0:00 [Music] really simple question might be an even simpler answer but what is a scent that triggers a specific memory for you Herbal Essence and middle school love Herbal Essence the shampoo yeah is that what girls were using back in 1975 yes was it like a like huge like the strawberry lotion and I remember yeah like that stuff like bath bath Bath and Body Work Bath and Body Works yeah like that just that whole Bed Bath and Body Works I think cuz that's the first time you realize like there's a way you project yourself into the world like how you look how you smell how you act your your likes and dislikes or music and I remember that being a
0:50 very like like a like deep the intention yeah like like like you you control everything about you I remember Asian girls smelling like a combination of bleach hair Bath and Body Works and cigarettes so when you smell cigarettes which what do you think what's the M no like if if you those the three combination is like when they after they bleach their hair they have that after smell and then they spray themselves with like ████ herbal I mean uh uh Bath and Body Works and it's something fruity like strawberry and there they're smoking cigarettes and then that combination is there a is there something that if you caught a whiff of it today you would be like oh it takes me back to this moment yeah it takes me back to 2002 what no like 1999 where it smells like abgs wait what's the smell that that combination oh when you smell that combo specifically bleach hair
1:42 cigarettes where do you smell that combo today when an Asian girl walks by so Asian girls still smell like Asian girls did in the 2000 if they smelled like that it would take me back oh okay does is there something specific for you if I smell something today it would take me back so that's like time travel right you smell smell today out in the world where if you caught a whiff you were like oh cocoa butter C but just takes me back to like lotioning your skin as a kid yeah literally like your own that was like the number one lotion as a kid was just cocoa butter and it I don't get me wrong I loved cocoa butter but it never was enough I still felt ashy after I like 10 minutes later I was like ashy as hell I felt like oh dang so I got to get like the I
2:32 feel like I got to get like the thick Vaseline type and that's the type I use now but whenever I smell Coco butter I'm like a that ████ is going to be ashy like 5 minutes later it never last yeah there was a can what's that green yellow that like parents would put on everything it's the it's a green Eagle brand there's like a green like oil that like I swear was the ████ ailment for anything oh it's like smells like tiger bombb it's like eucalyptus peppermint it's like if you ████ uh have a stuffy nose they'll shove it in your nostril if you ████ close the car door on your fingers they'll put it all over your fingers if you know what I mean it's like any cure all type thing that like that my parents would always just put on me it's like the vix or the robot tus kind of yeah oh but it's very specifically my parents would give me that so if I were to smell that today it
3:23 would be like childhood all over there's the smell of for me it's the smell of shaving cream cuz like yeah I don't use shaving cream but like when I smell it it reminds me of uh when I was a kid my dad used to take me to the same Barber Shop like over and over it was in Downey on Telegraph and it was a a barber shop that was ran and all three Barbers were really old Marines oh cool so they were like super white hair hella old but like hella tatted and then they had like the seeri stuff on the wall and all this stuff I didn't know what any of it meant yeah really old and they're really like grumpy and then my dad just loved going there and then he was always like yeah you got to be nice to them and then like they were just super mad all the time do they have the razor with the leather face razor yeah yeah they would straight razor and they would like and then I just remember they had like just the smell of it because for some reason they
4:13 would always like use it even though it's like a kid they would just put him like someday you're going to do this yourself and they would like have that whole like demeanor of like that's what I thought like old old uh Marines were like all the time and then uh they had like a you know those old radios that look like it basically look looks like a chapel it's like so old that it looks like a building yeah yeah yeah yeah and they would listen to their like old ass ████ songs on it and it would the quality was so bad I was like why do we come here my dad's like you got to learn respect can we just go Super Cuts Bulldogs that after shave oh man that takes me back to B uh boot camp every single time it's an after shave and it has like a very distinct smell and then uh I remember like in boot camp like let's say if you if you need to clean the the place really good you would just take that and even pour it
5:03 into M bucket is that the after shape that they you have to use that one that's the one that they sell at like the PX like so you're given like uh a certain in boot camp there's only like one place you can go to go get like supplies you need for like toothpaste toothbrushers all that stuff and they don't just give you toothpaste no you actually got to go buy that sh but they give you money on the card mhm but then you still got to go buy than like us buying toothpaste right here oh damn it's not and the toothpaste is weird like aim a off brand yeah a I grew up aim but yeah that that smell of Bulldogs it it it will definitely trigger like boot camp every single time yeah yeah what about you um Chinese
