Describe your favorite smells from home.?

Question

What makes them unique?

What memories do they invoke?

Answer 1

Toasted green chiles, homemade mexican rice, refried beans and homemade tamales.  Those smells take me back to when I was about 7 and staying with my grandma on the weekends.

Answer 2

Thanksgiving Day, with the turkey and stuffing and all the pies cooking.

All memories from when I was a kid when my mom was alive to having my own children and teaching them how to cook and bake.  All the family being together.

Answer 3

Detergent.. freshly washed clothes & sheets..

Answer 4

THE AROMA OF FRESH SOUP /AND THE FOGGED WINDOW'S  ON A COLD DAY !

SMELL OF HOMEMADE TORTILLAS AND THE CHORIZO COOKING AT 4A.M. FROM GRANDMA'S KITCHEN !!

Answer 5

warm vanilla sugar,

or a cherry almond smell

it reminds me of going to my grandmas when i was young and now that she died of cancer at 59 and i was 12 it really reminds me of her

Answer 6

fried chicken , my father raised chickens but I got stuck feeding them and collecting the eggs , so eating fried chicken is my revenge on them.....

Answer 7

Mexican foods, it reminds me of when I was little and my parents would take me to grandma's house where she would make my favorite meal, enchiladas.

Answer 8

Fresh baked apple spice cake.  It reminds me of baking with my grandma.

Answer 9

I love the smell of the clean clothes coming out of the dryer.  It reminds me of a beautiful spring day.  I love that smell.  I also love to smell food cooking.  It reminds me of great family meals that brought everyone together.  Sometimes it is nice to slow down and smell the beauty of things.

Answer 10

The clean smell that drifts through the air when the dryer is going, and of course the smell of a cake cooking.

Answer 11

Home-made bread and home-made soup.  Memories of warmth and welcome.

Answer 12

washed clothes dried in thebackyards in a clothes line.

home baked cakes & bread.

soup simmering.

meat stew.

so many..

a baby 's smell after a bath ,when we apply cream on the baby

Answer 13

Bacon frying - perhaps the best aroma to wake up to

Rain - living in a desert, the smell of rain was (and is) a rare treat

Popcorn popping - can anyone resist this?

Fresh mowed grass - reminder of spring and summer days

Decaying leaves - a sure sign that autumn (my favorite season) is upon us, in all its earthy glory

Chili - opening a slow-cooker full of simmering chili just excites the tastebuds

Just a few that come immediately to mind