FabSwingers.com forum: Smells that take you back to your childhood

By *ools and the brain OP Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

For me cold tar soap.

Reminds me of my nans house.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pavement in the summer after a downpour and the sun comes out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Open fires.. that smell that reminds me being at my grandmother's farm

Gt85 lubricant spray, reminds me of tinkering in my dads garage as a child

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Smell of TCP always brings me back to the bumbs and cuts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Imperial Leather soap, reminds me of granddad's duffle bag he took his clothing when he went to sea a trawler man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

new cut grass always brings back childhood memories

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Polystyrene cement.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

2 stroke engine

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By *ip2Man
over a year ago

Near Maidenhead

Jet fuel.

Reminds me of the open air and a breeze and exciting fast planes with their thunderous noise that you feel as well as hear.

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Lanzarote

Old spice aftershave reminds me of my dad.

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

Brasso, my mother still uses is

TCP, used for everything

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Tomatoes in a greenhouse smell. Reminds me of my Grampy and me helping out with the watering.

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

Tripe

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By *olden PoleMan
over a year ago

London

Bacon cooking always reminds me of carefree days holidaying down the coast in the caravan.

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Tomatoes in a greenhouse smell. Reminds me of my Grampy and me helping out with the watering."

That's really sweet and what a lovely memory x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Coconut suntan oil. The smell of grandparents cooking in the back garden

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

The smell of the Stone Pine tree after it rained. Lovely fresh smell takes me back to when I lived in a pine forest.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Freshly baked bread. It used to fill a narrow alleyway where the vent was on the wall. I think it was a Spar food store. Long gone now. Always think of that time if I walk down that row.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wet grass

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Germolene and Kiwi shoe polish

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By *ed VoluptaWoman
over a year ago

Wirral.

"Old spice aftershave reminds me of my dad."

Aw, me too

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By *elshkinkyMan
over a year ago

south wales

Pear soap

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By *uterspace1978Man
over a year ago

Bexley

Diesel / Grease / Sea air weird but reminds me of fishing boats hauled up on the beaches on many childhood holidays to Norfolk ....

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By *atalie..Woman
over a year ago

Bolton

vosene shampoo and seeing my mum's nail's..the pain that woman put me through while scrubbing my hair when I was younger.. I will never forget

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Actually, memories of looking at pics of the inside of a cinema i frequented in the 70s brought back the smell of sweet popcorn, weird eh?

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Lots some u cant even describe what they are! U just like back in that moment a weird dejavu thing that's warm and fuzzy at same time! X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Disco fanny

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

It happens because the part of the brain that processes the senses sight/smell/taste is the same part that processes memory x

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By *ip2Man
over a year ago

Near Maidenhead

Sun tan cream reminds me of family trips to Durdle Door when I was small.

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By *inna and SaintCouple
over a year ago

Sherbourne

Pear drops

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"Disco fanny "

Got there first with tripe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Petrichor smell. Walking home in the Summer rain.. getting my flowery swing dress, handmade by my Grandma..completely soaked. The smell of raw cake dough.. and when it's about to come out of the oven hitting powerfully your nostrils.

And aroma of violets I used to collect in a forest nearby then pop them into tiny shot glass upon returning home.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Launderettes

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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago

somewhere, someplace

Tea and toast, there was an endless stream of it at my grandads

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Grandfather's old Austin Devon car.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tomatoes in a greenhouse smell. Reminds me of my Grampy and me helping out with the watering."

Yes! My auntie had a big greenhouse as they were for sale. It is such a strong and amazing smell!

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By *hekaiserMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Pipe tobacco reminds me of my grandfather.

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By *tevie1Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Newsagents

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

Coal and coal fires

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

On Holibobs

Fresh cut hay

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"For me cold tar soap.

Reminds me of my nans house."

I use that daily. It keeps my T area oil free and spotless. It keeps my V area fresh

One feels very clean afterward. Good old scrub with a brush.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cow pats. #Countrygirl

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

For me it would be my Dad as he came home from work.

