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What's a smell you love that's odd/unusual?

252 replies

junipoor · 05/08/2021 18:21

For example, for me it's

freshly laid carpets,

rubber rings, anything smelling of armbands of floats etc

Antiseptic

Euthamol toothpaste (love the taste)

Petrol (when I open the little hole for petrol I have a quick sniff Blush)

OP posts:
HeronLanyon · 05/08/2021 18:47

FireLighters ffs Grin

Whatelsecouldibecalled · 05/08/2021 18:48

Wet plaster!

msbevvy · 05/08/2021 18:48

Dry cleaners shops

KaptainKaveman · 05/08/2021 18:48

Petrol. I look forward to going to the petrol station!

NiceGerbil · 05/08/2021 18:48

Orange gasket seal my dad used on his bikes when I was a kid

Cloverglens · 05/08/2021 18:49

A struck match!

NiceGerbil · 05/08/2021 18:49

YY match yummy

HungryHippo11 · 05/08/2021 18:51

Sponges

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 05/08/2021 18:52

The heady mix of axle-grease and other assorted lubricants that builds up in the Berlin U-Bahn.

Flamingnorahs · 05/08/2021 18:52

Insulin

FuckingFabulous · 05/08/2021 18:52

Fresh sweat on my DH. He wears TF Oud Wood and the smell of the two mingling together is intoxicating. Like pure pheromones. He leaves a cloud of sexiness wherever he goes when he's been physically exerting himself.

ALongHardWinter · 05/08/2021 18:53

I love the smell of fresh petrol,also the smell of creosote.

HeronLanyon · 05/08/2021 18:58

Trying not to be distracted by fucking’s DH (can I smell him from here ?) I’m now wondering what th difference would be between fresh and stale petrol. Not sure I have smelled stale petrol or noticed a difference. Heady investigations necessary.

JorisBonson · 05/08/2021 19:00

Another petrol smeller here!

Also vintage shops, my cats fur, just put out matches and the inside of party poppers after they've been popped

Boscoforever · 05/08/2021 19:01

Cow parsley after the rain.
The smell from tablets/pharmacy.

Fruityfriday · 05/08/2021 19:04

Original Pledge polish

Inthesameboatatmo · 05/08/2021 19:07

Gentian violets.
My nan always had some to put on a wound.

Dollywilde · 05/08/2021 19:09

Anything my baby has dribbled on. I don’t know why but it smells like home.

lilmishap · 05/08/2021 19:14

Cresote, tar, petrol, rain.........some mens sweat.

Other mens sweat can fuck the fuck off but sometimes I'll get a whiff and it's Ooh

lilmishap · 05/08/2021 19:15

Ooh matches as well

mineofuselessinformation · 05/08/2021 19:15

Along with the people who like the smell of petrol, the engine fumes from an old car - they're very distinctive.
Wood smoke.
The smell of an old fashioned pub.
On the food front, celery and cucumber.
Most of mine are emotive ones as they remind me of my childhood. Smile

GoAwayCat · 05/08/2021 19:20

The only thing I really, really love the smell of is a fresh catalogue. Open it in the middle, bury your nose inside and take a sniff. You'll love it, I promise. I'm sad that catalogues are not going to be a thing for that much longer! Magazines are ok-ish but it's the shiny printed page of a catalogue that gets me. Must be the ink? Confused

TheLeadbetterLife · 05/08/2021 19:21

Scotch tape. And sometimes the plastic film that comes on a new phone or laptop, because it smells like Scotch tape.

tnetenba · 05/08/2021 19:22

The sweaty milk smell of my bra if I've leaked, I'd say that is pretty odd/disgusting.
I also like the smell of the gunk from pierced ears Envy, rank!

dementedma · 05/08/2021 19:22

Still laughing at smelling firefighters.
Currently have frankincense resin in my burner. Love it

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