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I love the smell of good pizza or chocolate. I love a nice tomato smell with some seasonings and that delicious cheese! Mmm! Chocolate has such a nice smell it is almost addictive.

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Good pizza! Yes!! And chocolate, um yes to that too. Good ones!

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One of my favorite smells, as well as one of the most nostalgic: Is a mixture of french fries, secondhand smoke, and a faint waft of fish from the river--all hanging in the humid August air.

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That's a quite a mix! Is the river that you're referring to The Great Mississippi?

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It sure is!

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One of the strongest smell/memories for me is the mix of leis and jet fuel. This is the smell of landing in Hawaii. It triggers memories of vacation / adventure / family to me and is really distinctive - floral and sharp!

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I know that smell. Do something with me. Try to conjure that smell, really smell it. Can you feel yourself relax and get into vacation mode?

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Absolutely!

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Rain. I love a rainy day.

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That's a wonderful smell. Good one.

Do you know this piece? We sang it in high school. The lyrics are beautiful.

Rainsong - Houston Bright (1916-1970), "Rainsong," for mixed chorus (SATB, divisi) a cappella; ©1957.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHO9viLcYrE

CLOUDS HANG HEAVY above the plain,

They bring the smell of a summer rain,

And my heart, it is heavy, too,

And my spirits are heavy, too.

(See how the rains do pour,

As if forevermore.)

Clouds drift low in a shadowed spell,

They bring the mem'ry of one farewell,

When a spirit from life withdrew,

When the soul of my love withdrew.

(See how the rains do pour,

As if forevermore.)

Raindrops fall from a sodden sky,

They drum a querulous lullaby,

As in mem'ry of one who sleeps,

As if crooning to one who sleeps.

(See how the rains do pour,

As if forevermore!)

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