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Banjo John C - Posted - 11/06/2009: 18:21:56
Smells from my childhood..baking bread, fresh plowed ground, fresh cut grass, the mixture of oils, fluids, gas etc emanating from my Dad's clothing. He was a mechanic.
Old Tyme, all the time
beegee - Posted - 11/06/2009: 19:38:10
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Originally posted by beegee
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Originally posted by Mainechowder
Puppy Breath
That's what I was going to say.
So...beeswax comb foundation
An old wooden-floored tobacco warehouse
A good cigar or pipe, but not too close...
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Badger - Posted - 11/06/2009: 20:10:04
I see a lot of variations of evergreens, pine trees, christmas trees, but I have to say Digger pine bark and needles on a warm afternoon.
Fresh baked bread
Jasmine
And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient. II Timothy 2:14
brokenstrings - Posted - 11/06/2009: 21:41:33
Yep, many evergreens have a lovely smell, but have y'all noticed that freshly baked bread and sizzling bacon have turned up in several lists?
I forgot lilac and wisteria and garlicky shrimp.
Jessy
Frailaway, ladies, frailaway!
hillbilly 101 - Posted - 11/07/2009: 05:27:28
The smell of an old tobacco barn when its curing and the smell of a wood burning stove!!
edweber - Posted - 11/07/2009: 06:27:50
Some smells are seasonal if I think of the outdoors... Fresh-cut summer grass with a hint of chives wafting on a whisper of wind along about sundown; dried, withered Autumn leaves and decaying orchard apples hidden in the tall grass under bare tree branches; chimney smoke on a cold winter's night; rich, black soil turned over and ready for Spring planting.
So many more...
My wife, a new-born baby, old steam locomotives, a bluegrass festival campfire, my banjo, the beach, Grandma's cooking, antique furniture, dilapidated barns, and the list goes on...
Ed
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BConk - Posted - 11/07/2009: 06:43:58
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Originally posted by brokenstrings
Yep, many evergreens have a lovely smell, but have y'all noticed that freshly baked bread and sizzling bacon have turned up in several lists?
I forgot lilac and wisteria and garlicky shrimp.
Jessy
Frailaway, ladies, frailaway!
Lilac for me as well- especially when the smell is coming in an open window. The smell of the ocean - especially when it's not in sight yet. The smell of bread just out of the oven - especially when it's wicked cold outside. The smell of the small white blossoms of a wild shrub that grows around the shores of lakes and ponds here - I think it may be highbush blueberry because I often see berries like look and taste like blueberries on them later in the summer. Anyway - it grows in such proliferation around here that the lakes become fragrant - which makes canoeing on them all that much more pleasant.  "Defender of the Sacred Cod" Capio pisces, ergo sum
shclandler - Posted - 11/07/2009: 07:48:36
The smell of Fall
Old banjo smell
New guitar smell
That combination of ocean, fish, and diesel going out on a fishing boat
campfire smell
cannabis smell (reminds me of old times)
turkey (coming soon!)
Josh
BNJOMAKR - Posted - 11/07/2009: 07:54:18
I have no sense of smell. Thus, I also have a bad sense of taste. When I'm told that something smells, whether good or bad, I just say "It smells like roses to me!" Always look to the bright side... !
"Those who never try... never will!"
BNJOMAKR
Louisiana Rose - Posted - 11/07/2009: 08:21:13
The smell of a Christmas cake cooking in the oven
If you are gonna be out of date, do it right
Alpha Omicron - Posted - 11/07/2009: 11:54:20
"Citrus Breeze" Head & Shoulders shampoo.
banjeaux bob - Posted - 11/07/2009: 19:32:29
marigolds
tulips
lilacs
coal fired boiler
the smell in the air at the start of a rain
the smell of a just opened brand new book
playdoh
coffee roasting and brewing
driving by the old ambrosia chocolate factory down by MATC in Milwaukee
The smell around Red Star yeast in Milwaukee
burning oak leaves
dead beast cooking on a grill
cinamon
mjmckeon - Posted - 11/07/2009: 20:09:39
I know this will sound strange but I love the smell of fresh asphalt. I suspect this is proof that I've spent way too much time in oil refineries.
Mike
What a life a mess can make - Uncle Tupelo
shclandler - Posted - 11/10/2009: 15:34:40
Mike, I love the smell of fresh asphalt too; I used to work doing paving and I loved picking up a fresh load of asphalt and having the smell all the way back to the job.
Josh
steve davis - Posted - 11/10/2009: 16:22:36
When we drove by a fresh roadkill skunk Gramp would take a deep breath and say "I don't know why people say that's a bad smell...I wouldn't mind putting that skunk in the trunk and riding around with it for a while.The girls wouldn't like it,though".
steve davis - Posted - 11/10/2009: 16:24:09
Smoked Alewives
Klondike Waldo - Posted - 11/10/2009: 17:12:27
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Originally posted by steve davis
Homemade donuts frying.
