I miss the smell of an old pharmacy. Seemed like they all had a distinctive smell back when I was a kid.
I remember one in my town had a soda shop in it.
I remember one in my town had a soda shop in it.
Odor induced memories
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My odor-induced memory is not a good one. My high school psychology class took a field trip to an insane asylum. I can vividly remember the seafoam green walls and the women tied into their wheelchairs with their arms strapped to the chair arms so that they could not rip their hair out. Their heads painted with that purple solution to prevent infection. Most of them were sitting in their own waste, probably for hours. The sound of someone screaming from behind the locked door of a padded room. To this day the smell of stale urine instantly takes me back to that field trip. I guess it is my own little PTSD.
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In high school I went to Neisner's Five & Dime on Montgomery Road. It was a department store/pharmacy with a soda fountain in the back. When you walked in you could grab complimentary popcorn from a machine near the entrance. The smell of stale popcorn clung to you like Saran Wrap.
YOU NAILED IT!!!!!!!!!............Taint nothin better.
Also diesel fumes and fresh turned dirt from the tractor seat
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Sistema1927
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You never forget the smell of decaying human flesh. My first experience was at age 17 when I assisted in pulling 7 bodies out of a car that had run off the road into a ravine and sat there for about 18 hours in the hot New Mexico sun before being discovered.
My duties as a Police Chaplain took me into situations where I also encountered this familiar smell. Trust me, it is something you never forget.
A High School buddy of mine was part of the US Army contingent that went down to Jonestown to remove the bodies. He told me that he would never eat peppermint again, since they issued them to help keep from gagging on the stench.
My duties as a Police Chaplain took me into situations where I also encountered this familiar smell. Trust me, it is something you never forget.
A High School buddy of mine was part of the US Army contingent that went down to Jonestown to remove the bodies. He told me that he would never eat peppermint again, since they issued them to help keep from gagging on the stench.
For me it's fresh baked bicuits & a pot of beans coming off the stove.
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Mimeographs and Ditto copies in school in the 60's. 40th class reunion they had a "memories" table set up. Half the people that browsed it picked the copies up and smelled them!
Worked in a mortuary as a summer job and during the school year as needed from 1968 till 1973. I was a gopher. Decaying humans and formaldehyde will stick with me forever.
Worked in a mortuary as a summer job and during the school year as needed from 1968 till 1973. I was a gopher. Decaying humans and formaldehyde will stick with me forever.
Nothing brings me back to my childhood on Peek Hill quicker than the sweet smell of a fig tree on a hot summer day.
Received a new old stock revolver holster that the shipper had wrapped in new burlap.
The combined scent of leather and burlap reminded me all at once of old Florida stores that sold everything from tack to fruit and my Pap Pap's basement.
The combined scent of leather and burlap reminded me all at once of old Florida stores that sold everything from tack to fruit and my Pap Pap's basement.
The smell of Federal paper shells on a crisp fall morning at the trap range.....Fantastic!!
I bought a house in Lancaster County, PA in 1996, and one day I was mowing the lawn and an aroma hit me. It was the privet ( hedge ) flower perfume that took me back to 9 years old when we had a house that was surrounded on 2 sides by a tall hedge.
Last night was another one. I had just gotten off the plane from a 10 day stay in Savannah, GA, and I walked out into the driveway in the dark , and the smell of freshly fallen oak leaves and wood smoke in the air was a reminder of decades past. Savannah is nice, but it will never have that Fall in New England smell
Odor inducing memories? The smell of fresh homemade biscuits and fried bacon. Takes me back to childhood. Also, takes me back to the very first meal my bride ever cooked. We'd covered 500 miles moving to New Orleans. I'd just got back to the apartment from returning the Uhaul trailer. She had everything ready for when I got back. Wonderful. Sincerely. bruce.
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Think about it - smells, odors, scents, is what drives the marketplace. Perfumes, colognes, deodorants, house deodorizers, car deodorizers, soaps and anti smell items like baking soda etc are commercials we see hourly. We spend billions a year on this stuff.
