A few months ago, I'd have cited jasmine as my favourite outdoor smell. But then, LA upped the scale with a blanket of jasmine near my old house that you could smell on the freeway with all your windows up. It was scary.

I'm gonna have to go with ocean. Even the Santa Monica beach smells kinda nice.

I think I've smelled too much old fish to fully appreciate ocean smells.

I don't think there are any fish in the water near here. Despite the fishing poles.

And in Jamaica, the fish never got old enough to be a problem. God, that's a fresh smell.

I have two favorite, natural smells:

1. Dead, wet leaves in a forest - it's a very autumn smell.
2. The moist, warm summer air just before and after it rains.

Outdoor smells: Freshly mown grass, lilacs, cedar after it rains

Indoor smells: Ginger cookies, men who smell of fabric softener, roasting turkey.

I went to a high school in San Francisco, across the street from Ghiradeli's chocolate factory (now a mall). Going to the football games was wonderful.

Favorite outdoor flower smells: Lilacs, Lily of the Valley, Wild Violets, apple blossoms

Part of St. Louis smells like Tums. In Detroit, I lived across the street from a small bakery. That was heavenly (and high contrast to the look of the area).

I like the clean smell after a rain.

Note to Joss: Smell-o-vision!

Mmmmm, apple blossoms.

Jasmine is blooming riotously all over the East Bay right now. Walking past a jasmine plant climbing up a school fence on a warm, sunny afternoon=stoned with sensuous animal pleasure.

I do love Jasmine.

I walk into my house each evening: jasmine over the gate, lilac just inside the gate, lemon blossom three feet afterward. Happy, happy nose.