Old fashioned smells...!

[Hippona]

When I was a kid, I loved the smell of tackrooms...all that leather...(ooh-er) ....ours seemed to be a synthetic zone for a few years, now everyone is getting back into leather, the smell has returned!!

My 5 yo daughter loves going in there and sniffing saddles

( should I be concerned about this?!)....

....other smells that remind me of being around horses when i was a kid include hoof dressings with stockholm tar ( friend of mine was recently seen sniffing my horses feet to get a 'flashback fix') and cornucrescine...

anyone else have any special smell/item that transports them back??

 

[BackInBlack]

saddle soap and haylage

 

[helenhorse]

yurp, i love smelly tack, and smelling feed!!!
i also love the smell of haylage!!

 

[BankEndRescue]

hoof oil and leather

 

[Chestnuttymare]

ooh yeah, saddle soap and hoof oil. and burying my nose in my horses neck. nothing like it.

 

[BankEndRescue]

call me weird but I also like the smell of sweaty horses!!!!!

 

[helenhorse]

oh yeah, but seriosuly my old sec D mare was not normal, when she sweated she would smell like a tramp yuchh!!!

i know this isnt smelling, but am i weird for kissing my TB's muzzle because its soo soft and smooth??? does anyone else do this?? oh and i also teese her by blowing hard on her muzzle and making a sound with my lips that you would make to a baby??..perhaps its just me then

 

[only_me]

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call me weird but I also like the smell of sweaty horses!!!!!

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yeah... thats normal..........................

i like the smell of the tackroom, and of course saddle soap

and also the smell of freshly cut grass??

oh and sweet hayledge

 

[lucie1984]

I loved the smell of my ponies ears..i might be odd but i think it was just her smell.. before she was pts i had to have one last smell!
Leather and the smell of the feed barn!

 

[Hippona]

No you are not wierd, when not sniffing saddles, I too also kiss my horses muzzle- its so velvety

I also like the smell of haylage, specifically Horsehage when you first open the bag...

 

[thedunthing]

nope not weird at all lol

but one thing that is very odd and probs makes me a total weirdo is blowing into my horses mouth much to his disguste

 

[thedunthing]

oh and i love the smell of my grans house and feedroom horse sweat, haylage and alfa a

 

[Smash]

Waxed jackets. One way to guarentee no one sits beside you on the bus on the way home

 

[Libbyn1982]

Clipper oil and the smell of horses in general. I like kissing muzzels too or stroking his shoulder as it's soooo smooth.

 

[Diggerdog]

Boiled barley and linseed.

 

[Tinker_Belle]

Hoof oil, haylage, feeds which have been laced with molasses, going into the tack room & taking a big sniff to get all the leather smell, love it!

Also the smell of my horse just underneath her mane on her neck. Delicious smell.

The farrier when he's hot shoeing & you can smell the acrid sort of smoke.

Neatsfoot oil.

 

[quirky]

Sweaty horses

and nothing to do with horses but .... beer hops. It reminds me of home (as was), as it's the first smell that used to hit you when you got off the train. Not even sure if the brewery is there anymore.

 

[SillySausage]

haylage and competition mix

yumm

 

[helenhorse]

hehe, ok that makes me feel so much better!! we should make a club hehe

!! i also love kissing foals muzzles because their so soft and iummy

!!

in general,

i love the smell of fresh grass,
and because we live on a farm i love the smell of silage and sweet clamp!!!!!

i love the smell of the morning and afternoons in the country side, very fresh in the morning, and cool and soothing in the evening!!

I love the smell of perminant markers!!!

and i have a weird obsession with the feel of spounges(bathroom spounges) im obsessed with them!!!!

 

[Archangel]

Cornucrescine

 

[BankEndRescue]

I'm just glad that I'm not weird lol

 

[nuffield]

Horses
cornucrecine
new mown hay
leather
glycerine saddle soap
fresh rolled oats
hoof smoke at shoeing

I dont like
wax jackets
haylage
anything with mollasses in it......... yuck!

 

[PrincessDana]

Love the smell of a nice treacley bran mash

 

[custard]

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am i weird for kissing my TB's muzzle because its soo soft and smooth??? does anyone else do this??

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No, you are not weird I much prefer kissing the horses to kissing my husband. Theyre not as bristly for a start and have better breath in the morning.

 

[merlinsquest]

Another muzzle kisser here

I love the smell of pasture stick treats.... cornucrescine..... and horseylix

Daughter likes the smell of the flaked garlic....... destined to marry a frenchman I think!!!

 

[LeneHorse]

Another nose kisser here! It is a lovely soft pink nosey-wosey just made for kissing! Have to be careful though as she doesn't like being fussed over and may decide to have a bitey-witey!

 

[helenhorse]

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Another nose kisser here! It is a lovely soft pink nosey-wosey just made for kissing! Have to be careful though as she doesn't like being fussed over and may decide to have a bitey-witey!

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oh mines a reall soft baby..she groomes you, and leans her chin on your head and pricks her ears when you make noises with your lips on her muzzle..she also loves to lean her forehead against my shoulder and have it rubbed!!..sutch a sweetheart!!
loves to be centre of attention and when she sees me in with another horse beside her stable she leans over the wall, put her chin on the walll so that her lips slouch and she puts her ears back, and then when i take notice of her and say 'ohh willow, dont be soo nasty, god damn it!'..she pricks her ears and nods!..hehe

 

[amiacat]

Definitely the smell of leather tack, it reminds me of when I was a little kid and I used to go to a riding school for lessons. The lady who keeps her tack next to me at the yard has a saddle that smells like it and I have been known to smell it!! I even dragged my aunt into the tackroom once to smell it too!

And my horse smells gorgeous, just behind his ears and also his scrummy soft muzzle.

I don't think any of us are weird, all perfectly normal!! LOL

(I also love the smell of petrol, think this one may not be so good for me though??!)

 

[Blaise]

Walking into a tack room full of leather always takes me back to my childhood at my old yard. I also love the smell of readigrass and haylage

 

[Fairynuff]

Carr and Day Hoof Oil=ponyclub. Tarry haynets, Green Oils, Stockholm Tar, Cough Electuary, Treacle, Fishermans Friends and Kaolin Paste. Im sure there are many more but for the mo my steam driven brain has given up

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