Scents & Smells of the 60's & 70's...

Jacqueline Lindt · Sep 3, 2026

Apple pie ...freshly out of the oven !

Madge Bumstead · Sep 5, 2026

Drycleaners!

I remember the strong smell so well!

Seems everyone used drycleaners back in the day, however, with today's new and modern technology and home-laundering products, not to mention easy-care fabrics and materials on the market, the dry-cleaning business isn't as hopping as it used to be.

Milly Robertson · Sep 5, 2026

A horrible smell. Needed to air whatever outside before wearing them.

Madge Bumstead · Sep 7, 2026

Milly Robertson said:
A horrible smell. Needed to air whatever outside before wearing them.

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Yes, the strong chemical smell upon entering a drycleaners was overwhelming. I always wondered how the employees tolerated the strong odour.

Milly Robertson · Sep 7, 2026

Musk perfume - I never like it.

Kate Ellery · Sep 7, 2026

Cabbage cooking smell ….it still makes me want to puke

Milly Robertson · Sep 7, 2026

We both love cabbage.

The smell of old oil at the fish and chip shop.

Madge Bumstead · Sep 10, 2026

Soaking baby rubber pants in Pine-Sol in the laundry room utility sink when they got smelly!

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Milly Robertson · Sep 11, 2026

Dove Soap

Jacqueline Lindt · Sep 12, 2026

Strawberry lipstick

Milly Robertson · Sep 12, 2026

Scented pencil rubbers

Madge Bumstead · Sep 13, 2026

Cheating on this one a squeak...

This relates to the 1980's, nevertheless, we had a diaper service in our small town and I used to buy rubber pants from the service occasionally when the department stores were out of the size I needed.

I remember the strong sanitizing and disinfecting smell upon entering the service! The washing machines would be humming away and there would be freshly laundered diapers folded and stacked up a mile high!