What's That I Smell?

It's Monday and time to join Stasha over at The Good Life for Monday Listicles! Each week Stasha gives us a theme for our lists. This week, our topic is 10 FANTASTIC SMELLS. 

Coming up with 10 fantastic smells is not an easy feat for me. I used to not have a problem with smells- good ones--until about 10 years ago when I suddenly couldn't tolerate nearly every smell around me. Especially perfumes, lotions, cleaning products, etc. When I smell these things, I can immediately TASTE them and immediately following the taste comes the headache. It really sucks.

Anyway, I did come up with some smells that I can still tolerate. To be honest, there are plenty more that didn't make the list because they would have put me over ten. That wouldn't be FANTASTIC.  But it WAS FANTASTIC that I now realize there are many smells that I can still enjoy!

Next week's list will be 10 Ways My Partner Is Awesome.

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TEN FANTASTIC SMELLS:

1. The ocean. We live only 3 miles from the beach and the air outside (on most days) is wonderfully beachy. This is one thing about living at the coast that I do not take for granted. It's FANTASTIC!
2. Puppy breath. I love to smell puppy breath! It's FANTASTIC!
3. Babies. When their diapers are NOT dirty that is cause when their diapers are dirty, well, that's NOT FANTASTIC.
4. Fresh, organic, ripe pineapples. So sweet and mouth watering! Unless I pick one up that's too ripe. Then the smell is overly sweet and that's NOT FANTASTIC!
5. Just about anything baking in the oven. When I'm baking the smells make our house seem even more cozy. It's FANTASTIC! You know, unless it's burning. Which is NOT FANTASTIC at all.
6. Pipe and cigar smoke. I know this is odd coming from someone who can't tolerate many smells and who finds cigarette smoke particularly offensive and far from FANTASTIC BUT, I really do love to smell pipes and cigars. It IS FANTASTIC!
7. Good bourbon. I don't drink it because it's just too strong for me, but I do love to smell it because it's FANTASTIC! 
8. Suntan lotion. I love the smell and the memories it invokes from the time I was a little girl to taking the lovelies to the beach every day of every summer when they were growing up! It's FANTASTIC! And you can add the smell of Noxema (FANTASTIC) to this one because my grandmother put it on us when we got sunburned (NOT FANTASTIC) because of the suntan lotion not having enough sunscreen in it. 
9. Coconut. Especially in cupcake form. The smell AND taste of those cupcakes is FANTASTIC!
10. Coffee. I've never really been a coffee drinker until recently- when I discovered Trader Joes' organic espresso blend--but I've always enjoyed standing in the coffee section of any store and just breathing in that glorious smell. The smell of coffee beans is FANTASTIC!

That concludes my list of 10 FANTASTIC SMELLS. What's on your list?