Hi, friends!
What are smells you like in your home?
I love burning pine tree scented candles in winter because it reminds me of Christmas trees. However, I also love when I walk in the door and it smells like a really good meal that I just cooked.
So tonight, my home smells like the chili that’s currently simmering away. I stepped outside to take out the recycling and OMG it smelled so good when I came back inside.
I have a coffee-scented candle that I like, but yes, anything in the slow cooker is a good home scent, too. Chocolate chip cookies or bread fresh out of the oven also happily accepted.
I love the smell of hops when I brew but the family…not so much. My house is about to smell like garlic pork & tofu in a black bean Szechuan peppercorn sauce which should be good if I don’t fuck it up.
Last night my house smelled like potatoes, onions and garlic due to my homemade home fries.
It’s not so bad when you leave, but it can be annoying when you come home.
Potatoes, onions, and garlic = love
(unless you’re a vampire)
I was just thinking how it’s been a long time since I used the smoker, and it would be great to smell up the house with bbq pork.
My wife bought some expensive cream that she loves but to me it smells awful. I don’t want to say anything because she’s happy with it, but damn after being married so long I would hate to have to divorce her because my eyes water when she puts on that cream.
AITA?
You live on a farm w/ I am sure many offensive smells that most of us city people couldn’t ignore. So if you are having trouble with it, I’m guessing it is pretty bad! So no, NTA!
A friend of my wife recited this at our wedding:
“A Word to Husbands” by Ogden Nash
And if that doesn’t work, trust the Canadians…
Is it a face cream or a body cream?
Sometimes the face products smell weirdly when they’re fragrance-free and can’t use all sorts of perfumes to cover up the ingredient smells.
Face cream. So I have to hold my breath when I smooch her.
I’m going to soldier on and keep my mouth shut. I might get used to it, but I’ve been googling the ingredients to see if there’s some way I can convince her it’s not safe to use. Maybe they tested on animals, right?
Oh man the most effective stuff smells weird. That’s just how it goes sometimes.
If the product has ferulic acid in it, it’s gonna have a slight eau d’hot dog water. Sometimes stuff with lactic acid can smell slightly like sour dairy if the product has been oxidized. Squalane has an odor that I can’t quite describe but I can smell it when products have it.
Unfortunately, the smelly stuff usually does work. She notices the odor on her face, too, I guarantee. She just doesn’t care.
Better Half sometimes slathers himself in cocoa butter. When he does this it’s like holding a seal. He told me it’s why “Black don’t crack” and wards off ashy elbows. Yes, well…
I love the smell of home cooked meals, or even just rice. I miss the smell wood burning fires. We don’t have a fireplace but many of our neighbors do. So I walk through the neighborhood at night to get my fix.
A basic charcoal grill plus a bunch of sticks and some skewers of meat and/or veggies is a great way to recreate that smell and get some dinner too.