_Xanthe
"Technically your brain makes up all colors and sight. I think what you are saying though is that there isn't a specific wavelength range that the brain directly converts to magenta. Actually now that I think of it, I'm not sure what that weird fact is about. I'll have to read more about it."
- c_c_c_c_c_c_d
"Even crazier than Magenta are the impossible colors which can only be perceived temporarily via an optical illusion."
" 'Stygian Blue' is a shade of blue that's darker than black."
" 'Hyperbolic Orange' is a shade of orange that's even more orange than orange."
"The 'self luminous' colors look like brighter-than-white glowing pastels."
"They're kind of trippy."
- Cybyss
Gasses
"Carbon monoxide. Unless dying counts as a sense."
- Rampant_baconator
"All gasses except for CO2 are undetectable to the human body. Not just CO"
- Rotor_Tiller
"Even CO2 is undetectable. It has the EXACT SAME symptoms as every other gas. An impending sense of doom, hallucinations(usually scary and violent) and finally random bouts of unconsciousness getting worse as the volume increases but thats hypoxia as well so..."
- MutedAd7206
"What I mean is that CO2 is the pretty much the only gas that the lungs evolved specifically to reject. A lung full of CO2 is always going to burn and generally feel suffocating although I don't have enough experience with colder co2 vapors to know what those might feel like."
- Rotor_Tiller
"If it's a lung of PURE CO2 yeah but in the toxic level you won't notice it cause it's not lethal."
- MutedAd7206
"Why is this so far down on the list?"
- alleghenysinger
sleepy homer simpson GIFGiphyI Got A Feeling Somebody's Watching Me
"When you’re being watched. You can’t hear, see, touch, taste or smell who or what is watching you. You just kinda… know 👁👁"
- Tobester2005
"I've heard that your peripheral vision is exceedingly good at detecting eyes. It doesn't tell you exactly where but it alerts that 'being watched' feeling. Technically still sight."
- Spyblox007
"Typically, the reason for this is because your brain has picked up on something that isnt quite right, wether its silence, or the absence of something thats usually there, but most times, you can't tell what that thing is, but you know something isnt right"
- helpmylifeis_a_mess
"My buddy went hiking on Vancouver Island a few years ago and told me he had that exact feeling directly behind him. Turned around and a mountain lion was staring at him from a distance."
- eddieswiss
"You can you just don't know you can. You as a being are too focused on random bullshit than on surviving its why we have a part of the brain DEDICATED TO THREAT DETECTION. It's called your subconscious or Instincts. Instincts are useful because they give you that gut feeling and deal with your reflexes. If you've ever gotten into a fight and grabbed a rock or something without thinking about it it was Instincts. If you've ever felt paranoid or afraid of the dark despite being 30 years old and having gotten over it that's Instincts. If you've ever looked at a ledge and thought about jumping off that's Instincts telling you have terrifyingly bad an idea that is(something to do with monkey brain and judging distances you can fall from safely)"
- MutedAd7206
Interested George Clooney GIFGiphyExistential Question
"Depends what you mean by "sensed". If I look at a video feed from a satellite at the far end of the Moon, am I seeing the far end of the Moon? If I look at a picture of distant galaxies imaged in infrared, watch a vapor trail in a particles experiment, listen to a sonification of data, feel a building tremble in an earthquake, do I sense these existing things?"
"What is allowed to be between myself and the existing 'thing', to still call it sensing? Do the instruments have to be part of my body? What about glasses? Implanted lenses? Hearing aids? Skin grafts?"
"Regardless of your answer, the only thing I would say with some certainty exists, but cannot be sensed, is the future (some future) because the laws of physics forbid time travel in that direction.."
- grismar-net
"I would argue that time in that sense doesn’t even really count as existing. It’s more of an abstraction or summary of the interaction between existent things in space (spacetime would be a better way to think about it)."
"Not one thing can be said to exist without the claim being dependent on the senses."
-
Not Your Typical Wave
"Most radio waves"
- brock_lee
"More like the entire electromagnetic spectrum apart from visible light and infrared."
- Mems1900
"Up to a certain amplitude but eventually … cooked 😂"
- CutAccording7289
"Most light aka most of the electromagnetic spectrum. In fact we can't sense any radio waves at all, not with our human senses anyway, as the OP asked."
- c_c_c_c_c_c_d
"I was going to say WiFi, but that is also an electromagnet wave."
- met3_1
Now that you've argued your way through some Redditors thoughts, let's argue more in the comments.
