A simple list of the school smells that I remember. From elementary, jr. high and high school in no particular odor….oops, I mean order.
Wet paper towels in the bathroom
Algae water in the classroom aquarium
Shepherd's Pie in the cafeteria
Vomit...not as a result of Shepherd's Pie
Right Guard deodorant spray in the locker room
Boiling hot dogs on Hot Dog Day.
Sour milk in the lunchbox thermos that wasn't rinsed
Damp clay in ceramics class
The urine dankness of the underpass
Cinnamon rolls served at "nutrition"
Luden's cherry "cough drops"
High Karate aftershave
Formaldehyde on fetal pigs
TABU cologne by Dana
MarksALot black pens
The alcohol on the freshly printed purple mimeograph papers
The soap in the bathroom soap dispensers
The blue fabric on the three ring binders
The buff, lined paper in elementary school
Brown paper lunch bags
Teachers wearing Estee Lauder “Youth Dew”on the off chance that they would seem youthful.
And the smell of teen spirit....
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