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A polling company recently surveyed 4,000 people in Britain and asked them what smells make them most happy. RedEye wanted to supplement the list with Chicagoans’ favorite smells, so we asked our social media followers to weigh in. The biggest surprise? Two votes for asphalt. Here is the list from onepoll.com and RedEye’s (highly unscientific) addition.

UK

Freshly baked bread

Clean sheets

Freshly mown grass

Fresh flowers

Freshly ground coffee

Fresh air after rainfall

Vanilla

Chocolate

Fish and chips

Bacon frying

CHICAGO

Chocolate

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Freshly done laundry

Cold air/snow

Freshly baked/baking bread

Coffee

Bacon

Asphalt

Fresh grass/mown grass

Deep dish pizza

Chicago dogs