It's all over today's papers - there's a new alarm clock emerging that will wake you to a smell of your choice! No more "beep beep", no more Marimba - just the sweet sweet whiff of your favourite scent. The listeners of the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show let us know what smells to which they would - and in some cases, wouldn't - like to be roused from their sleep.
I grew up not too far from James Street and the Guinness Brewery. I loved the strong smell of the hops. It didn't tempt me to drink the black stuff but loved that smell.
Ian - I love the smell of sulfer, when you light and blow out a match. Niamh
I'd like to wake up to the smell of silage because that would mean someone else has already spread it and I can go back to sleep
Fav smell, bacon on the grill, hmmmmmmmm, Dan
I love the smell of my top lip after a McDonald's!!
Ian - it’s fresh cut grass for me! Sneezes or not it's full of promise that someday the sun will shine and brings back memories of those lazy crazy adolescent days when love was new and life a massive adventure!!! Tessa
The smell of burnt 2 stroke oil. It brings back memories of watching motorbike racing from when I was a kid. Rob H in Cork
Ya cant bate the smell of cow shite first thing in the morn says I. Farmer John
Cow manure - that way you would hop out of bed as quick as possible to get away from it. Diane Meath
Garlic and onions frying in a pan. That would certainly get me out of bed of a morning. Jackie
Hey Ian, my favourite smell is fresh sheets, grass being cut, someone baking. Ceire :)
Chanel no 5. The memory of my wonderful mum who is gone a while. Dee
Coffee beans is my favourite smell, appropriate for a alarm clock also petrol! Lisa in Cavan
My husband! We're newlyweds :-)
And spare a thought for this poor crathur, who declined to sign their name to this text message:
Hi, I generally wake up to the smell of fart.
