Coal furnaces being used to heat houses. Used to be a very common smell around here every fall/winter. My grandpa burned coal until sometime in the early 90s when dad was no longer able to get the grade of coal he wanted.

I don't think I know what that smells like. I know coal furnaces used to be common, but I've never seen in operation that I recall.

It’s silage for me. Forked tons of the stuff when I was a boy.

Neighbor burned coal in his outside boiler until a couple years ago. Would get a tractor trailer load every year.
Said he can't get it anymore. Maybe price or another stupid NY law I'm not sure

Hedge burning in a stove or fireplace on a cold day. Branding smoke is another favorite

I miss the smell of a fresh mimeograph.

(probably explains a few things...)

Try finding a blacksmith and stand down wind, lol

Flue cured tobacco curing in a wood fired log barn about the time it is finished. The cured leaf has a nice smell as well.

Of my dad..