A discussion in the Chatroom threw up this little gem.... the smell of warm cow, warm milk and red carbolic soap... my most favourite smell in the world.

It takes me right back to when I was between 6 and 9, and spent half my time on my grandfather's dairy farm. It reminds me of long summer days doing nothing but playing in the garden or on the beach, of a fireplace that held an Aga, an armchair and still had room for a child and a box of kittens.... of spanking cold frosty Christmas mornings when what seemed like half the village would come to breakfast on a single table that would sit 20 people... of uneven flags covered in rush matting that lead down the dark hallway into the blaze of light that was my grandmothers' room with the window that came halfway down the pavement so you sat in the seat at ankle height to people walking past.....

What smell jogs your memory and how?

LTS