What are the scents we encounter everyday?
Would there be a difference if we took conscious effort to take note of the scents?

Here are the individual scent diaries that we've collected.. PART 1

MinMin's Unconscious efforts.... DAY 1

Scents / Odours	Sources	Description	Pleasant/Unpleasant
1. Coffee	Steaming mug of coffee	Strong, aromatic and roasted smell	Pleasant
2. Toothpaste	Tube of toothpaste in bathroom	Refreshing, minty scent	Pleasant
3. Shampoo	Bottle of shampoo in the bathroom	Creamy, floral scent	Pleasant
4. Rubbish	Smelly rubbish bin at home, containing discarded food items	Strong, revolting and pungent odour; Fishy-smelling	Unpleasant
5. Exhaust gas	Vehicles along the road, particularly along Defu Lane	Smoky, with a mixture of petroleum and diesel	Unpleasant
6. Rain	From the road, when it has just begun to rain	A strange, burnt and tar-like smell	Unpleasant
7. Waffle	Arts canteen	Delicious smell of something baking. Strong yet fragrant with a tinge of pandan	Pleasant
8. Flowers	From the clusters of white flowers along AS6	Subtle and sweet floral smell. A little like jasmine. My grandma used to have this at her place	Pleasant
9. Bleach	Bottle of bleach at home	Pungent smell of chlorine. Reminds me of the swimming pool	Neutral
10. Salted fish	Plate of salted fish which is put into porridge	Sharp, pungent and strong. Smells salty and fishy	Pleasant
11. Dad’s perfume	Hugo Boss Motion	Citrus, fruity smell	Pleasant
12. Sunblock lotion	Bottle of banana boat sunblock lotion at home	Very subtle, clinical smell	Neutral
13. Air refreshener	Glade’s Ocean air refreshener	A strange mix of everything. Strong smell	Unpleasant

MinMin's Conscious Efforts ... DAY 2

Scents / Odours	Sources	Description	Pleasant/Unpleasant
1. Toothpaste	Toothpaste tube in the bathroom	Refreshing, minty smell	Pleasant
2. Chocolate smell	Tin of Milo when it is opened	Fragrant and sweet cocoa-smell. Also smells very familiar	Pleasant
3. Table-cloth	Table-cloth on the kitchen counter	Stale smell. Hard to describe	Unpleasant
4. Refrigerator	Refrigerator’s freezer compartment	Smell of plastic. A bit fishy because of the fish there	Neutral
5. Vacuum cleaner	From the back of the vacuum cleaner where air comes out	Musty smell of dust and machine	Neutral
6. Shampoo	Pantene’s shampoo bottle in the bathroom	Creamy, floral scent	Pleasant
7. Body wash	Dettol body wash in the bathroom	Cooling, minty scent. Also smells rather medicated	Neutral
8. Talcum powder	Enchanteur talcum powder in the master bedroom	Very sweet, strong and floral smell	Neutral
9. Water bottle	My Nalgene water bottle that I always carry to school	Hollow, plastic smell. With a bit of chlorine	Neutral.
10. Green tea	Cup of green tea	Fragrant smell of tea leaves; relaxing	Pleasant
11. Newspapers	Newspapers in the living room	Woody smell of paper; smell reminds me of toilet paper.	Neutral
12. Orange	Orange that my mom was peeling while watching TV	Citrus, orangey smell. Tangy and sharp	Neutral
13. Rubbish bin	Rubbish bin at home	Still as sharp, pungent and smelly	Unpleasant
14. Bus	Air-conditioned SBS bus which I took on my way to school	Musty smell of air-conditioning. Almost un-noticeable and easy to get used to	Neutral
15. Curry smell	Indian man carrying a plastic bag of something that smells like curry leaves.	Strong, spicy and aromatic. Smells “green” rather like cut-grass	Neutral
16. Medicated oil	Old woman who had just boarded the bus	Smells like a mixture of cloves, cinnamon and cardamom. Strong and permeates the bus	Neutral
17. Turpentine and paint	Men painting the bus stop	Rather “blunt” smelling. Has a smell like super-glue	Unpleasant
18. Marker	Marker in my pencil case	Strange smell that resembles paint	Unpleasant
19. Scented Highlighter	From my pencil case as well	Sweet smell of strawberries	Pleasant
20. Chicken rice	Science canteen	Very fragrant and aromatic smell; smells of both pandan and sesame oil; delicious and mouth-watering	Pleasant
21. Chocolate	Packet of Cadbury Bytes	Pleasant combination of cocoa and honey; smells mild and mellow like malt	Pleasant
22. Diesel	Diesel smell at the back of the bus	Strong burnt smell; Like that of burning plastic	Unpleasant
23. Famous Amos Cookies	From Famous Amos outlet at Sengkang	Fragrant, sweet smell of chocolate that permeates the entire basement of building	Pleasant
24. Body Odour	Students squeezing onto the bus to go home after PE	Sweaty and smelly. Like clothes that have not been washed for ages	Unpleasant
25. Soldering	Workers at the construction site doing some work	Burning, metallic smell. Rather smoky	Unpleasant
26. Soil	Newly dug-up soil at the construction site	Clayey and earthy smell	Neutral
27. Laundry	Freshly washed clothes that had been taken in	Sunny smell of fresh linen. Smells “windy” and fresh	Pleasant
28. Stew	Pot of stewed pork in black sauce that is cooking in the kitchen	Aromatic smell of garlic and black soya sauce; Delicious-smelling	Pleasant
29. Apple	Apple skin	Subtle and sweet, fruity smell of apple	Pleasant
30. Sea or beach	Wind that blows from the sea	Refreshing but with a tinge of saltiness; Conjures up images of sea-shells and sand	Pleasant
31. Bread	Brown-coloured bread that Dad bought home.	Sweet, smell of caramel and spices. Rather like the smell of my spiced tea-flavoured lip gloss from “DirtyGirl”.	Pleasant
32. Margarine	Margarine tub	A familiar, “greasy” smell; a little buttery-smelling.	Neutral
33. Blanket	Blanket on my bed.	Familiar smell; hard to describe but possibly smell of myself	Pleasant