And today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 smells that brings someone back to their childhood you sent.

Mhm.

It's like a drug to me for this list.

We'll be looking at sense that transport us back to simpler times and make us feel like kids again.

What smells remind you of your childhood?

Let us know in the comments below number 10 sunscreen and suntan lotion.

Are you drinking sunscreen?

No, no, it's a decoy.

We're drinking tequila out of sunscreen bottle.

You can practically hear the waves and feel the warmth of summer time as soon as you apply this photo protective product to your body.

While nowadays it's simply part of any standard skincare routine back in the day, sunscreen was associated with long summer days.

The beach, the pool and lying in the grass.

The aroma has definitely left its mark on us as the lotions.

Tropical scent still smells like hot days gone by.

Just make sure you don't miss a spot or you might end up in pain and covered in another childhood staple aloe vera.

# nine Books.

Love The Smell of Old Books.

I wouldn't do that miss the air in here has a lot of particulate rat droppings.

Whether or not you were a fan of reading, you likely held your fair share of books throughout childhood from the historic old book smell of libraries to the crisp scent of new textbooks.

The aromas of paper and ink were almost always present.

If you were an especially voracious reader books sometimes became comfort items due to their ability to transport you to new places.

Which adds even more nostalgia to their smell.

Your wise and you smell like books.

You really are the whole package.

It's incredible how the sense of print on paper can make us think of the magic of Narnia or middle earth in the land of mordor in the fires of Mount Doom.

The Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret.

A master ring a number eight pencil shavings.

We all learned how to write by using pencils usually with grippers to help our tiny unpracticed hands get used to holding them.

Of course we broke our fair share of graphite and had to sharpen the tips back to almost dangerous.

Pointy nous.

Whether used a handheld crank or electric sharpener, you definitely know the fresh wooden smell of pencil shavings.

Is that a dead squirrel?

Yeah.

Debbie made me a desk caddy.

Look, I can sharpen my pencil during exams.

The scent of shavings was especially prominent because everyone had to keep their writing utensils extra sharp.

Look at you, look at you so sharp sharpening his pencil sharp, sharp, sharp sharp.

These little bits of shaved wood might bring back memories of taking a quick moment to breathe in the sharpener line, especially in math class.

It'll be a rewarding day of pencil sharpening and eyes on your own paper.

Keeping number seven, scratch and sniff stickers.

It's not a scratch and sniff.

I know, but sometimes you still get a little something.

Sure.

We still get a bit of this with the fragrance samples and cologne ads and handouts at department stores, but nothing beats the feeling of scratching a purple sticker and getting a vague approximation of grape smell.

In return, we called in a few of the world's leading experts on smell to help us put together on mellow smell.

O fun center filled with all the latest scratch and sniff ideas.

These magical little pieces of paper can retain their scent for years.

If you happen to find any unused scratch and sniff stickers you got in elementary school, give it a whirl and you'll still get a nice whiff of bananas, maple syrup, chocolate or whatever other scent was popular at the time.

Have you met the girls from my class mom, here's what I'm pretty sure it's going through their heads every moment of the day.

Sticker sticker sticker sticker sticker sticker sticker sticker stickers.

Well they don't always smell how they look.

They definitely smell like childhood number six medicines being sick usually got us out of going to school, but at what cost Can you sing soft kitty?

What let's just say not all cold medicine is equal in the scent department sweet bubblegum grape and orange were all common cough syrup sense from when we were kids.

Of course Vicks vapor rub was a staple of getting over pretty much any illness and its distinctive mental sent immediately takes us back to watching hours of daytime television, including game shows and soaps.

The coffin congestion was so bad.

He couldn't even sleep.

What he really needed was Vicks vaporub.

And while it isn't exactly medicine, chicken soup definitely smells like a sick day, huddled up under the covers.

Number five perfume, cologne and cold cream when you cuddled up with your favorite adult for a bedtime story or during a movie night you could always smell their signature fragrance.

Mrs Mac has a unique and earthy fragrance.

I smell like ship.

Okay mom, don't put yourself down.

Okay.

We talked about this, whether it was your grandmother's youth do or your father's around Florent polo, You can likely sniff a sample of one of these today and remember fond moments with your loved ones.

My mom's perfume bottle.

I always loved the way she smelled.

If your mom had already gone through evening routine, you might also smell the spot like scent of the cold cream she used to remove makeup.

All of these clean smells can be comforting and they vary from first and a person fine.

I may have told her that she smells like my mom, which by the way I still maintain is a compliment.

# four suites what was better than an after school snack, Perhaps a summer day filled with cool treats from fresh baked cookies at the babysitter's house to Swedish fish straight from the back, sweets were definitely a staple of most everyone's childhood on hot days.

Our faces and hands were entirely sticky with the remnants of push ups and other ice cream truck staples, all of which carried scents ranging from fruit to bubblegum.

Who can forget the enticing scent of cotton candy at the fair?

What do you want to do next?

Congressional lad, What did you say?

Cotton candy sounds great.

Of course these suites came back to haunt us later at the dentist, but they were so worth it.

No one goes to the dentist that much.

I haven't been in seven years.

You should go to the dentist jake Bradley.

My teeth hurt all the time.

Number three Play Doh This scent is so distinctive.

That Hasbro actually trademarked it in 2018.

Hasbro applied for the trademark last year although the colorful dough has been around since 1956.

In fact, the United States patent and trademark office describes Plato's smell as sweet and slightly musky vanilla, like with slight overtones of cherry.

A natural smell of assaulted wheat based dough.

Sure, that sounds accurate.

But to you, it probably just smells like memories of the first abstract art projects you made.

Well, hang on.

Lois, you promised me, we were all eating my play Doh pasta tonight.

Oh Stewie, did you make something?

Mm Oh, it's so yummy from snakes, Two pizzas to bizarre colors you can get when you mix them all together.

The salty scent of plato lingered around all our early creations.

I like the play doh that comes out the back.

Of course the scent lingered long after playtime too, especially if it got stuck under your fingernails.

Number two crayons.

Ah yes.

These bring back memories of coloring outside the lines and combining colors.

That definitely made sense in your head, but maybe not so much on paper.

I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before.

And to be honest with you, I wanted to see a blue duck crayons contained several ingredients that allow them to glide smoothly along paper while also providing vibrant colors combined.

These ingredients have one of the most distinctive sense in the world for a brief period in the 19 nineties.

Crayola actually upped the ante on crayon odors by introducing food scented crayons, wow.

16.

Cool colors.

16 Great Scents.

Unfortunately after parents feared their Children would eat the waxy writing utensils, the company changed the Aromas back to be less delicious smelling.

Miss Hoover.

Yes, ralph.

I don't have a red crayon.

Why not I ate it.

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Number one fresh cut grass.

I like doing it so much.

I cut that grass for free.

Whether you roll down a hill, ran through some sprinklers had picnics with your toys or did just about anything else outdoors.

Grass almost certainly played a role in your childhood.

The fresh, warm scent combined with sunshine, spring showers and flowers instantly transports us to simpler times.

Blue skies, fresh cut grass, birds chirping.

You're gonna recite me a poem easy if you were an athletically inclined child, you might even recall playing football, soccer or baseball and freshly cut fields.

It's an incredibly comforting smell.

One downside, however, is that it's sometimes triggered pesky seasonal allergies.

I think it sounds like fun.

Yeah.

Sitting on the grass, eating barbecue.

It's crow points.

It's not going to be on the grass because half the class is allergic that and it might have stained your clothes if you had a bit too much fun.

Do you agree with our picks?