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[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Bleach. Sounds weird probably, but my mom used Clorox a lot to clean the house with when I was a kid. It makes me think of home, my childhood, and my mom.

[–] dotslashme@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago

Gingerbread cookies baking in the oven

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've spent years working on a time machine, but now I understand I've forgotten a key component: bread!

They laughed at me at the Academy. Now they'll see!

[–] LongPigFlavor@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The scent of rain or rather when rain falls on dry soil is called petrichor.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ichor being the fluid that flows like blood in the veins of Gods, and the prefix petro referring to rocks or stones on the ground.

The smell of a god's blood on stones.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Quick, someone call Marcel Proust!

[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Deep cut reference.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

For me it's music. It brings me back when I hear a song that I was listening to during a memorable event in the past.

[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I wish we were better at bottling these smells up and allow for other usages.

[–] blue_berry@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sun creme, remembers me of sommer vactions at the sea and summer in general