Vick’s Inhaler. Just drying Fevicol. Camphor. Ghee on hot dal. Marudani, mehndi. Cuticura Talc. Sandal agarbatti. Jasmine. Coal iron box. Pongal. Sambarani. Ponds Cold Cream. Boiled peanuts. Shikakai. Fresh Mysorepak. Tincture of iodine.
What are yours?
Fevicol, ink, ripe mangoes, roasted cashew nut…
The odour of butter getting converted to ghee, lifebuoy bath soap, the stink from the neighbouring fish market, Javvadhu powder
smell of soil during a rain , Mom’s cooked basmati rice smell after school , smell of a agarbathis for evening prayers..
vicks inhaler, turpentine (from painting), smell of rain in Goa, feni breath,
mangoes, wild grass in the rains, and frying onions.
Adrak wali chai, Fresh sugarcane from grandpa’s farms, home made ghee, fresh surf washed school uniform, Diwali firecrackers, Smell of diwali sweets from the kitchen, mango leaves on pooja day, Havan, Water cooler’s khas on hot summer days, ratrani at night, roohafza.
fresh cakes being baked in an oven, salty sometimes shitty sea smells, mangoes, lavender perfume my mum always wears, chlorine in the swimming pool, sweet lilies, mogra and red roses hanging in garlands outside our door on birthdays, khadi sakhar …
1) nice post.
2) the smell of the first rain, coconut hair in my mothers hair, iodex, mysore sandal soap, cuticura talcum powder, yardley talcum powder, brut perfume, seawater, petrol fumes from my dads scooter.
Gingely oil, phenoyl, vibuthi, ponds cream, ponds talcum powder, mysore sandal soap, shikakkai, sun-dried clothes.