I-Spy...........Smells

I missed M

Methylated Spirits, not really pleasant but not unpleasant. Reminds me of dad firing up the model traction engine which ran on meths.

N

Nail polish remover. The old sort that smelled of acetone. I just love it, along with aeroplane glue and the gluey stuff that gets painted on glass fibre patches for repairs.  I used to work near a glass fibre factory,  it was a lovely smell walking past it. As a child my brother used to build model aeroplanes and the smell of the glue was wonderful. Just as well I didn't realise you could get high on the stuff, I'd have been well away.

So basically what you’re saying is, in your younger days. You were a glue sniffer    

I admit it, I was. Maybe that accounts for a lot of things.   Acetone, pear drops, anything volatile. Even today there are some marker pens that smell devine. Luckily I never resorted to a paper bag full of the stuff.