The ocean
Steve, are we long lost twins? I'd say Apple Cider Donuts , the ocean ans sweet nut Fern. After a few months in Afghanistan, my son touched down in Qatar on the way home the one thing he remarked on was smalling the salt water again. It's just born in you. I'll never play like Earl Scruggs or sing like Luciano Pavarotti, but I'll pick better than Luciano and sing tenor better than Earl deligo ergo renideo, Bob Cameron
Klondike Waldo - Posted - 11/10/2009: 17:15:06
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Originally posted by Voyageur
Anyone else remember those old purple mimeograph copies? We used to have them when I was in grade school. The teacher would hand out copies and immediately every kid in the room would press their nose right up to the paper for that brief but glorious whiff of whatever cancerous aromatic compound was in it.
But the best is the old garage at our family cottage. All I have to do is step inside and instantly I am 9 years old, tagging along behind my Grandpa while he puttered around at his workbench.
Mary
"Do not pray for an easy life. Pray to be stronger. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks."
- Fr. Solanus Casey
That was wood alcohol on the dittos. If that smell rocks your boat, just get some of that ubiquitous hand sanitizer lotion. rub it on your hands and sniff to your heart's content I'll never play like Earl Scruggs or sing like Luciano Pavarotti, but I'll pick better than Luciano and sing tenor better than Earl deligo ergo renideo, Bob Cameron
Klondike Waldo - Posted - 11/10/2009: 17:21:04
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Originally posted by Klondike Waldo
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Originally posted by steve davis
Homemade donuts frying.
The ocean
Steve, are we long lost twins?
I'd say Apple Cider Donuts , the ocean and sweet nut Fern.
Oh, and a turf fire.
After a few months in Afghanistan, my son touched down in Qatar on the way home the one thing he remarked on was smalling the salt water again. It's just born in you.
I'll never play like Earl Scruggs or sing like Luciano Pavarotti, but I'll pick better than Luciano and sing tenor better than Earl
deligo ergo renideo,
Bob Cameron
I'll never play like Earl Scruggs or sing like Luciano Pavarotti, but I'll pick better than Luciano and sing tenor better than Earl deligo ergo renideo, Bob Cameron
steve davis - Posted - 11/10/2009: 17:54:38
My grandmother would save the bacon fat in a coffee can and fry up
a batch of regular and one of molasses.She roll half of them in sugar
and I remember the peanut butter melting on contact with that hot cruller.
Related? Could be,Bob.
Twins? Mom never mentioned you. :>)
I go through withdrawal if I spend more than 24 hours away from the ocean.
ramjo - Posted - 11/11/2009: 06:49:19
Lavender body oil when the wearer holds me close.
Ragu Bolognese in the third or fourth hour on the stove.
(not at the same time, of course)
fiddlebuster - Posted - 11/11/2009: 07:10:59
BBQ
The smell of the different foods mingled together at Thanksgiving
Freshly mowed grass
The smell when I first open my banjo case
All the subtile fragrances at a mountain stream on a calm spring morning
The way I see it, the Good Lord made us all, and if we're good enough for him, we ought to be good enough for each other. Jed Clampett
thkidd - Posted - 11/11/2009: 13:29:46
freshly cut grass
freshly cut lumber
freshly washed baby's hair
race car exhaust
diesel tractor exhaust
the tire store (new rubber)
new fiberglass boat
campfire
canvas tent
new car upholstery
newly painted room
tobacco curing in the barn
I didn't list the food smells, as this would really take awhile. Have you noticed that many lists include things that remind us of our childhood, and of times and people that made us happy? I don't think that's a coincidence.
Darrell
"Measure your wealth not by the things you have but by the things for which you would not take money."
dgill - Posted - 11/12/2009: 06:58:44
I love the smell of my wife's perfume, her cooking and our home. Her just being near me makes me think of wonderful things. She is my best friend.
Prof - Posted - 11/12/2009: 09:35:51
My dad was a woodworker, and had a love of cigars -- he'd usually smoke a cigar while he was in his shop. I really don't like the smell of cigar smoke, but, to this day, the mixture of cigar smoke and sawdust brings back fond memories.
Dan
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Mainechowder - Posted - 11/12/2009: 10:01:12
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Originally posted by Prof
My dad was a woodworker, and had a love of cigars -- he'd usually smoke a cigar while he was in his shop. I really don't like the smell of cigar smoke, but, to this day, the mixture of cigar smoke and sawdust brings back fond memories.
Dan
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I've got it made in the shade if the tree don't fall...
