Smells are such a powerful memory trigger, that good can smell bad when associated with a bad memory, and vice versa.

My father smoked when I was growing up, though he's stopped now. He didn't chain smoke, he maybe had four or five a day (the same amount I smoked before I quit, oddly enough.) Anyway, I associate a faint smell of cigarette smoke on clothing with being safe and all the other good things about fathers. What's weird is that I am often attracted to men if they smell faintly of cigarettes. Freud would love that.

I also like skunk smell, unless it's very powerful. It has a nice foresty smell.

The smell of old cars, like the VW bug that served as our family car back in the lean years.

Also, the way people smell when they've been out walking in windy weather.

--Jez"smells like clothing detergent and burnt sugar right now"zika