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Steak on the grill

fresh cut grass at dusk. not as good at any other time of day.

freshly mown grass, Coppertone, honeysuckle, highly ionized air just before a rainstorm breaks, citronella candles, the smell of fried clams at the Spring Lake, NJ beach...

Favorite sounds (since I missed that post): the bell of the Good Humor truck and on impossibly hot days the roar of my a/c!

magnolias

Honeysuckle, watermelon, and summer rain.

honeysuckle and irises. the beach. a late afternoon thunderstorm blowing in.

Ditto on the Coppertone.

Coppertone

Wellfleet marshes

Salt air

Hay

Cut grass

Heirloom roses

Cotton candy

Brooks chicken barbeque

Fresh water. You wouldn't think it has a strong smell until you are next to a fresh water lake on a hot humid summer day. It is perfect summer.

Salt marsh roses also have an intoxicating summer smell.

The pool, fresh laundry, rain, and anything on the grill.

I just moved back to California after living in Manhattan for awhile where the summer smells of the city streets can be overwhelming and not in that delightfully heady way like the lilacs at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Memories of California always smelled like orange blossoms, salty air, jasmine, eucalyptus, coastal sage scrub and bbq's.

The smell tomato plants make when you brush against them.

Hawaiian Tropic suntan oil
Campfire
Evening sea air
Fresh clean cool sheets on the bed

I was taken aback by a pleasant smell while driving on the 405 N through Lawndale yesterday. Road crews were trimming large trees growing over the wall on the south bound shoulder and I could actually smell the cut leaves as the air circulated through my vents. What an unexpected surprise .

afternoon rain on a steaming hot sidewalk
charcoal heating up in the grill
beach towels drying in the sun - that combination of chlorine & tanning oil
strawberries with sugar

Corn*...I wouldn't say it is my favorite but it is the scent that means summer at home.

*As in corn growing in the field, not the stuff people eat

The air at the Jersey shore on a hot, sunny day.

BBQ hands down!!

Linden trees blooming!

I forgot clover!

there's this smell the air takes on, especially in the morning, when it starts to get really hot. i could smell it this morning. nothing specific, just... summer air, and the foreshadowing of the hot day to come. anyone else know what i mean?

magnolias, definitely magnolias!

summer rain showers

and I second the 'beach towels drying in the sun - that combination of chlorine & tanning oil'

I love the smell, and the taste, of
HOSE WATER!!!!!