His overalls were grease soaked and that industrial oil smell was mingled with the aroma of cooled swarf that flew from turned metals and adhered to his clothing. He wore a very expensive but worn out check t coat to keep warm and that smelled the same as it hung on the door in the kitchen.

As he bathed or washed in the sink the smell of carbolic as it wafted through other rooms on steamed air....... awww I want a block of carbolic.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weed lol it would probably kill me now haven't smoked it in year never smoked cigarettes though

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By *innerdateMan
over a year ago

Leigh

For me the smell of someone smoking a pipe reminds me of my grandad

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By *iscreet-is-paramountMan
over a year ago

travel around a lot.

Council laying propper tarmac.

Propper butched bacon being fried in dry pan.

Uncatalised petrol exhaust.

Caps from toy guns.

Ah.......

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

"For me it would be my Dad as he came home from work.

As he bathed or washed in the sink the smell of carbolic as it wafted through other rooms on steamed air....... awww I want a block of carbolic. "

My dad smelt of where he worked I still get a waft of it although not in a while as the perfume factory he worked at is not far! When the wind blows in this direction x

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

"For me cold tar soap.

Reminds me of my nans house."

I love cold tar soap, I still use it.

For me unfortunately the smell of childhood for me was bloody dog shit on my shoe.

At least some things have got better. I don’t know if there’s less shit or I look where I’m walking now.

I think it’s both.

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield

Birds custard powder

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cox's apples reminds me of the barrow lands markets when I was younger

Imperial leather soap reminds me if my late gran brings back lovely memories.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I was a young lad I used to have to walk past a tarmac works on my to my nans, nowadays every time I smell fresh tarmac being laid on a road it takes me right back to those days in the mid seventies

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

"For me cold tar soap.

Reminds me of my nans house.

I love cold tar soap, I still use it.

For me unfortunately the smell of childhood for me was bloody dog shit on my shoe.

At least some things have got better. I don’t know if there’s less shit or I look where I’m walking now.

I think it’s both.

Lol! Remember my 40 year old son when he was little came home from park he had gone down the slide and there was dog poo on grass at bottom and it was up his back head to toe!

I made him strip on the door step! X

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By *REYTIMBERWOLFMan
over a year ago

reading

"Tripe

REALLY! !!!!!

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By *REYTIMBERWOLFMan
over a year ago

reading

black smith hot shoeing a horse hoof

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Aunt Vera's used knickers

(Joke, I don't have a aunt Vera)

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By *moothdickMan
over a year ago

stoke

Uncle saves breath in the greenhouse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't know why but chloroform, rope, hessian sack and damp cellar kicks off childhood memories.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bonjela

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dandelion and burdock

Plasticine

2 stroke kart engines

TCP

Tippex

Linseed oil

To name a few

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By *oneeMan
over a year ago

bath

Dentist gas when they put you under to have a tooth out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tomatoes on the vine, my grandad had a large greenhouse he used to grow them in. X

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"Don't know why but chloroform, rope, hessian sack and damp cellar kicks off childhood memories.

Best one

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By *ambozaMan
over a year ago

kilburn park

So many... the scent of the Thames at low tide, French perfume and ripe strawberries in the sun.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Chimney smoke.

Hoppy lager.

Both take me back to Ireland as a kid.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

Cigar smoke. Do people even smoke cigars now?

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By *ntrigued32Couple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Creosote

Takes me back to my Great Grannys on a summers day.

Jo.Xx

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

New plimsolls

Had a thing for the smell of rubber from a young age

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By *il FiskMan
over a year ago

sefton

Cream soda, takes me back to being 10 again!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The smell of the grey mastic they used to seal the panels on new garages..it use to stick to your cloths as a kid when it went soft in the summer.

