smell the kind of smelly smell a smelly
smell that smells welcome to watch Mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 smells that bring someone
back to their childhood you're scent
it's like a drug to me
for this list we'll be looking at scents
that transport us back to simpler times
and make us feel like kids again what
smells remind you of your childhood let
us know in the comments below
number 10 sunscreen and suntan lotion
are you drinking sunscreen no no it's a
decoy we're drinking tequila out of
sunscreen bottles you can practically
hear the waves and feel the warmth of
summertime as soon as you apply this
photo protective product to your body
while nowadays it's simply part of any
standard skin care routine back in the
day sunscreen was associated with long
summer days the beach the pool and lying
in the grass the aroma has definitely
left its mark on us as the lotion's
tropical scent still smells like hot
days gone by just make sure you don't
miss a spot or you might end up in pain
and covered in another childhood staple
aloe vera
number nine books love the smell of old
books
wouldn't do that miss the air in here
has a lot of particulate rat droppings
whether or not you were a fan of reading
you likely held your fair share of books
throughout childhood from the historic
old book smell of libraries to the crisp
scent of new textbooks the Aromas of
paper and ink were almost always present
if you were an especially voracious
Reader Books sometimes became Comfort
items due to their ability to transport
you to new places which adds even more
Nostalgia to their smell you're wise and
you smell like books
you really are the whole package it's
incredible how the sense of print on
paper can make us think of the magic of
Narnia or Middle Earth in a Land of
Mordor in the fires of Mount Duke the
dark lord Sauron forged in secret a
Master Ring number eight pencil shavings
we all learned how to write by using
pencils usually with grippers to help
our tiny unpracticed hands get used to
holding them of course we broke our fair
share of graphite and had to sharpen the
tips back to almost dangerous pointiness
whether you used a handheld crank or
electric sharpener you definitely know
the fresh wooden smell of pencil
shavings is that a dead squirrel yeah
Debbie made me a desk caddy look I can
sharpen my pencil during exams the scent
of shavings was especially prominent
because everyone had to keep their
writing utensils extra sharp look at you
look at you oh sharp oh sharpened in his
pencils sharp sharp sharp sharp oh I got
that sharp these little bits of shaved
wood might bring back memories of taking
a quick moment to breathe in the
sharpener line especially in math class
it'll be a rewarding day of pencil
sharpening and eyes on your own paper
keeping number seven scratch and sniff
stickers
it's not a scratch and sniff kill I know
but sometimes you still get a little
sir we still get a bit of this with the
fragrance samples and cologne ads and
handouts at department stores but
nothing beats the feeling of scratching
a purple sticker and getting a vague
approximation of grape smell in return
we called in a few of the world's
leading experts on smell to help us put
together a mellow smellow Fun Center
filled with all the latest scratch and
sniff ideas these magical little pieces
of paper can retain their scent for
years if you happen to find any unused
scratch and sniff stickers you got in
elementary school give it a whirl and
you'll still get a nice whiff of bananas
maple syrup chocolate or whatever other
scent was popular at the time have you
met the girls from my class mom here's
what I'm pretty sure is going through
their heads every moment of the day
sticker sticker sticker sticker sticker
sticker sticker sticker stickers well
they don't always smell how they look
they definitely smell like childhood
number six medicines being sick usually
got us out of going to school but at
what cost
can you sing Soft Kitty
what let's just say not all cold
medicine is equal in the scent
Department sweet bubble gum grape and
orange were all common cough syrup
scents from when we were kids of course
Vicks Vapor rug was a staple of getting
over pretty much any illness and its
distinctive Menthol scent immediately
takes us back to watching hours of
daytime television including game shows
and soaps the cough and congestion was
so bad he couldn't even sleep what he
really needed was Vicks Vapor Rub and
while it isn't exactly medicine chicken
soup definitely smells like a sick day
huddled up under the covers number five
perfume cologne and Cold Cream when you
cuddled up with your favorite adult for
a bedtime story or during a movie night
you could always smell their signature
fragrance Mrs Mack has a unique and
earthy fragrance I smell like okay
Mom don't put yourself down okay we
talked about this whether it was your
grandmother's youth do or your father's
Ralph Lauren polo you can likely sniff a
sample of one of these today and
remember fond moments with your loved
ones my mom's perfume bottle
oh I always love the way she smelled if
your mom had already gone through her
evening routine you might also smell the
spa-like scent of the Cold Cream she
used to remove makeup all of these clean
smells can be comforting and they vary
from person to person fine I may have
told her that she smells like my mom
which by the way I still maintain is a
compliment number four sweets what was
better than an after-school snack
perhaps a summer day filled with cool
treats from fresh baked cookies at the
babysitter's house to Swedish Fish
straight from the back sweets were
definitely a staple of most everyone's
childhood on hot days our faces and
hands were entirely sticky but the
remnants of push-ups and other ice cream
truck Staples all of which carried
scents ranging from fruit to bubble gum
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and who can forget the enticing scent of
cotton candy at the fair what do you
want to do next congression roulette
what did you say cotton candy sounds
great of course these sweets came back
to haunt us later at the dentist but
they were so worth it no one goes to the
dentist that much I haven't been in
seven years you should go to the dentist
Jake probably my teeth hurt all the time
number three Play-Doh this scent is so
distinctive that Hasbro actually
trademarked it in 2018. Hasbro applied
for the trademark last year although the
colorful dough has been around since
1956. in fact the United State's patent
and trademark office describes Plato's
smell as sweet and slightly musky
vanilla-like with slight overtones of
cherry a natural smell of a salted
wheat-based dough sure that sounds
accurate but to you it probably just
smells like memories of the first
abstract art projects you made well well
hang on Lois you promised me we were all
eating my Play-Doh pasta tonight oh Joey
did you make something
um oh it's so yummy from snakes to
pizzas to bizarre colors you can get
when you mix them all together the salty
scent of Play-Doh lingered around all
our early creations
all right the Play-Doh that comes out
the back of course the scent lingered
long after playtime too especially if it
got stuck under your fingernails number
two crayons ah yes these bring back
memories of coloring outside the lines
and combining colors that definitely
made sense in your head but maybe not so
much on paper I drew the duck blue
because I've never seen a Blue Duck
before and to be honest with you I
wanted to see a blue duck crayons
contain several ingredients that allow
them to Glide smoothly along paper while
also providing vibrant colors combined
these ingredients have one of the most
distinctive scents in the world for a
brief period in the 1990s Crayola
actually upped the anteon crayon odors
by introducing food scented crayons wow
16 cool colors 16 great scents
unfortunately after parents feared their
children would eat the waxy writing
utensils the company changed the Aromas
back to be less delicious smelling Miss
hoofer yes Ralph I don't have a red
crayon why not I ate it before we
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number one fresh cut grass I like doing
it so much I cut that grass for free
whether you rolled down a hill ran
through some sprinklers had picnics with
your toys or did just about anything
else Outdoors grass almost certainly
played a role in your childhood the
fresh warm scent combined with Sunshine
spring showers and flowers instantly
transports us to simpler times
cut grass Birds tripping I'm gonna
recite me a poem easy if you were an
athletically inclined child you might
even recall playing football soccer or
baseball in freshly cut Fields it's an
incredibly comforting smell one downside
however is that it sometimes triggered
pesky seasonal allergies I think it
sounds like fun yeah sitting on the
grass eating barbecue it's Crow points
it's not going to be on the grass
because half the grass is allergic that
and it might have stained your clothes
if you had a bit too much fun do you
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