Add a pleasant smell to a product that actually works well, and BINGO - you've got a winner! Remove an unpleasant smell from a product that works and still works after removing the stench, BINGO - another winner!
Add a pleasant smell to a product that actually works well, and BINGO - you've got a winner! Remove an unpleasant smell from a product that works and still works after removing the stench, BINGO - another winner!
Lee in Quartzsite
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I bought some Ballistol because the reviews said it worked great. Couldn't stand the smell....into the trash after 10 minutes of use.
Hoppes 9 is a different story. I've used it for decades.
Cabela's . . . Only backwards. I was there yesterday, and there's an aroma about. I think they must pump it through the HVAC system.
Why backwards? When somebody mentions Cabela's that aroma returns and infiltrates my nostrils.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell - 7/13/1977 - Convention Hall (Official) - YouTube
Why backwards? When somebody mentions Cabela's that aroma returns and infiltrates my nostrils.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell - 7/13/1977 - Convention Hall (Official) - YouTube
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I was working 10 years ago and fighting one way streets trying to get to an appointment. Then all of a sudden I felt like I was 17 and didn't have a care in the world. I then realized the radio station was playing "Cover of the Rolling Stone" by Dr Hook and the medicine factory. It had been several decades since I had heard that but I was instantly as carefree as a teenager.
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Casinos have been scenting their air for many years. People gamble more freely when surrounded by pleasant aromas.
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This is old, but why does a man like the smell of a woman dressed in leather? Because it reminds him of a new truck.
According to the smellologists at Crayola:
1. Coffee
2. Peanut butter
3. Vicks VapoRub
4. Chocolate
5. Wintergreen oil
6. Baby powder
7. Cigarette butts
8. Mothballs
9. Dry cat food
10. Beer
11. Ivory bar soap
12. Juicy Fruit gum
13. Orange
14. Cinnamon
15. Lemon
16. Tuna
17. Banana
18. Crayons
19. Cheese
20. Bleach
1. Coffee
2. Peanut butter
3. Vicks VapoRub
4. Chocolate
5. Wintergreen oil
6. Baby powder
7. Cigarette butts
8. Mothballs
9. Dry cat food
10. Beer
11. Ivory bar soap
12. Juicy Fruit gum
13. Orange
14. Cinnamon
15. Lemon
16. Tuna
17. Banana
18. Crayons
19. Cheese
20. Bleach
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Number 5. Reminds me of when they would harvest and burn the mint fields.
Abbynormal
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Long term Covid19 took my senses of smell and taste to occasionally normal,
normally reduced. I have to be careful cooking as I can't tell if something is
burning
next week will be an olfactory roller coaster ride for most of us... I hope we all enjoy the memories of days gone by... hope that they are all happy memories... fresh rolls.. turkey, stuffing, sweet potato, pumpkin pie, corn bread, cranberry.. etc.
enjoy the ben-gay & cheap perfume too... lol
enjoy the ben-gay & cheap perfume too... lol
This is a great thread! Two things I remember - First, the smell of my cap guns when I was a kid playing cowboys and indians with my pot-metal six-shooters. Second, the distinctive smell of 1960s era car interiors. Even after I totally replaced the interior in my 1967 Chevelle in the mid 1990s it still smelled like the inside of the 1966 Impala station-wagon we had in the 1970s.
pittpa
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I did not read the thread. Burning leaves takes me way back. Like 60 years. Don't get me started on strawberry lipstick.
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YeshuaIsa53
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Love the scent of frying panfish from a river. It always takes me back to camping, fishing, checking catfish lines, and hearing the whippoorwill and the owls. I remember the white sandbars in the moonlight, and my Father which spent so much time with us as kids. He's resting in peace now.
Catwrangler
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We humans only achieve the Limbic basement.... Watch a dog. If only they could talk.
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Nothing like fish fresh from the water and into the fire.
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