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

[junipoor]

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 )

Petrichor
Dirty engine oil
Swarfega,

Pine disinfectant. It has to be the really cheap stuff though from the pound shop.

Also my dog’s paws. That lovely warm biscuity smell is just heaven 😍

Addicted to vicks nasal sprays 😳
Bleach
Pine cleaning spray
DH armpits
Horses

Those big vats of molten road tar.

@Riapia

Yes yes yes to T Gel

I stand in the shower just sniffing the bottle.

Can't stand Jeyes Fluid though.

That waft off warm hairspray air as you step into a hairdressers
Dry cat food
New carpet
Fresh paint
My dad's first cd player (c.1988?) gave off an amazing warm plastic smell, I can still remember it now, it was amazing!

Coal tar soap
Burnt matches and sparklers
Methylated spirits.

Deep Heat Spray
New Books
Old Musty Books

TCP 😎

Not odd:
Petrichor
New carpets/carpet shops
Freshly washed hair
Running natural water
Sudocrem
Germoline
Burnt wood from being drilled or shaped

Possibly odd:
The cheesy gunk that comes out of an old piercing....

Books, I love the smell of books

WD40 and coal tar soap and the smell of rain..

My dogs ears and my dogs feet.

TCP!

Oh .. and creosote- couldn’t remember the word but see it’s others fave “odd smell “ too!

The inside of a mint tic tacs box. Not that bothered by the sweets themselves but I adore the smell of the box.

Swan Vesta matches. My grandpa used them when he lit his pipe. I used to sit on his knee and blow them out. It always takes me back to those days.

And creosote.

Brown paper bags

@junipoor ooooooo. All the ones you do except petrol. Switch that for tarmac being laid 👍 my uncle and Aunty used to own a cafe with a beach front tat type shop with rubber armbands, swimming toys etc, had to walk through the store room to get to their 'house' and man I loved the smell in there 🤣 and the smell of a catalogue

@ISpeakJive

The smell of tinsel and pine trees/needles. Just reminds me of Christmas.

Freshly cut grass reminds me of lazy summer days...

Ahhh. Love this too.

Chlorine and bleach. 🤤

Ferrets with their honey stinkiness.

My favourite smells are

Freshly cut grass.
Petrol.
Chlorine.

(all fairly common I'd guess.

Less common ones I love are

The smell after fireworks, like the Smokey smell that's left in the air, especially after bonfire night.

Milton sterilising fluid. Well any Milton product actually. (We cold water sterilised when we had a baby, as did my mum. I loved changing the steriliser because of the smell). I use Milton products for cleaning as much as possible.

Acrylic liquid. The purple coloured liquid that the acrylic powder is mixed with to create acrylic nail extensions. I get my nails done once a fortnight, and I love the smell of the liquid. (Ironically my nail technician hates the smell of it though).

@ZealAndArdour

Agree with brochures and catalogues, I think it’s the same smell I was alluding to me in my textbook one.

Also fond of the smell of electrical stuff when it’s in use and got warm. BRB, off to sniff the back of the WiFi router.

Ah, I missed your post about textbooks, but yes, those too sometimes!

My cats breath