5:56 incense Chinese incense one of my favorite and I think this one's more on the funny side um you know ████ trees yeah yeah I remember those yeah remember the first time where I like I know I knew what jizz smelled like and then I remember walking by ████ trees I go but then now every time I walk by Crum trees it just makes me laugh what is that tree anyway type in in the middle of elac there's Crum trees there are there's there's there's cerana tree did you Google what tree yeah I put what which tree smells like ████ found it yeah yeah yeah yeah Google's good man I know they can find ████ anything yeah dude it's cuz I remember we would like we would just be
6:46 out somewhere and be like yo there's a country Tre somewhere yeah yeah yeah there's a country about it looks like a little it looks like it's coming yeah it looks like Frosted Flake tree a little bit dude yeah it just makes you laugh dude it makes you laugh like being boys look at that picture too I can't wait till one day me and ta get to laugh about a com tree together yeah he's going to have a fun time with that look look at the look at the image of it just so you know it ain't just us bro Google understands Google understands that there's a tree like this oh that's a really good one what's up Nick smells that reminds you of the past yeah like something that like teleports you tether to a memory so my dad yeah come trees for sure um just come trees anytime my dad used to
7:36 have this chevel that was like broken down in our backyard and um I would always like playing it but it always smelled like cigarettes and leather you know what I mean like I forgot I don't even know what year it was but I used to always play all the time I every time I smell that combination of like an old school car whatever that smell is like just like the knobs the metal in there you know the steering wheel like that feeling it's also it's also probably the Dash yeah dude seriously and just like the cigarette Burns everywhere but no just like that smell of cigarettes in that for some reason I I it's kind of similar like when you go to like a Vegas uh it kind of reminds yeah um another one is what would you play in that car by the way what was your just ████ pretending to be like speed bro to being
8:26 keu can't take this down below 65 brother he must to look like a crazy ass kid yeah yeah just F you he you see him from the window outside he just like God and that's me hitting the remember the lady with the cans the shopping car no I couldn't see it I couldn't I don't want to watch that um durian is one for sure dur durian you know that fruit durian it just smells like gasoline and farts and like and yet I could eat it yeah I could eat it too and coconut at the same time like it's it looks like spiky like you should eat it some hotels in Asia won't even let you bring it into the hotel cuz it tastes like garlic mango is it good it tastes like garlic mango Freaks Like It acquired tast smell really good durian
9:16 the smell will go down the hallway that's the thing it's very strong they tell you not to bring it in like unless it's a durian designated Zone I've had it fresh though in Asia and I like it there I just think something goes weird when you freeze it like it doesn't hold the fresh T good but the smell is just strong the freshness is crazy over there see that reminds me of like chitlins you just never want if you're cooking chitlins in someone's house there your whole house is going to smell like ████ what what's chitlin is it like big intin well any intestines is like poopy smelling cuz that's where poop exists I mean this ████ eat stinky tofu so stinky tofu crazy stinky tofu is wild I'll never forget that it's a level they have that in Shanghai they might they have they have like the the under the free underpass like when you go to China and you have sinky T it smells like I
10:06 had pigeon in uh out there I'd rather eat pigeon all day oh you had the pig brains oh damn in the hot pot like man I'm like I will try everything at least once wow same same you're meant for China then yeah they like crazy ████ it out there for me he had Uber Eats for ████ Turtle over there Turtle I never said Uber East because they don't have Uber Eats there that was me oh you did I didn't eat it they postm made a turtle to you yeah because it was when we were at the job and then you know people pass the phone around they're like hey whatever you want and I started scrolling and it was nothing but Turtles I was like when is it going to stop being Turtles and then the guy was like it's a turtle restaurant and I was like what the ████ bro it's all different frog how personal pan pizza looks it was like that but it
10:56 looked like the turtle Communicator when they like in the cartoon they talk no but turtle turtle turtle say I'm not going to assume that you like chicken but I'm going to assume that you like chicken um they have for delivery really really cheap you can get like a half chicken or whole chicken whatever and it comes wrapped in like banana leaves and it's just like this steamed or boiled chicken it's so ████ juicy and bomb so cheap so delectable you're going to have to get it throwing that out there dude you could be a body builder out there does eat chicken all day I was eating chicken all day does the smell of of crayons make you think of like when you were a kid at all or Marines hey you know what's funny what color did you like yeah he's a brown guy he ate Browns my favorite crayon the color when you were in the Marines yeah which one did you eat the most that's more of a special forces