Dan, My grandfather was the same way except he smoked a pipe more than his cigars. The two smells (Smoke and sawdust) combined bring back very fond memeories for me also. The other smell that reminds me of him is cutting formica countertops. There is nothing else that smells like that and I installed many kitchens with him so that smell in very reminisent of him. My other grandfather was a lobsterman. All the smells Steve Davis keeps mentioning remind me of grampy Morrison. What a great forum! Don
Mainechowder - Posted - 11/12/2009: 10:04:03
I have noticed a number of posts about the smell of curing tobacco in a barn. Growing up in Maine, I have no idea what that smells like. Alwives smoking in a barn, now thats a different story ( and much different smell I'm sure). Steve Davis knows that smell!!
Don
tonehead - Posted - 11/12/2009: 12:14:14
Coffee.. Sumatra in particular. Pipe tobacco ( while it's in the can or bag not being smoked). ;o)
Play it like you mean it.
mikieb53 - Posted - 11/12/2009: 12:26:05
COFFEE!
Michael B. Rentz
prewartb3 - Posted - 11/12/2009: 12:28:03
Inside the resonator of my 33 style 3.
PrewarTB3
dbaty - Posted - 11/12/2009: 17:33:47
Beer on a womans breath. You shouldn't have asked. 
Like a Dog, a Banjo just wants to be played with and cared for.
mastertone250 - Posted - 11/12/2009: 22:03:07
Pre War Smell of an RK Rim and Arthur Hatfeilds Homemade Popcorn.
"Surround Yourself With Good Muscians". -J.D Crowe
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vfrbart - Posted - 11/12/2009: 23:21:28
fresh baked bread and cinamon rolls,Lagavulin 16 yr old,pizza, fresh cut pine ,most bourbons
plunka5 - Posted - 11/12/2009: 23:28:58
I remember how a vacuum tube radio smells when you first turn it on...and the sounds of the cracks and pops over the airwaves...
The smell of freshly cut lumber in a sawmill...
The smell of honeysuckle vines through the windows of a car...
The smell of freshly brewed coffee and fried bacon on Sunday mornings...
The smell of a freshly opened plug of Black Mariah chewing tobacco...(my father's favorite brand)
The musty smell of old instrument cases and the old wood smell of the instruments contained within...
The smell of freshly baked brownies in the oven...
Wayne G. - Posted - 11/13/2009: 04:44:17
Pumpkin pie
Wayne G.
Trashbanjo - Posted - 11/13/2009: 13:06:34
gunpowder from a just fired shotgun and lilacs
"Pick it right or pick through it,just don't stop".
Vic Jenkins
amerz - Posted - 11/13/2009: 20:12:24
new shower curtains, or baby dolls, I'm sure it's carcinogenic, but anything new plastic. roasted garlic. wilsons leather store. popcorn.
Ronnie - Posted - 11/13/2009: 20:37:15
kerosene and wood smoke reminds me of the days before TVA had electricity to parts of rural Tennessee. Life was much simpler then
even without the modern conveniences.
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Gomer - Posted - 11/13/2009: 20:40:03
gunpowder, as the duck hits the water.
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JohnJ - Posted - 11/14/2009: 06:48:28
Beans and cornbread....
JJ
banjoplyr. - Posted - 11/14/2009: 10:57:58
I haven't been able to smell anything since I was 14 years old...so going back to when I could smell, i would have to say fresh rain on a hot summer day
Roger
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madkelt2004 - Posted - 11/14/2009: 12:09:29
Night Blooming Jasmine
Kevin B - Posted - 11/14/2009: 12:33:20
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Originally posted by madkelt2004
Night Blooming Jasmine
I have to agree with that. I've got one in my Lee Co., FL back yard here. I also love the smells of: Coffee Cinnamon in the stores at Christmas And oddly race tracks for the smells of burnt tires, fuel, concession stand foods and etc. That is a favorite because of some great childhood memories. Kevin ( )=='=~ 'Possum, It's what's for dinner . . ."
barbbanjo - Posted - 11/14/2009: 18:51:35
diesel fuel, my husband when he is all sweaty from working outside -
Ronnie - Posted - 11/14/2009: 19:38:46
That post reminds me! 90W gear oil!! My late father rebuilt manual transmissions and differentials when I was a little boy. He would come home exhausted and reeking of this stuff. and take a nap on the couch. I remember snuggling with him when I was a toddler.
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Retropicker - Posted - 11/14/2009: 20:51:16
Bacon, old growth redwood forests, Franch lilacs and some phenominal tea roses I used to grow on NJ years ago.
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jbanjoist - Posted - 11/14/2009: 21:27:28
The breeze blowing through the trees on a crisp fall day.
Jbanjoist
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