sure, i too love the smells of random things - my husband's neck, campfires, paint, new cars, etc. there is one smell, however, that captivates me like none other.
i confess.
i absolutely love the smell of plastic.
my love affair with plastic began at a very young age. so young, in fact, that i can't remember when i first began to love it. most toddlers carry around a blankie, stuffed animal, or other comfort item. not me. i carried around a pair of plastic pants. (yes, plastic pants that used to be worn by babies with cloth diapers.) i would carry a pair of those around and suck my thumb as i inhaled it's wonderful plastic smell. the story goes that my parents would have to tell my babysitters that it was okay for me to put plastic over my mouth and nose because naturally, the babysitters would flip out at such a sight. i would even stuff the plastic pants into the broken a/c vent in our old, brown chrysler to get them nice and cold. once they reached the perfect temperature, i would grab them and smell them again to my heart's content. ah, i remember those days fondly.
i've since outgrown my habit for sniffing plastic pants, but i've never outgrown the love of the scent of plastic. i'm an addict, i think. i adore browsing through the shower curtain aisle at the store and taking whiffs here and there. a former coworker of mine once bought me a shower curtain to keep in my desk. she did it as a joke, but little did she know how many times i truly sniffed that sucker. i used cloth diapers and plastic pants with my own girls when they were babies and would sneak a smell from time to time. i used to joke with super jas that i wished i could just sit the baby on my face and sniff and sniff. he laughed and i laughed with him on the outside...but on the inside i was secretly planning my next plastic pant smell fest.
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OK, I TOTALLY pulled this week's wonder out of thin air, not expecting it to be all that interesting or fruitful. But let me just say ... plastic pants? Best. Smell. Secret. EVER. I adore you, super jane! :) Thanks for sharing.
Okay, I must admit. When I first read this, my initial thoughts were, "Plastic pants!?" However, I reread it again today and it just cracked me up. I can just imagine you sneaking in sniffs of the girls' plastic pants! It's another one of the joys of motherhood for you! :)
I remember when i made my first holy communion at age 8 and had to wear the above the knees,poofy communion dress,veil,lace socks and white mary jane shoes.i remember the smell of the white,toddler size rubber pants all of us girls had to wear over our cloth communion diaper.they were brand new and had that new,'plasticy' smell that permeated from under my dress.i could smell the rubber pants all day.
I didnt make my First Holy Communion untill i was 15 and had to wear the poofy knee length,short sleeve communion dress and veil with lace anklets and white mary jane shoes.A white tee shirt and plastic pants had to be worn under our dresses.Mom got me adult size plastic pants and they had the "plastic" smell also,but she sprinkled baby powder on me before she put them on me,which covered up the plastic smell! I felt like a little girl with the plastic pants on under my communion dress!
To superjane-When i started puberty just past 12,i also started wetting the bed.Mom put me into cloth pin on diapers and extra large super size plastic pants every night.I too liked the smell of the plastic and after a while the plastic pants would absorb the smell of the baby powder and baby oil mom used on me and i loved it!When i was in bed,i would pull the covers over my head and breathe in the smell of the plastic pants over my diapers! I had around 5 dozen pairs of the plastic pants and they all smelled like baby powder and mom even had me wear the diapers and plastic pants under my Easter dresses on easter sunday and under my christmas dresses on christmas eve and day and also for weddings.I was almost 15 when my bedwetting stopped,and i took six pairs of my plastic pants and hid them in my room and would bring a pair or two out every so often and smell them and even put them on and love the smell.
Just after i turned 12 i started puberty and bedwetting because of it!Mom got me cloth pin on diapers and rubberpants[plasticpants] that i had to wear to bed every night.An hour before bedtime,i would lay naked on my bed,mom would slide the folded diapers under me,apply the babypowder,then bring the diapers up and pin the corners.Then she would put my feet into the rubberpants and pull them up my legs and over the diapers,then it was into my nightgown of pjs and kiss dad goodnight then brush my teeth,etc then into to bed.I liked the smell of the babypowder and hearing my rubberpants crinkle when i walked or moved around in bed.I felt like a regular babygirl with the diapers and rubberpants on under my nightgown!My bedwetting went to just past 15 and after it ended,i kept some of my diapers and rubberpants and mom would put them on me for holidays and special occassions!
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