I’m Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario so the strongest memories for me have to do with being out on the land with my family.

My favourite smell is a combination of a campfire inside my family’s teepee in the wilderness of northern Ontario in the early spring with snow still around and the mushkeg in the middle of melting and warming. The combination of fresh cut pine wood, pine boughs next to a new camp fire, fresh goose being roasted over the flames, the musky smell of the land, smoke from the fire and the cool damp scent of the snow and ice. It all brings me back to being a kid with my family. I wish I were there now.

That’s a really nice memory. I also remember how the bushes would smell from when I was a kid in the garden.

Now my favourite smell is my wife, and I bet some of yours will now also be, “this guys wife”.

Onions and garlic simmering in olive oil.

Smells like the start of something delicious.

Sunscreen and fresh cut grass. Reminds me of carefree days as a kid where everything was possible

Barbecue (like sizzling steak) or campfire.

Crudely burned gasoline in the late spring, only because it reminds me of being on my grandmother’s old army jeep and going down to the creek to swim.

Exclamation perfume. Drove me nuts in high school. Not sure if it’s around still.

My kid’s breath. I know it won’t last forever. I thought it would go away once she’s wasn’t a newborn anymore, but now she’s about a year and a half old and every time I accidentally get a whiff I feel addicted to it

coffee because it is the best thing in the world

Wood fires, as in campfires and fireplaces. Reminds me of warmth and comfort.

I love the smell of burning firewood. There’s lots of homes that have little bonfires in their backyards during the summer months. Admittedly, I keep my windows open during the summer just so I can smell it, it’s oddly relaxing.

Petrichor

I just Love it.

Dawn in early Summer, in Nature. It is a mix of Petrichor, really fresh coldish air, wet grass and a hint of flowers.

My wife’s soap.

Every time she comes out of the shower I want to pounce on her. I often grab her while sitting for a hug and plant my face in her tummy. Getting a good whiff.

Oddly enough she uses fragrance free soap so maybe it’s just her natural scent. Haha.

A dog’s natural scent. I just love dogs and cuddling with dogs.