There's some sort of perfume or lotion (don't know the name of it) that the roommate of a girlfriend I had in college wore. Every time I smell it, it drops me right back into that dorm room in Georgetown.

Someone smoking cloves drops me into a different girlfriend's dorm room.

And any time I smell patchouli (which is disgusting), I immediately remember my childhood playing with He-Man toys, because the "Stink-Or" figure was impregnated with patchouli. "Stink-Or" was a skunk-man....

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:

Someone smoking cloves drops me into a different girlfriend's dorm room.

Oh, I remember that smell all too well. Now that cloves have been banned in the USA, I'm unlikely to ever smell that smell again.

Tomato vines... immediately takes me back to our vegetable garden when I was a kid. That, along with honeysuckle, great memories.

Homemade chocolate chip cookies-my mom.

Pipe Smoke- My grandpa

Many others that do not immediately come to mind.

Lock N Load

Michael
USMC Ret

Sun block lotion takes me back to high school band practice.

Aramis cologne from the late 80’s. Haven’t smelled any in a while but it was quite popular

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Originally posted by radioman:
Now that cloves have been banned in the USA, I'm unlikely to ever smell that smell again.

Clove cigarettes are banned, but clove cigarillos are still available.

For me it is Patchouli Oil; it is not a good remembrance. Every dirty dope smoking hippie degenerate of the 1970's reeked of the stuff. The smell alone was almost probable cause for a search.

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Originally posted by aileron:
One whiff of Castrol R sends me back to the Friday night Ascot Park flat track races in the '60s

And takes me back to the 70's when most the serious dirt riders still burned the stuff in their 2-strokes.

Fresh cut grass can sometimes take me back to being face down with grass poking into my nose through the facemask of a football helmet.

Cosmoline reminds me of several milsurps after they first arrived in my care.

The smell of Cabbage cooking always made me think of old people's houses, probably because of my Grandparents house, I used to despise it. Now that I am an old person, I love it.

Even after 50+years the smell of old military canvas covers of military vehicle seat covers/ cab covers/ and cargo area covers.......................................................... drill sgt.

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Originally posted by Jim Shugart:

I wondered when that would come up....

I love the smell of burning rosin-core solder. Guess I grew up around too many shops.

Yes, often when I smell chlorine, as in some form of bleach, I suddenly recall my trips thru the army gas chambers.

I used to take swimming lessons in an indoor pool when I was a young child. The smell of chlorinated water in a humid, enclosed environment instantly reminds me of being five or six years old. Similarly, the burning sensation of water going up my nose also reminds me of being a young boy.

Senior year and Cathy from the girls soccer team.

Oh My.

Ampeg combo amps have a hot musty wood smell when the tubes heat up. An Ampeg accordion amp was the first amp I got to learn guitar. I hated that thing. When I tried out a newer used one at GC it had the same smell and that caused me to not like it. That takes me back to the day I threw it in the trash and reminds me that it would have been worth some loot now.

The smell of Giorgio perfume takes me back to a wonderful woman, beautiful, just a little crazy and a great roll in the hay.

Cue Bob Seger "Night Moves"........