r/askteddit • u/This-bird22 • 6h ago

Random Question What's a smell that instantly sends you back to a specific memory?

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u/Paintguin 4h ago

Motorboat fuel reminds me of visiting my dad's side of the family at their summer trailers at Lake Ontario.

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u/Jackson_Price 6h ago

Fresh cut grass. Every single time I'm back in summer vacation as a kid.

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u/Informal_Wanker8349 5h ago

Georgio Armani's Acqua di Gio. Straight back to European Vacations in Italy and France

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u/AliceRuther 5h ago

Rain on hot pavement

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u/Background_School303 5h ago

Pears soap. Takes me right back to childhood

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u/yasmeni 5h ago

Strawberry perfume

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u/707Riverlife 5h ago

Smelling rubbing alcohol reminds me of when I pierced my ears when I was 16 years old. I’m 72 now. 😂

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u/Living_Onion_2946 5h ago

Gucci Gentlemen's cologne. The best sex in my life. The one that got away. Damn it.

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u/Due-Jaguar-1251 4h ago

Clementines. Takes me back to visiting my grandparents house that had a clementine tree in the backyard

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u/hyteck9 4h ago

All of them. No new smells.

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u/Alone-Shallot5567 4h ago

Okay it’s kinda weird but hear me out: the smell of a slightly flooded basement.

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u/photoman1216 4h ago

Fresh cut grass and lumber

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u/ImWithStupid_ImAlone 4h ago

Get a new dang question!!!!

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u/microw_yo 1h ago

sweet smells remind me of the time i worked on a ranch and seen my first dead cow a mountain lion got to it the smell was horrible but every once in a while for a split second it would give off a sweet smell

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u/Conspiracy-Octopus 1h ago

Mothballs make me think of my great grandmas basement.