last night, as i was getting into bed, laura was preparing to paint her nails, and she asked me, "do you mind the smell of nail polish?" and i replied, "actually, no, i love it." it turns out, she does too, so i started thinking about unusual things that people like the smell of as i was falling asleep. here's my personal list of favorites:

- books
- gas (fuel, not the human or animal variety)
- garlic
- scotch tape
- the brick-walled stairwell leading up to my old studio
- bengay
- ballpoint ink
- russian stacking dolls