What are your favourite sounds and smells?

[Crow]

The smell of new print, the smell of Comme des Garcon Eau de Parfum, the smell of autumn and the smell of a crisp spring morning, the strange lack of sound on a foggy day, the smell of new shoes, the sound of a grand piano, the sound of the sea in a storm or the gentle lapping of waves on a deserted beach, the smell of dry cleaned clothes, and my favorite smell has to be that of fresh coffee.

[Guardian85]

The smell of a decent cigar, the sound of thounderous applause, that smell that saturates the walls in a steakhouse, the sound of a decent engine revving, the smell of an Islay Single malt scotch.

The smell of napalm in the morning...

[hismikeness]

Smell: the first whiff of a fresh bag of cool ranch Doritos. Weed. Gasoline. This one smell thing my wife uses in her bathroom. It's a scentsy candle or some shit but it smells great. Sizzling bacon.

Sound: popping bubble wrap. Listening to a heart beat while resting between breasts. Popping corn in the microwave. Sizzling bacon.

[Crocoduck]

Smell: the first whiff of a fresh bag of cool ranch Doritos. Weed. Gasoline. This one smell thing my wife uses in her bathroom. It's a scentsy candle or some shit but it smells great. Sizzling bacon.

Sound: popping bubble wrap. Listening to a heart beat while resting between breasts. Popping corn in the microwave. Sizzling bacon.

Sizzling Bacon really is a treat for the nose and ears.

[Anne D.]

my grandma's house (woodsmoke, frying bacon or liver), fresh coffee, fallen autumn leaves, pipe tobacco, my boy cat's gingivitis-y fishy breath, certain people's sweat

[Amicale]

Some really awesome answers. 

Like a few of you, I LOVE the sound of rain on a tin roof. We used to go up to the lake when I was a kid, and the trailer had a tin roof. I loved that sound so much. Also, I love the sound and the scent of a campfire or a fire in a fireplace burning and crackling... and also the scent and sound of crackly autumn leaves when you step on them. 

[DeterminedJuliet]

Sounds: Wee man's laugh, snow crunching underfoot, loon-calls (they're the BEST), thunder

Smells: Dusty-wood smell, books, Husband's smell, clean kitty smell (seriously, smell a cat. The have a distinct smell). The top of Wee man's head after he's had a bath.

[MariaEvri]

smell
banana
nestle's farine lacte
sunblock creme

sounds
rain
whale sounds

[Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism]

Sounds: Bacon frying, rainforest, coffee brewing
Smells: Bacon frying, rainforest, coffee brewing

[Amicale]

Sounds: Bacon frying, rainforest, coffee brewing
Smells: Bacon frying, rainforest, coffee brewing

Awesome. Robert (or, Anti-Anti!), have you spent much time in a rainforest? Just curious!

[Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism]

Sounds: Bacon frying, rainforest, coffee brewing
Smells: Bacon frying, rainforest, coffee brewing

Awesome. Robert (or, Anti-Anti!), have you spent much time in a rainforest? Just curious!

I wish! I would love to visit the rainforest. But no I just have a clock radio that has a nature sounds setting.  It's pretty cheap and generic.  It has ocean, rain, forest, and for some reason church bells.  Still trying to figure out how church bells come from nature.  Anyway I just like the sounds of the forest. I would guess that the rainforest smells kind of like the monkey house at the zoo.  Lots of humidiity in the air and the smell of feces.  You have to kind of be in love with nature to get past the feces part 

[Siz]

my grandma's house (woodsmoke, frying bacon or liver), fresh coffee, fallen autumn leaves, pipe tobacco, my boy cat's gingivitis-y fishy breath, certain people's sweat

Do you know why you are attracted to only certain peoples' sweat?

I saw an interesting documentary about immune systems. We appear to find the smells of people with complementary immune systems to our own attractive. This, presumably, is to help pass on a more rounded 'set' of immunities in reproduction. Just though you should know...

[Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism]

my grandma's house (woodsmoke, frying bacon or liver), fresh coffee, fallen autumn leaves, pipe tobacco, my boy cat's gingivitis-y fishy breath, certain people's sweat

Do you know why you are attracted to only certain peoples' sweat?

I saw an interesting documentary about immune systems. We appear to find the smells of people with complementary immune systems to our own attractive. This, presumably, is to help pass on a more rounded 'set' of immunities in reproduction. Just though you should know...

Then why am I attracted to Irish girls? I don't think they even have immune systems.  They could get sick in a hazmat suit!

[The Magic Pudding]

Do you know why you are attracted to only certain peoples' sweat?

I probably heard a similar thing, contraceptive pills apparently make bad smelling males impossible to discern.  An unfortunate female may commit to a smelly guy, later go off the the pill and find his stench totally unacceptable.  Moral of the story was sniff out potential mates whilst pill free and not olfactorily challenged. 

[Siz]

Do you know why you are attracted to only certain peoples' sweat?

I probably heard a similar thing, contraceptive pills apparently make bad smelling males impossible to discern.  An unfortunate female may commit to a smelly guy, later go off the the pill and find his stench totally unacceptable.  Moral of the story was sniff out potential mates whilst pill free and not olfactorily challenged. 

Haha, well it certainly served me well in my youth. Luckily I got out before the smell was detected

Anyone care to cross-reference divorce rates with oral contraception usage...?