Who's been to Ikea recently?

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I have a question for those very in tune with their senses.

I was there last week

I’ve been twice in the last week

I went today

They were playing music.

No my marriage isn’t strong enough for going or putting together flat pack furniture

I went in my lunch hour!

Did you smell piped smells as you wandered around?

Different smells for different room sets?

I'm convinced i did. My children think I've gone bonkers.

Omg yes!! I was there Sunday and remarked on the delicious smells to my husband. Was wondering if it was a ploy.....I wanted to move in!

I think it was the wardrobe area...

No, no smells until the candle section that I recall...

Yes. Coffee in the mock up of a small cafe business and fabric conditioner in the bed display. This was in the new Sheffield store. Not just me, Dd commented on it too.

I’ve just got back!
Yes, they definitely pipe smells, we were in a living room set-up with a fake log fire and it smelt of bonfires.

Yes! Smokey fire smell in a living room which had a fake wood burner.

Yes Ikea Belfast has the woody smell in their man cave set up

Oh and foody/vanilla smell elsewhere

Yes! I have sensory processing issues and one of the rooms they had set up smelt awful to me, I was convinced they were piping smells in, it took a few different ones for DH to believe me.

Interesting. I’ve never noticed, usually because DH is trying to get me through there as fast as possible. Will take a sniff next time I’m there.

I was there on Monday and I didn't notice any smells. Until we got to the meatballs counter obvs.

They had snoring noises and a coffee grinder noise too

Our new one does this, half of them set my asthma off so not very impressed!

Whaaattt no fresh scents at my my Ikea (except for the meatballs). But my nearest is unusual as it’s all jumbled and no market place, the cutlery for instance is with the dining tables. It’s so wrong in so many ways.

I thought I was going mad but thank god others have noticed this. DH thought I was making it up so I can now show him this thread and be vindicated!

It's a new thing they've added so that you get the actual feel of each room as if it were your own home.
I prefer it without all those smells but whatever.

Yes they have started piping smells. The smoky smell in the room with the fake log fire is disgusting.

A good excuse for me to revisit the new Exeter store as I didn’t notice this when I went last week.