What do you know exists even though you can't exactly perceive it?
Good smells and bad smells are generally considered pretty universal, but there are definitely some outliers.
Most people can't stand the smell of gasoline, but there are quite a few people who find the smell pleasant.
Redditor Psycho_Bunny_Cutie asked:
"What's a weird smell you're willing to admit you like?"
Skunk
"Skunk"
"Not getting sprayed directly because I've never had that happen so I don't know if I'd like it, but the lingering aftermath."
"My friend's dogs got sprayed and I helped get them bathed. It almost drove them out of their house, but I liked the smell. It lingered for months."
- LakotaGrl
baby skunks GIFGiphyHome Sh*t Home
"I grew up beside a sewage treatment plant, and it processes the waste of about 60,000 local people including surrounds (largest town in my country)."
"To everyone else it smells like sh*t and it did to me at the start, but now the smell is a comfort, a nice smell, like freshly cut grass or petrol at a petrol station!"
"I don't think it smells like sh*t anymore but when I smell it sometimes I have to pretend it smells bad."
- malzyboii
Disney Home Video
"I remember liking the smell of Disney VHS cases."
- AtlUtdGold
"Omg. This unlocked a memory for me. I also loved this. But I haven’t done it in so long that I had forgotten. But this comment literally brought the smell right back. Thank you!"
- el-mil
"Me toooooo. Holy sh*t. I feel like it’s 1995 and I’m on the living room floor about to pop in Pocahontas for the 4th time today."
- lubs96
Memories
"I dont know if this counts, where I used to live is very common to hug people all the time, and if I have been in someone's home before, the place would have a particular smell, and almost everytime I would hug them, they would smell like their home."
"It always felt good to make that association, it was comforting somehow."
- Montpierce
"Same for me, and then when you're out and about and you catch a wiff of something that smells the same even if it's been years they pop into your mind."
- loonettt
GiphyNew Tech
"The smell of brand new tech gadgets. It smells of technology. Whenever I buy a new mouse or keyboard (it is especially true for logitech products I don't know if it is a general thing) I sniff them as long as I can detect that sweet plastic-y, ultra clean-smelling goodness."
- bobisz
"Back when CD's were the dominant form of data transfer, I would LOVE every time a new one was opened, just sniffing the new CD."
"Years later, I discovered a nearly identical (to me) smell that works just as well... fresh saffron. Saffron smells like new CD's to me, and I love it."
- ConnectionIssues
Mimeograph Solvent
"Ah, back in the old days, the smell of papers that the teacher handed out that were fresh off those old hand-cranked mimeograph machines. The solvent. Mmmm."
- whazzup_b*tches
GiphyPool Toys
"Pvc pool toys when you're unfolding them before you blow them up."
- NoticeWhenUAreHappy
"I bought a shower curtain the other day and instead of a light plastic smell it smelled heavily of inflatable pool toys, best shower ever."
- I_PEE_WITH_THAT
More paper...
"New magazines or flyers."
- TLBG
"Freshly printed newspapers."
Basements
"I love the smell of basement- which I don't know if is weird, but I'm the only one I know who likes it."
- AmeliaUsesReddit
"Yessss, also sometimes underground parking garages or stairwells have it. Everyone always thinks I’m an idiot when I bring it up."
- Fenzik
Hot Streets
"Asphalt or tar in the summer."
"I grew up in Chicago and I like that smell now for some reason."
- deadpantrashcan
GiphyHome Depot
"The smell of Home Depot"
- lanuevagringa
"I have long been hoping for Yankee Candle to team up with Home Depot to do a lumber aisle scented candle."
- MintyFreshBreathYo
GiphyHot Pavement And Rain
"Hot parking lot when it first starts to rain."
- TheUSForestService
"The best! I can smell it now. Thanks for that."
"That smell in a sun shower is like the best feeling you could ever feel."
- uffdathatisnice
Burnt Matches
"Matches after the flame goes out."
- makeful
"Ooooh I like the smell when you blow out a candle."
- Kaisa_is_short
GiphyMud
"Dirt in rainy season."
- Illustrious-Layer-86
"Farm dirt when they first till the fields in the Spring."
Car Storage
"Gasoline and garages."
"My sister opened her garage the other day and I said how much I love the smell and my entire family (solid 12 people) stared at me in disbelief."
- EnvironmentalSky8872
garage GIFGiphyMeat of Fish
"Butchers or fish mongers. Triggers the caveman part of my brain."
