A few years back I sent a Beautiful little Parker up to Miller Trigger to have some single trigger work done and when I got the gun back " Fully Repaired Of Course " and put her to my cheek the Wonderful Aroma of G 96 gun oil hit my senses and all of a sudden ,I was 12 Years Old again and sneaking up through our Old Orchard behind the Barn after the Illusive Cottontail with our Old Beagle Cleo !!!!!!!!!!! Just Wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

Sounds like that bothersome display that was in the front of the Martha Jefferson hospital before they moved to the new location in C'ville !

For me a cool fall day and the smell of the fresh cut wood I am felling for the winter fires,and last but not least the aroma of split heart pine for kindling, Gary

Ahhh... The drive home after a trapshoot with the spent Federal papers on the floor of your truck...

Trap3

I found an old bottle of Hoppes #9 about 1/2 full in my shop that is just for aromatherapy. So, I'm with Destry about Hoppes#9 and a few paper shells.

Jack Kuzepski

I use this in my truck.

I just did a search and Amazon had it at one time and may again? Google for it, I'm sure its around somewhere.

I must admit that they don't last as long as I would like.:cuss:

Is today's #9 the same stuff we grew up with? Someone told me that they had to change the composition.

You'll think me strange, but one of the aromas that I have always loved - in moderation of course - is the faint smell of skunk

Dean - I can relate, skunk smell does come in varying degrees of intensity. What you mention reminds me of the soft skunk smell when you first open a pony bottle of Rolling Rock beer. Rather sweet.
Sad to say I've experience the higher end of skunk spray intensity that was like a burning electrical fire that started to blacken my vision to where I almost passed out.

I had heard the same thing; that the composition of Hoppes # 9 today is different than that of our younger days.

Destry got it right #9 and Federal Paper as the smells of my youth. I gave away 9 bottles of #9 when we moved down south. Wish I had kept one. I'd also add the smell of a cinder floored one car garage with a Model T truck inside.