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 )

I love the smell of harbours or fishing ports.
Dover ferry terminal is my favourie. I've no idea what the smell is though!

Pipe tobacco reminds me of my lovely FIL we still miss him

The smell of the hospital neonatal intensive care unit that my babies were in for weeks. Something about the smell just calms me. Given they were 2 of the most stressful times of my life it is a bit weird!

The smell of my grandfather’s shed. Dust, damp and engine oil.

It should be disgusting... my bf's armpit 😂! Not seriously BO, he always smells incredible. I have his shirt in my bed to smell him when he isn't with me!

Cellars
Petrol
My cats head.

Also the cold breeze on an autumnal morning.
It smells amazing and you just don’t get the same scent in the air any other time of year.

seaweed

@Lanique

Oh god this is embarrassing - but I'm half repulsed and half fascinated by the smell of my soggy wrist when I've taken my fitness watch off.

Right there with you. Something about the farming mustiness 😂

*garmin!!!! Ffs!

Creosote.

Boots used to do a cough syrup that smelled and tasted of creosote - I loved it, but they stopped making it - maybe there aren’t that many of us who like the taste of creosote.

When i was a kid my mum used to have big sacks of potatoes delivered and I loved putting my head in the sack and breathing in the earthy smell.

petrol
shoe polish
tar
railway tracks
bicycle stores (new rubber)
fresh print
glue, obviously 😂
my mum's attic in the summer

Petrol, petrol and more petrol

I also love that wet, earthy smell after a heavy rainfall in summer but I'm sure I'm not alone

@DaveGrohlsTeeth

T-Cut Calor Gas Stardrops My junior school swim bag. A newly opened pack of cigarettes. I don't smoke, but I love that smell.

Snap! With regards to the freshly opened cigarettes. I've never actually smoked in my life but love that smell

Petrol - just love it!

Get out of the car - large intake of breath. Fabulous smell.

Diluted jeyes fluid, but it has ro be in a metal mop bucket

The smell from a proper butchers, every time I walk past one I take in a huge sniff 😂

Freshly blow out match so good!

Another one who likes creosote and seaweed.

The old-fashioned tar mix they used to use for roadworks in the UK when I was child. It used to blow up in bubble in the heat. Very satisfying to pop.

Cow Gum

My dog's mouldy popcorn smelling ears and feet.

My tummy piercing when it's a bit ripe (sorry that's gross bit true)

Vaseline, especially a brand new tub of it.

Post offices and new tech (like when you get a new iPhone and first take it out of the box or a new games console when I was younger). Generally like a lot of new things- new carpet, new car, new build house, new trainers etc, and also stationery/paper things- books, glossy magazines, marker pens. I love the smell when you open a fresh tin of tennis balls.

Cat's breath - such a treat when you catch a whiff!
Also, when you bury your face in their fur - if they want you to!
Kittens - they do smell differently than cats!
The smell of new shoes
Print in new books
Shoe polish
The amazing smell of Aquacell Ag silver leg dressings - when you open the packet but equally I knew someone who used to gag at the same smell!
There are four days a year when if you're lucky you can catch the smell of the change in weather, well it's more than that, the seasons but it's not a weird smell to like, granted.
The clean BO smell of a man you really fancy!
Most chemical, petrol type smells,
Creosote and paint
The plastic of a Wendy house
Rubber, footballs, trainers etc in a sports shop - used to have to go into them when I was pregnant!
The smell of a pavement that had been warmed by the sun and then rained on!
Dettol but not generic pine disinfectant 😁

@larkstar - I love that you wrote that about your wife!
OP, I spent a few minutes trying to work out how you may be familiar with the smell of Dave Grohls teeth - dentist to rock stars, his wife or ex lover before I realized you were quoting a pp! 😁

Freshly printed leaflets or magazines. I bury my face in their opened pages. Sometimes warm photocopies too.

Hot water bottles

My scarf when Ive worn it too much and it needs a wash.