- choccysmeg
The Other Carb
"Phenol. Toxic chemical used in antiseptic soap and some poisonous mushrooms, also known as carbolic."
"Smells simultaneously musty and clean, yet oddly pleasant."
- celestial800
GiphyWhile there are some smells that seem like everyone must hate them, there's always going to be someone who thinks they smell better than roses.
flower GIFGiphyYou know that smell right before it rains? It's earthy. It's gorgeous. I have a distinct memory of leaving school and getting into my mother's car just as a giant storm cloud rolled in. The smell was rich.
Then it poured. It was splendid. The smell after the rain was fantastic too. Can you tell I have a thing for rain and doom and gloom?
There are so many wonderful smells out there, though! People told us all about their favorites after Redditor loganmcau asked the online community,
"What's the best smell on earth?"
"It smells amazing!"
"Vanilla. It smells amazing."
Gyngerkittle
It does! Just steer clear of wasps.
"The lumber section..."
"The lumber section at Home Depot. Oddly satisfying."
ooperbang6
So true! What is it about it?!
"The immediate smell..."
"The immediate smell after a light drizzle. That would be an air of change for a second for people far from nature."
wombraider420
A lovely and soothing smell! I love it too.
"Eucalyptus oil mixed into hot water splashed on the hot rocks of a woodburning sauna in the early fall."
pizzapopcorndog
Oooh. Specific, but it must be amazing. Now I need to go to a traditional sauna.
"Freshly baked bread. Someone should bottle that smell and turn it into a perfume/cologne."
[deleted]
I don't think I'd wear it, but you do you!
"I swam..."
"I swam for 12 years and taught swim lessons for another 8, the smell right when you open the door and smell the warm chlorine air smells like home and nostalgia to me."
Sunglass-sketch1964
Ah, yes! This makes me want to jump back in a pool. It's been a while.
"Fresh linen blowing in the summer breeze, as you walk by someone's house."
1Cabbage
There is something to be said about crisp bed linens – magical.
"When it's been winter..."
"When it's been winter for months and you get that one warm day in the beginning of the year that smells like spring."
deidara2613
"Especially..."
"Campfire. Especially on a cold fall morning. Getting home and back to the daily grind but you still smell that smoke."
Extrasherman
"I think a lot of people..."
"I think a lot of people who gave an answer here consciously/subconsciously thought of a happy moment in their life."
"Mine is the smell of jasmine flowers along the streets in my hometown as I was on sitting on the back of my dad’s scooter when he picked me up from school. They smelt like happiness."
daddythecrab
This just gave me second-hand smell happiness as I envisioned the scene. Thank you!
Oh, dear – there are so many smells we've been missing out on! And there's too little time to smell them all.
Have some suggestions of your own? Feel free to tell us all about them in the comments below!
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There's a certain smell that makes me smile involuntarily—and then smile bigger because I know the reason I'm smiling is because I'm a lovesick fool and honestly—it's kinda nice.
His beard oil, mixed with sea air, sunscreen, and sand. Bake with a few hours of sun, add a splash of coconut.
It's incredibly specific, I know—but it's the smell of summer afternoons, date nights sharing pizza at 2 am on the beach, it's the smell of falling in love. It's the smell of years together, sunscreen on the kids, coconut conditioner on five heads of curls.
It's the smell of us and I grin like a fool every time I smell it.
Reddit user migue30 asked:
"What smell, when you smell it, instantly makes you happy?"
I'm not the only one out here smiling like the cat who caught the canary. Lots of us have happy smells.
We Love Carbs
"Bread that just come out of the oven"
- Appropriate-Elk3686
"I worked a couple summers in construction."
"One Saturday morning I was at a concrete pour on a site that was just down the street from an Aunt Millie’s bakery that was going full tilt. So the whole job site smelled like fresh bread."
"It was wonderful and also torturous."
- agsieg
"This smell reminds me of my grandfather."
"We used to have a restaurant and he made fresh bread all day every day. I would walk into the back room and just get this overwhelming sense of calm and warmth whenever there was bread on the table, or about to come out of the oven."
"I miss my grandfather."
- Adam_Ohh
GiphyLost Love
"Woodsmoke is a big one for me. A LOT of my childhood was spent around campfires with family."
- SirSilverscreen
"I used to unconditionally love the smell of a campfire."