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By *ollycouple71Couple
over a year ago

manchester

"For me the smell of someone smoking a pipe reminds me of my grandad "
This x

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Swarfega..my dad's shed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Swarfega

Mash potato and salad at school

Apple pie on sun home made

Imperial leather soap

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Linseed oil, summer days in the pavilion oiling my cricket bat. Won't say what happened behind the pavilion. Suffice to say it wasn't just a sneaky smoke.

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By *ntrigued32Couple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Reading this thread has made me smile and feel very nostalgic.

Thank you OP.

Jo.Xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jimmy savels cigars smoke took me back

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Reading this thread has made me smile and feel very nostalgic.

Thank you OP.

Jo.Xx "

That was the plan, thank you all

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By *hysoseriouslyMan
over a year ago

Kent

Dandelion and Burdock

(One for the kids there)

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By *irewolffMan
over a year ago

Dublin

New doll smell!

MsD

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pop-pers lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Jimmy savels cigars smoke took me back "

Pahahaha

This sounds awful, but lager and cigarettes mixed, reminds me of my mum.

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By *ethnmelvCouple
over a year ago

Cardiff

Farleys Rusks & Ambrosia Rice Pudding

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By *lbinoGorillaMan
over a year ago

Redditch

For me it's proper creosote mixed with old engine oil

My grandad's shed was coated in it and the smell was wonderful

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By *ookMan
over a year ago

london

I remember the plastic smell of my Steve Austin six million dollar man... if anyone has one I will buy it from you

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By *isser36Man
over a year ago

fylde Coast

Fresh cut grass / wet grass, takes me back instantly to many happy hours playing football with my mates.

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By *vasexperimentWoman
over a year ago

huddersfield

This thread warmed my heart completely and made me feel the love .

Transported me back to innocent times and that feeling that all is okay with the world

Nice to feel the person behind the profile x

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Mum and Dad cooking the sunday roast dinner.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wax crayons and burnt toast (don’t ask)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My old golden sock

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would say a leather belt and blood

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dewberry from the body shop as my sister used all the products

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By *uriouscouple83Couple
over a year ago

Worcester

Saddle soap, I may buy some now just I can reminisce.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

School fish and chips on a Friday and iced cake with sprinkles and custard

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wax crayons and burnt toast (don’t ask) "

Your mum must of been a shit cook

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"Tomatoes on the vine, my grandad had a large greenhouse he used to grow them in. X "
Yes my grandad did the same also, fresh mint out the garden and from the flowers to the leaves chrysanthemums takes me back to the garden of the seventys.

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By *parkle1974Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

Freshly baked pancakes

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Wax crayons and burnt toast (don’t ask)

Your mum must of been a shit cook

The crayon diet!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wax crayons and burnt toast (don’t ask)

Your mum must of been a shit cook

Your not wrong there she couldn’t boil a egg

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Homemade rice pudding

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By *heLaserGuyMan
over a year ago

Coventry

"Creosote

Takes me back to my Great Grannys on a summers day.

Jo.Xx "

Same for me, the smell of a newly creosoted fence, the days before ronseal and cuprinol

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By *tella HeelsTV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

Freshly cut grass

Wet straw

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By *ookie57Man
over a year ago

maidenhead

Parrafin heater, coal tar soap, and the smell of Castrol R in the air at Brands Hatch .

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By *aggy40Man
over a year ago

Nuneaton

CONDOR Pipe tobacco DAD

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By *luebellRacerCouple
over a year ago

Shropshire

"Cow pats. #Countrygirl

I was just scrolling to see if anyone said slurry or cow poo!

Cut grass, fresh air, and new born lamb smell!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Caramel waffles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rubber

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By *osco78Man
over a year ago

Sheffield

Turf on the fire in Ireland on a cold night...perfect

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By *ensual mMan
over a year ago

conwy

Tiger firelighters. Sitting in front of the fire place breaking up white blocks into pieces. The smell was and still is my favourite smell

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Impulse vanilla kisses. Reminds me of my first kiss

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