11:46 type of thing oh you know what else triggers In My Memory the smell of freshly sharpened pencil oh yeah it makes me it makes me remember being in school and like and grinding this one I was just about to just like trying to do it as long as possible to like not be in your seat yeah because that ████ starts to really like whiff when you're doing it a long time take a hit while got there yeah you said the smell of crayons the smell of crayons reminds me of Tiff's Jetta they always smell like crayons smell like ████ crayons Jetta always smell like crayons bro I don't know what it that was their reputation that they had a crayon smell it was something in the interior like the fabric or the plastic in it or something bro every time I step in her car smells like ████ Crayola dude and but it's nostalgic to me I love that smell though because of it it's not nostalgic but I do love new car smell new car smell goodness gracious car smell that right now not fabricated too not like you know a little yeah real
12:38 right now it's going away slowly though you know and I'm like I'm losing it what car smell like do they spray a certain thing in there or is just new parts smell like that I don't ████ know maybe it's new plastic new fabric new everything and no like old no sweat no it's a new car smell everything I thought maybe it was the adhesive that holds it all together in the interior is that what it is maybe because cuz why would they all smell like that can you Google what makes new car yes you know what's funny all I smell right now is ████ ammonia because of this yeah it's like it's still kind of burning oh really that's like a big wolf and it all wet and ████ you might have melted half your no hair barbell Brigade smelling salt smelling Sal are wake the ████ up get some bar Brigade smelling salt you can smell ammonia that you want to smell ammonia this is pure ammonia literally come over on this side it's
13:28 not dangerous come man's going to try the ble Brigade smelling salts don't get too close but take a big whiff and and think about what this reminds you of oh it's so take deep breaths what a whimp he spun away dude what a whimp new car smell it just says it's the chemicals used in manufacturing oh oh ████ ████ love it yeah oh every dude yeah maybe it's just such such a positive Association that's exactly with a ████ fun toy yes it is it's the it's the uh what is it called the endorphins of like oh this is my new car I like the smell of refrigerator like when you go in like a Costco the refrigerator section the freon smell like a Walkin the smell of like right in the
14:18 inside of the door weird you know oh dude you know what would really hit me if I could smell it right now is the smell of LaBella hair gel oh laella it was like the hair gel of the yeah for sure to like put it all over your head the whole ████ tub it's like neon blue and ████ yeah but you don't smell that anywhere anymore do they have them what's that I don't know if they do I mean it might be harder to find cool water or La yeah cool water cool water was good aquad digio that's what I had this may be just me but I love the smell of new shoes like when you just like get a new pair of shoes and you just smell it ins it's probably the same thing the Endorphin you know just why does it smell like the last guy has foot yeah cuz no one no one likes the way a vintage store smells that old ████ smell of a Salvation Army you like mothball no I'm
15:08 like that smells like mothball mothballs is next level that makes you think of like specific old ass relatives you you know what I liked smelling as a kid a lot when you would walk into like the really nice wooden guitars and like a Guitar Center you know the small room that had like the Martins and the Taylor and ████ interesting I never thought of that reminds okay I remember when I used to play violin they used to give you this thing called rosin you know what rosin is it's like you put the bow on but like I guess it makes it like like Slicker I guess or makes easier for you to like play yeah yeah I guess it's the equivalent of like when you're playing pool and you have something to run you used to play violin I used to play violin when I was a kid but then like the smell of like the smell of like I guess it's like horse hair is't it yeah and then the rosin that ████ reminds me of me just being like like wax or something like you put it like just like
15:59 a like a stone I don't know I don't know how comp it's tree tree sap is that what it is I think it is ████ like it's like resin from a tree and then you rub that on your whole so are you just saying it wrong I resin I don't think it's I don't know if it's educated terer it's like a it looks like a caramel brick yeah yeah yeah ah like a like a brown Jolly Rancher bro you want to know one that's a negative scent that will that messes me up you guys know what an airbag smells like when it pops out no oh I do you know it get stuck in your nose right I do well what would you describe it explosive it smells like kind of like gunpowder a c gun and it's got to be a negative association yeah definitely is but that smell because it stays stuck in your nose for so long cuz when that ████ hits you in the face it just like all of it goes in there and you'll smell it for I
16:50 felt like weeks after the accident I was like my trip I came back from China uh I had a photo shoot that same day or the next day and uh I was jet lagged everything tired I was going back home and uh there was this heel called the baram heel in Burbank and I fell asleep in traffic uh on the road and then my foot slipped off the the brake and I coasted uphill I barely hit this ████ lady's back bumper and all the airbags they out the car Jes that's why I was like I know exactly what no it it didn't hit me in the face because it wasn't a hard impact oh but it was enough just to trigger the thing yeah it was enough to just trigger the airbags and I woke up to like all the airbag just going off the powder stick in the air right yeah oh dude it's
17:41 it's gross man yeah it'll mess with you because it's definitely a negative sociation yeah and it's not similar to most smells so you know that when you smell it it's going to only be that memory [Music] yep
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