"But I live in Oregon and that smell was ruined for me in 2020. Living in Salem the sky was shades of yellow, brown, orange and red, and when you tried to breathe outside it burned."
- SgtVinBOI
"Yup. California here; smelling smoke just makes me sad now, but it used to make me smile so big."
- lonabirdie
GiphyLadies Night
"Whenever me and my best friend are getting ready to go out, she always sprays this particular perfume on the both of us before we go. It’s always the same perfume, and we’ve used it ever since our first night out."
"So once in a while I’ll catch a whiff of this perfume in public, and I’ll immediately think of out nights out and all of the fun times we’ve had while wearing this perfume."
"She moved to a bigger city a couple months ago, so we don’t see each other as much anymore. That hasn’t affected anything though, thankfully ❤️"
- frankie-downhill
GiphyJob Satisfaction
"I've been a baker for going on 20 to 25 years (approx.), and the smells never get old."
"Fresh baked bread, cheese and garlic pullaparts, cinnamon buns. 1/4 of my job satisfaction is just the atmosphere."
- voidinherent
"Oh mate. Working in subway and being on an open and when you take out the cookies that are literally still burning hot and the smell just fills the room… that smell used to make my mornings, not gonna lie."
- L0WEffort
GiphyThe Beans
"Coffee beans."
"Not coffee already made. It has to be coffee beans. When I walk down the aisle at the store, I stand there like a moron and take it all in."
- xex00
"My grocery store had a section where you can grind the beans yourself and they have novelty flavors like Carmel, hazelnut, pumpkin spice etc."
"I could spend hours sniffin'."
- bubalub-
"Oh gosh yes."
"My first job was at a cafe & I loved just breathing in all the bean smell as I got the shop ready. The beans (whole or ground) smell like 20x better than coffee when it's made."
- Firefly128
"There used to be a small family run coffee roasting business by my school."
"Every Wednesday they would roast their freshly imported coffee beans with their front door wide open, the whole street smelled of freshly roasted coffee."
"They retired a while ago and I regret not buying up the rest of their stock."
- WedgeTurn
GiphyHair
"A girl's freshly shampooed hair."
- wisedond0n
"I get it. My husband getting out of the shower is a happy smell too."
"It's the clean, crispness of his soap carried by the burst of humidity that pours out when the door opens."
- Summerie
"Guys can do this too!"
"I bought a coconut scent conditioner and it made my hair smell so great a guy smelled it and wanted to buy the same conditioner."
- Vagabond21
GiphyA Love/Hate Thing
"Lavender."
"I don’t think I actually like it, though. My wife loves it & our youngest said it helped him sleep & relax."
"The smell reminds me of them, and of him when he was a baby. Just happier times even if they were sh*tty times."
"I hate the smell of lavender, but it’s just so nostalgic I can’t help but like it."
- FondleMyPlumsPlease
GiphyMechanic Smell
"Used engine oil, dad was a mechanic and when he came home I used to hug him and his overalls smelled like it."
"Since he’s passed away I smile every time I smell it."
- strong_tea_baggins
"Yep, that grease and gas smell of a garage does it for me too."
"Combine it with cheap bar soap, and instantly I see my grandpa in my mind."
- screamingcheese
GiphyGrand-Smells
"My Grandpa's coat."
"I got it after he died, and it still smells like him. I keep it safe and pull it out every once in a while."
"I put my head in it and I'm a little kid again. It's been really helpful these last few months."
- Jalambi
"I have no idea what it was but the smell of my late grandma's basement."
"It certainly wasn't mold, I've smelled plenty of that."
"Even years after she's passed, it still smells like it down there. I have no idea what it is but it's over of the most nostalgic things for me."
- DirePanda072
GiphyMom In A Bottle
"I both love and hate the smell of Vanderbilt perfume."
"My mom wore it exclusively. I took her bottle when she passed away suddenly a couple years ago."
"When I was a teenager and first working, I asked her what she wanted for Christmas because I could finally get her something with my OWN money. She told me Vanderbilt perfume."
"So I did, but I was sure I had no idea what it smelled like. So when I got it home, I opened the box and took the cap off the bottle to sniff. I realized immediately that it smelled like 'Mom in a bottle.' "
"I had no idea she wore perfume. I thought that was just how she smelled."
- No_repeating_ever
GiphyBath & Body Works
"Japanese cherry bloom from Bath and Body Works."
"My grandma sprayed that sh*t EVERYWHERE in her home and it reminds me of her practically raising me as a child and all the fun summers me and like 20 other cousins spent with her."
