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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

rich car exhaust (high fuel content) + cigarettes.

takes me back to working on the international dumps with my pops and gramps.

also, early morning dew + fresh cut pine + coffee.

makes me feel like I'm 10 years old again on site with pops.

for a guy who was angry and bitter at the world he sure had a big impact on my life 🀣

Petting zoo feed.

Sweet, woody, unmistakable.

I'M PETTING A GOAT

[–] NerdInSuspenders@leminal.space 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

It's called nosestalgia

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

β€œMmm yes, diarrhea and old people. Just like grandma used to make.”

[–] doug@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sometimes I wonder if that β€œold people smell” I remember as a kid was a disease they had. I mean they trained dogs to sniff cancer, maybe my spectrum was wider and has since narrowed?

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

It’s something to do with collagen having broken down. Protective oil? I can’t remember exactly

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Not quite a disease, but it is true that as you get older your body chemistry can and will change; which can include how you smell.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

No joke, I have a few of these trigger-smells, and one of them is a specific shade of sewage fragrance, the kind that comes back from canalisations on a hot day. Takes me back to around 8 years old.

[–] douz0a0bouz@midwest.social 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sometimes a certain smell will take me back to when I was young. How come I'm never able to identify where it's coming from? I'd make a candle out of it if I ever found it. Try to sell it, never sell out of it, I'd probably only sell one.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And it'd be to my brother, 'cause we have the same nose.

Same clothes, homegrown, a stone's throw from a creek we used to roam

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots.

The only reason I know the song is from someone sharing these same lines in a conversation about the same topic. I'm surprised there aren't more artists bringing up the same experience in their music.

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

Scholastic book catalog in the cool crisp autumn air.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Every time I smell mold, I think of Grand Theft Auto.
Cause my parent's basement was flooded (only by 1 inch or so) in a storm, the carpet got moldy, and in the days until they could get it replaced, I spent every minute in that room playing GTA 1.

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Used to go on vacation a couple of times to a place that smelled like car exhaust. So everytime an old truck passes, it takes me back to summer, beach, nighttime stolls in a busy amusement park, hiking, barbequeing, playing in a river...

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago
[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Wenn du einen Geruch riechst, der so riecht wie ein Geruch aus deiner Kindheit.

Slightly better I guess

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

*that smell you think you remembered but aren't really sure but you just take as fact anyway because the memory is more important to you than the actual recollection

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

Hmmmm Madeleines

Fresh blacktop.

Reminds me of amusement parks in summer.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 week ago

Bologna sandwich smell will sometimes take me back to my days in the kindergarten cafeteria.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Cold cigarettes and stale beer.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Proudly stole from Reddit

[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Just yesterday! A tree trimming truck full of pine tree branches pulled up next to me while I was walking. BOOM! My childhood farting around in the woods with my dad hits me. I get similar from diesel fumes like his tractor made. Woohoo brain damage!

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago