Smells you aren’t supposed to like but do

[Soubriquet]

I’ll start with

bleach
petrol
fresh tar
permanent marker
creosote

Gunpowder - from crackers

Definitely creosote and marker pens
Jeyes Fluid (which has a similar smell to creosote)

Oh yes. To all of those

Asparagus wee

Woodsmoke and barbecue fumes. Apparently on MN these inspire the same fear and horror as mustard gas. I think they smell of summer and find them comforting.

Im in two places about bbq smoke. Love it and hate it at the same time. Mostly because it makes me hungry.

Wood smoke/coal smoke from an open fire though, I love it.

Asparagus wee? Yeah that’s just weird

The smell of burning, especially barbecues.
Petrol.

Bonfires. Love love love them.

Paint, chlorine, that fresh plastic smell when you open something new

Insulin

Oooo dog paws

I love the smell of dog paws. It’s like popcorn.

Cigarettes. I used to like sitting in the smoking section even though I've never smoked!

wet grass at night
deep heat
chlorine on a hot day from a pool
lunch time oil frying smell on a hot day
hot tar
gun powder/ fireworks

Oooh yes petrol. And that DIY shop smell.

I like just about all of the odours others have mentioned.

I unblock drains and a manhole full of crap doesn't faze me at all, either sight or smell.

Tar and creosote!

The butchers with their fresh meat smell.

Don’t like it with supermarket, but the butchers. Yes

Petrol, white spirit, brasso, the inside of tennis balls, a certain type of paint brush cleaner, lashings of pine disinfectant, tip ex back when it was pretty pungent, a marker pen with a retractable nib which contains gold ink from my childhood, a certain type of medicated talcum powder that my Nan used (in a metal container).

I love all of these, even more so when I'm pregnant. Was gutted I couldn't find any medicated talc that smelt right during my last pregnancy. Probably a good thing in hindsight.

The first fresh whiff of someone else smoking
( after that don't like it )

yes ! fresh marker pen

I like creosote too.
Also the smell of damp towels that have that faint mildewy smell and need a wash. Also bath sponges that smell like that

Tippex in the red bottle from back in the 80s.

Anyone remember that? Used to sniff away in many a boring lesson in the 5th year. 🤪

Yes!!

What is it with that?!

I can’t stand the smell of smoke but that first part when it’s lit up, it’s nice

Nail varnish remover

Bleach

Oooh yes, gunpowder. And petrol.
Woodsmoke in the air, not directly from a fire.
Wet paint.
Old leaves, mould and ferns on a woodland floor.