JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:

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they say that by the time you are 20, 20% of your sense of smell is gone, and by the time you are 60, 60% of it is gone!

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I lost a lot of my ability to smell during my years as a finish person in a cabinet shop. I usually wore a mask while actually spraying, but there was always a constant smell of lacquers, stains, removers, thinners, etc around there. Many times my wife will hand me something and say "here, does this smell bad to you too?" and I can't smell a thing, good or bad.

The way I can tell if the milk is going bad is if I can smell anything. If I can't smell it at all, its still good. If I can smell anything off the milk then its getting questionable or is past due.

 

 

 

i love the smell of sawdust... my dad was always carving or building something out of wood. the smell of sawdust reminds me of my dad

i love the way the earth (dirt) smells after it rains in the spring.

i love the scent of magnolia blossoms creeping through an open window on a warm spring night.

oh, and the scent of clean sheets hanging on a clothes line or when you first crawl into bed after changing the bed linnens...

i love the way babies smell when they cuddle up against you.

i love the smell of brewing coffee in the morning and fresh baked cinnamon rolls in the background... reminds me of working in the bakery.