- we-buy-ugly-people
cherry blossom love GIFGiphyTrash Bags?
"Bare with me... scented trash bags."
"Like, flower scented and stuff. Your probably thinking 'that's a nice smell but why exactly that?' "
"It all has to do with my favorite game of all time. Red dead redemption 2."
"I may be crazy but I SWEAR I had that smell the whole time from chapter 1-4. It's now almost a representation of that sh*t that was about to go down."
"Lots of death and sh*t happens and I don't know if the trash bag in that room was scented or what, but I remember that smell. Now the scented trash bag smell and the excitement of the game are associated."
- Difficult_Clerk_4074
GIF by Vulture.comGiphyOld People Smell
"You know that old people smell?"
"Whenever I smell that smell, I get hit with an instant wave of nostalgia. I would think back to when I used to go to my nana’s house and do fun things with her."
"Sadly though, she passed away 3 years ago so smelling that smell is like revisiting her and that’s why I love old people smell."
-
Old Woman Vintage GIF by Archives of Ontario | Archives publiques de l'OntarioGiphyName That Tune
"There's a memory from 1968..."
"My dad owned several restaurants, including 3 drive-ins."
"I was taking a morning class at the high school where I was a rising senior, and an afternoon course at the local Junior College. This was to qualify for an advanced course I wanted in the next fall. I had like 30 minutes to make the transition, which was 10 miles apart."
"I arranged with the manager of Shawnee Drive-In #2 (there were 3) that every day at 12:05 he would have my lunch (2 hot dogs with mustard and onions, a chocolate shake and french fries) waiting on the counter, and my favorite song playing on the jukebox."
"I would pop in, wolf down my lunch by the time the song ended, and run out the door, hop in my 67 GTO and haul ass to the JC."
"To this day, If I hear that song on the radio, I can still smell those hot dogs. And if I make hot dogs with mustard and onions (by our old recipe), I can hear that song in my head."
"But I cannot NAME that song to save my life without that smell to reference."
- TnBluesman
Hot Dog GIF by Shaking Food GIFsGiphyJoyride
"Driving with the windows open along the pacific coast highway in Santa Cruz, CA always fills me with joy."
"The smell of the ocean & the trees is unbeatable!"
- soiledmyjeans
Ocean Driving GIF by BermemesGiphyHappy Stink?
"I was in the middle of a two-week business trip, doing something incredibly stressful that I had been dreading for months."
"I was homesick for my husband and dogs and overall it was just a tough two weeks."
"I was staying in a downtown area and everyday I’d walk to the location. Downtowns are full of smells, mostly bad, and this one was no exception."
"As I was walking back to the hotel one day, I got a whiff of something that smelled bad but made me noticeably happier - my brain 100% associated this smell with happiness. It was such a weird feeling, but I finally placed the smell."
"It was wet dog 😂"
- yas_okay
shake it off border collie GIFGiphySafe On The "Stoep"
"The smell of coffee mixed with cigarettes."
"When I was a kid, me and my sisters used to go visit my aunt and her husband on their farm for about a week during the first terms school holidays."
"Being farm people, there was no sleeping in ,so while we would sit in the kitchen and eat, my uncle would sit in the 'stoep' (patio) and drink strong coffee while having a smoke."
"That smell would drift somehow into the kitchen. As an adult, it just makes me feel warm and safe when I get whiffs of that smell every now and them."
- PheeaA
Home House GIF by Raw FuryGiphyA Florists Favorite
"To me, the smell of fresh cut Pine."
"It smells like Christmas to me. I'm a Florist and when you work in a shop, you will spend part of Nov. and the whole of Dec. working with it."
"It was literally the only thing I could smell in my Shop. It's on your clothes and shoes, all over your hands. You take it home with you every night. You eat it, breathe it."
"I love all the different varieties I got to work with and how the all felt different in my hands. Juniper, White Pine and Princess Pines are my favorites."
"The work is hard, but it's rewarding and that smell takes me right back to it."
- Ihavefluffycats
christmas tree GIF by Rachael Ray ShowGiphyA United Family
"The smell of pizza."
"When I was a child my family was more united. I can still remember that we went every week to eat pizza together, I was about 4 or 5 years old."
"But just smelling the pizza brings back memories of better times..."
- MikeAngel65
I Love You Reaction GIFGiphySo... turns out we're all a bunch of sentimental saps.
Honestly, it's cute.
Group hug, everybody.
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