These are a few of my favorite things...

A friend posted a blog about her favorite smells and included a comment that some were 'universal'. She liked smells like rust, and paper. Who likes that?? I'll give her credit for being unique. :).

Well I am going to copy her and list some of MY favorite smells. I'd bet a nickel they are more universal than my friends rust and paper.

I love the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking. My mouth starts watering, and I am reaching for the milk before they are cool enough to touch.

I love the smell of clean. I like lemon Mr. Clean, and most other all purpose cleaners that have the word rain or mountain in the scent name. Plain soap, like ivory, is also a really good smell.

The smell of a just bathed, lotioned and powdered baby might be one of the sweetest smells in the world. I guess that goes along with clean. I hope that Johnson & Johnson baby wash is still around when I have grandchildren.

Gardenias are wonderful. I have four mammoth bushes in my yard. When they bloom I can smell them without even opening the windows or doors.

Freshly bleached sheets, towels and unmentionables. The best is when they've been line dried on a mild, breezy spring day. (notice a theme? )

The smell (and sounds) of a country breakfast cooking. Sausage, bacon, gravy, eggs, sliced tomatoes, biscuits slathered in butter, with sweet clover honey or sorghum molasses.

No one under 30 will no what I am talking about, but I loved the smell of the ink on copies made with the old Xerox machines they had in schools in the 70's and 80's. The ink had kind of a blue tint, and the smell was kind of like that of magic markers.

I love, love, love the smell of freshly ground coffee. And bread baking.

I love the smell of spring rain.

The smell of sweet feed we used to have for the horses. It was sticky and dark and I really thought I might enjoy eating it. I also loved the smell of freshly cut alfalfa hay.

There are more. But these came to mind first. I think it they all beat the smell of rust. ;)