A bunch of people have replied to this thread that OBVIOUSLY did not read the original post. This is very interesting. If I were you, I wouldn't be them.

Friday, December 25th 2009.

In my Christmas stocking I received a boat load of chocolate, a book, chocolate reindeer mint hand sanitizer (smells super awesome), and, the point of the story, an Axe Dry "Chocolate" deodorant. Now for starters, axe chocolate smells pretty good for a cheap Axe product, at least compared to other Axe stuff. But the Axe Dry version of axe chocolate (conventional deodorant, not body spray) smells a hell load better than any other deodorant that I have used. Of course, having a new, nice smelling deodorant, I put it on all the usual places and under my nose, since I liked the smell so much. Later, after eating breakfast until my stomach burst from all the crepes filled with whipped cream and syrup, we opened presents. The present I specifically asked for that year was Assassins Creed II for my Xbox 360. Lucky for me, I got what I asked for, along with many other things as well of course.
That day I played Assassins Creed II for a long time and got about 1/5 through the game (or something like that, 2009 of course, I don't remember.) This is the moment that started it. The moment I opened the main menu my brain made the connection somehow that Assassin's Creed II smells like Axe Chocolate! Of course I used that deodorant all week and I played AC2 all week, that's really what made the two completely different things become connected in my mind.

Now, years after the connection was made, Dry Axe Chocolate, whenever I smell it, reminds me COMPLETELY of the most amazing moments in Assassin's Creed II. Its as if AC2 shoots up my nose and into my train of thought. Axe Chocolate gives me a bombardment of nostalgia! Axe Chocolate, to me, SMELLS like Assassins Creed II! I am not fibbing!

Now, I've done some thinking. You probably need a smell that you have never smelled before. You probably need to smell it constantly during the first few days of gameplay, at least (you won't smell it at all after about 10 mins but your brain will still be associating the smell with Skyrim). And it probably needs to be associated with MUSIC. When I smell Axe Chocolate my brain starts playing the main http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0i6YFrSs6c.

Now, I've done some more thinking. I would really like to have my brain associate some nice smell with The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim. I thought that after you guys heard my story, that you would like to also.

I will go out into the forest and gather some dry woodland like smelling plants, and let them dry. Then I will lie in bed and think about Skyrim while listening to Skyrim's soundtrack and smelling the plants. I might find another smell. The stronger the better, the nicer the better.

What smell will you try to associate with Skyrim?

Edit: Apart from dragon poo?

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1183983-dragons-pls-god-make-them-crap-my-pants/

Like pine trees.

Like birthday cake and artificial Christmas tree.

Skyrim will smell like testosterone, sweat, and unwashed, half-naked barbarians with greasy beards! Huzzah!

:rofl:

Slaughtered mudcrab.

ARRRGGG!!!! You guys arent reading my post! This is serious! I have discovered something BIG! READ THE POST! I IMPLORE YOU!

To be honest, the only association I can think of is related to sound, not smell.

Every time I hear a Weezer song, I starting thinking about the third book of the Death Gate Cycle, Fire Sea.

...Are you saying you don't think I am telling the truth? I am dead serious. This is awesome. You have no idea!

*Looks at yellow snow cone*

"No No! Its LEMON flavoured"

Well if this ties in with the "pls God make dragons etc.." thread I'm afraid it's not looking good folks...

I had something similar with Counter-Strike:Source, I had one of those "nice smelling house bottles" (at least my mother did) and I could always smell it when playing Counterstrike, now whenever I smell it I think of running around with an m4 shooting people

Me thinks OP is on skooma!

Dude! You have got to be kidding me! Did you even read it? Sybbyl said just about the same thing as me! I knew that people would think this is a big joke. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE MISSING!

If I'm fighting a dragon and he feels like relieving himself, I would not mind. It would actually be pretty cool trying to run around a crap-laden battlefield.

I would imagine the towns in Skyrim would have a somewhat smokey kind of smell what with every resident having a fire burning for warmth. Out in the forests it would probably smell like whatever kind of conifers they happen to have growing out there. I live in a pretty heavily wooded area and in November every house has a fire going so maybe if I open my window it might grow to associate those smells with Skyrim.

Probably not though....

I Was going to write "Dragon Ballz", but I then decided to read your post. I don't think you'll be able to associate a smell with the game if your actually thinking about it. Stuff like that happens naturally, and can't be forced. If you plan it out, and the thing that you choose as the smell won't really be the same thing. You might choose oranges, and then smell oranges and think "hey skyrim!", but only cause you want it to be, unlike Xmas morning that just happened under the right circumstances.

I totally understand the OP, though. I have listened to some songs when I played certain games, and sometimes I would listen to a song, even years later, and it would remind me of playing that game. I imagine the same could work with smells.

You are probably right. Maybe if you had a smell you have never smelled before?



I also heard somewhere that the sense that triggers memory the most is your sense of smell.

I read your post and took it serious like you wanted. I am sorry Mankar but I don't get it! :shrug:

I did read your post the first time actually but the opportunity was too good to let pass. (incidentally I didn't see that someone had already been quick enough to make the same comment in more immediate fashion.)

It's inevitable, memories evoke the kind of thing you are talking about. My Skyrim will likely smell of....fruit and beer.

Well, when you hear the Morrowind theme you instantly think of Morrowind right? You think about how awesome it is and it makes you feel good... right? Well. When I smell Axe chocolate It has the same effect except with Assassins Creed II.

Holy crap, I see what you mean now! :shocking: Everytime it is a nice day and I see swaying grass and trees, I cannot help but think of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YKicBAMlBk

With Morrowind, I played it in my brother's room (on the Xbox he had) which was in the basemant. My brother was a surveyor at that time, and would come home with muddy boots. Also, being in the basemant it was somewhat musty. So it smelled like mud and mustyness. Considering the environment of Morrowind, that happened to be a fairly accurate smell of the gameplay. To this day, if I smell a musty basemant, I think of Balmora.

Oblivion had a similar connection. I was a junior in college and I lived with three of the coolest guys I've known in my life...we played the hell out of that game that year...hundreds of hours a piece. My one roommate enjoyed to drink White Russians (ick) while playing, while the other one would usually eat Domino's pizza while the third loved the hell out of Collective Soul and Electric LIght Orchestra.

While I bought an Xbox after college and played hundreds of hours more, to this day if I smell a White Russian at the bar (I don't drink, just know the disgusting smell) or hear Collective Soul or ELO, I think of making another run on Greenmeade Cave or the Imperial Bridge Inn (my favorite Inn).

I'm not sure what will be the case with Skyrim. I recently moved to the Pacific Northwest and I imagine it will be rainy and dank in the fall. Considering that Skyrim is in the great white north and I was born and raised in such a climate, I have a pretty good idea of what my smells will be: cinnamon and sage candles, along with woodsmoke (since I now have a fireplace!). And before you mock me for having scented candles, it's because my wife likes them. Or at least that's what I tell myself :biggrin:

Needless to say: I know exactly what you are talking about. Sounds and smells absolutley bring me back to games I invest my time and emotions with.