The Lion's Den

Smell meme

I am accepting the smell meme from Victor:

Total Volume of Smells:

My volume of smells is probably best split into different books. There are group of smells that are distinct and seldom interact, some books are seldom opened. A fascinating occurrence that has taken place a few times is when I suddenly find a smell I have not experienced for years and my mind races to identify the item and where I know it from. This occurs with the most frequency when I am traveling, for example on my recent trips to France and to Colombia both I found scents I had not smelled from my childhood.

The last smell I bought:
Lavender soap bars from a village near Rochester UK. This is a gift for Briana.

Smell I am Smelling right now:
This week I am not smelling much of anything since my allergies are raging. I can however smell the fresh coffee brewed by Elaine who sits in the cube next to me. It is a good smell and kind of gives me a bit of a caffeine fix without having to actually drink any of the stuff.

Five smells I smell a lot that mean a lot to me:
1. Lavender: It can calm me down like nothing else around. I have a lot of lavender scented items at home
2. Nectarines / Cherries / Raspberries / Apples : I love fruit, specially fresh berries. I love summer because I know I get to buy local fresh berries by the pound and enjoy the hell out of them.
3. Hops: I enjoy going to microbreweries and tasting the fresh crisp beers. A lot of my favorite places brew on the spot which makes for a good association with hops.
4. Fresh bread: When I was a little kid I used to always keep a nickel in my pocket (actually a Colombian 10 cent coin, but you get the idea). If I ever felt hungry I would smell the air and follow my nose to the local bakery (every neighborhood has a local bakery) and get a hot bun.
5. The smell of my girl: I can tell when she enters the room or is nearby. I can smell when she has been in the room. Sometimes smelling her appear short circuits my brain and makes me loose attention of whatever I am doing and concentrate on her.

Two smells I hate:
1. Fish: I am allergic to fish and it smells like poison to me. I have had to walk out of fishy restaurants.
2. Unknown flower: There is some flower local to Portland that smells kind of like a Lily and I find repugnant. I don't know what it is called but it is small white and grows all over a mid to large sized flowering bush. There was one of these on the corner of the block I lived in my first two years in Portland and I had to either hold my breath or walk four blocks around to avoid it. Other people seem to like it.

Three People I am passing the meme baton to:
Sven who is in touch with his senses
Mari who digs these kind of things and who has moved me to answer many a quiz before
Michael to see if he will bother with this triffle.