Smells

I was thinking today about smells. My sense of smell is pretty good - I'm usually the first to smell gas or something burning - so smells in general are important to me. With this in mind I was thinking about:

The worse smells in the world: (bear with me, this is only my opinion)

damp dog - usually the smell which greets me when I get in the lift here

butane gas - from space heaters and currently being blown into the classrooms at work

BO - wash no, scrub, people and wear deodorant and clean clothes EVERY day

rotten meat - I must empty the bin more regularly

Sean's feet - ok I'm remembering back about thirty years and nowadays they are pink and lovely but that smell... it will live in my memory forever

freshly extinguished candles - snuff them out, don't blow

towels that haven't been dried properly - don't put them away damp, it's lazy and unhygienic

stale urine - why do people use public spaces as public lavatories?

Smells that you would expect to be bad but actually aren't:

manure - it's shit but it's good

cabbages - not the best in the world but the smell of my home town

new magazines - sour and yet heady

The best smells in the world:

warm cats - soft, furry and purry : heaven

tea - the first cup of the day : bliss

fish and chips - there is no meal more perfect

I'm sure there are more and I'd love to hear your opinions (hint, hint, leave me some comments, please)