Your favourite, unusual smell?

[stepintohannakey]

Mine are.. a match being lit

A damp airing cupboard! Live in a new build and quite annoyed I can no longer breathe in the smell of a slightly damp but clean towel smell cupboard. Not sure people will understand from the explanation

The smell of those strong antibacterial wipes used to wipe over skin before a needle is inserted

My children's hair after waking up

2 part filler. Just hits me right at the back of the throat.

I could sniff the stuff all day.

Wax strips or even better warm wax for hair removal

Hot buttered toast smells good. Onions sweated down in butter. A tomato picked fresh from the plant, it’s a very distinctive smell.

Obviously the ones everyone loves like babies and petrichor and line-dried sheets.

Yes, tomato plants have a v distinctive "green" smell.

Tarmac being freshly laid
Petrol
Cannabis
Really strong frying of garlic/onions
The damp smell of camping gear when it's been used
The smell of the canteen on a ferry, mixed with the perfume smell of duty free also on the ferry!

The smell of rain on tarmac, petrol, and toilet duck pine.

The train station in my city centre. I don't know exactly what it is. Kind of damp, bleach, earthy. Love it.

Mines so gross, the smell of my newborn's poops 😭

The smell inside a tent at nightfall.
Cif floor cleaner - I'd wear it as scent.

This reminds me that I like the smell of newborn baby sick. It's so milky/ caramely and reminds me of their sweet breath.

The smell of old cars turning over - the petrol,exhaust mixed with a bit of oil leakage.
My Labradors when they wake up from a cosy snooze
Fenugreek

Bleach
Over-heating car brakes/clutch
Car garages/workshops
Matches
Cigars
Cigar factories
Dental floss factory (Imagine mint and multiple it by a million until your eyes water!)

Coal cellars.

And the smell of my cats' tummies after they've been curled up sleeping. It's sort of biscuity.

YY to just-struck matches too. And petrol, although obviously not in conjunction with each other...

The smell of coal fire smoke billowing from chimneys in winter. Reminds me of walking home from school in the cold, damp and dark. I loved looking in through people's windows at their cosy living rooms and finally making it to my house; cuddles with the cat, dinner smells coming from the kitchen and Grange Hill on the telly. Those were the days!

I can't think of one but just wanted to comment that my cat's paws smell of cool Doritos.

Swarfega.
Oil.
Brylcream.
Old Spice.

(reminds me of my dad who was a car mechanic).

Pencil parings and sawdust
That greenhouse smell
The zinc oxide nappy cream I used on both DC. I now use it for chapped hands, for old time’s sake.

Not unusual maybe?
Christmas trees (real ones)
When candles have been blown out
Petrol
New books

Aubergine when placed directly on the flame of the gas hob
Clean washing when brought in from the cold
The 'cold' smell when you come back from a walk in the winter
When a room has been freshly plastered
The sort of burning smell of wood when its drilled (reminds me of woodwork at school)

Matches, yes!
Damp, yes (especially damp face flannels but we have a basement tv room that is tanked but also needs a dehumidifier and when we come back from holiday and it hasn't been on for a couple of weeks, I love to go down there and smell the damp. My daughter loves it too.)
The vaccination wipes, yes!
Also screenwash, petrol, creosote, nail polish and nail polish remover.

Other posters have mentioned newborn poo - yes, smells like cake mixture. Only while EBF, alas. Once any formula was added, just smelt like normal crap 💩

I'm a real outdoorsy person. But the smell I love above all others is the laundry detergent aisle! Bizarre

Petrol
Marijuana (I don't like smoking it, just the smell when I walk past someone who has it)

My partner's armpits!
He NEVER smells sweaty, I don't know how he does it, but it's a mix of his warm, natural body smell, roll up cigarette smoke and his aftershave. He thinks I'm weird, but I love tucking my head in his armpit at night.

Yes to newborn breastfed poo! That slightly sweet smell!

Formula fed too until they start on solids then it starts to smell, well like shit.