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What weird smells do you like?

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Candyflossforbreakfast · 11/10/2022 00:17

Lighthearted!

what weird or unusual smells do you really like?!

I love petrol (not unusual I know but still!) and absolutely adore the smell of teabags. Not fruit or herbal tea, just typical breakfast teabags. I absolutely love them and when I was a child I used to sit with them at my nose and smell them so much (then when I blew my nose it was black and I thought it was hilarious) but even as an adult I adore the smell. I don’t really like the smell of tea, it’s just the teabags!

so, what unusual smells do you like?!

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XenoBitch · 12/10/2022 17:59

As a kid, I had a pencil case that was made from recycled tyres. I could not stop sniffing it.

cloudjumper · 12/10/2022 18:01

My cat and my kitten
Books/paper
Burning wood
Horse manure
Baking
Fresh coffee

CandyLeBonBon · 12/10/2022 20:40

The smell of methylated spirits - we used to have a little train/engine powered by meths I think and I always loved the smell!

Jellykat · 12/10/2022 20:45

Freshly laid Tarmac
WD40
Furniture polish
Leather

2X4B523P · 12/10/2022 20:53

The exhaust of a two stroke motorcycle, very reminiscent of my late teenage and early twenties.

Claricestarling1 · 12/10/2022 20:55

Fish food 🙈

OhCrumbsWhereNow · 12/10/2022 21:07

Petrichor - that smell of rain on hot earth/flagstones/bricks
Old fashioned moth balls
Coal tar shampoo
Petrol, creosote and exhaust fumes
Oakmoss in perfume (real stuff is banned these days)

Coastalcreeksider · 13/10/2022 11:11

I worked in newspaper print for many years, I loved the smell of papers that had just come off the press.

millievanille · 13/10/2022 11:36

Christmas trees. I walk around Christmas tree yards and sniff the branches while DH pretends he doesn't know me.

I work in a school and I love the smell of the hall after lunch hour. It's a smell that is 100% primary school for me

Raspberry jelly

pocketvenuss · 13/10/2022 12:26

VeridicalVagabond · 11/10/2022 00:34

My husband when he's not shower fresh anymore, after a long day's work or at the gym. I can't imagine he smells like a basket of roses to anyone else, but I love it.

Leaf rot and dying underbrush. Has that wet, musty, autumnal smell.

My dogs pawpads. They smell like cheesy wotsits, but in a weirdly pleasent way.

Muddy boots and slightly damp raincoats that have been sat in a warm cloakroom. Make me think of childhood.

Stinky man, stinky dog paws, rotting foliage, dirty boots. 😹😹😹😹😹

Titsflyingsouth · 13/10/2022 12:32

Weird smells I love:
Pear drops
My dog's ears
The smell of matches being struck
Deep Heat cream
Bonjela
The weird dusty coating on dry roasted peanuts

Also smells I HATE:
Baked beans (gag)

Spearmint - strongly reminds me of car sickness as my Mum chewed spearmint gum on long car journeys

The leaves on tomato plants

daisycup22 · 13/10/2022 22:42

Petrol
The smell when you put your radiator on
Blown out matches
My partners breath, it has a sweet smell
Cigarette smoke
School text books and magazines

Ludo19 · 13/10/2022 22:47

My cats feet (beans)
Petrol/oil
New carpets
Leather
Pigeons......I love the smell of Pigeons, my grandad kept them and they remind me of him.

itsnotmeitsu · 14/10/2022 20:31

@Ludo19 > I didn't know pigeons smelt - I love pigeons. They're so clumsy, bumbling about and trying to survive.

Catinabeanbag · 14/10/2022 21:07

Old books
Petrol
Church incense
The smell you get when you enter a room the morning after an open fire's been burning - reminds me of my grandparents
Old pianos
When you first break into a new jar/bag of coffee

XenoBitch · 14/10/2022 21:16

itsnotmeitsu · 14/10/2022 20:31

@Ludo19 > I didn't know pigeons smelt - I love pigeons. They're so clumsy, bumbling about and trying to survive.

All birds smell. I used to huff my old budgie like he was crack 😁

CloseYourMouthLynn · 14/10/2022 21:27

I used to love the smell of Creosote. My dad used to paint the fences with it every year. Think it's banned now!

CloseYourMouthLynn · 14/10/2022 21:28

And the smell of hot radiators on a cold day. It reminds me of childhood

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 14/10/2022 21:43

Plasters.

Borgonzola · 14/10/2022 21:44

Rubber.

HappyBinosaur · 14/10/2022 21:45

I love the smell of my own dog 🤣

IheartBTS · 14/10/2022 21:48

MistyGreenAndBlue · 11/10/2022 00:30

Freshly laid tarmac. I love it. That's pretty weird, right? Grin

Me too! I love that smell 😁

RosieCockle · 14/10/2022 21:51

The scratchy side of matchboxes.

MintyGreenDreams · 14/10/2022 21:54

The stale beer smell on someone who's been out drinking.

My dogs fur

Ludo19 · 14/10/2022 22:21

@itsnotmeitsu yeah its a lovely smell..... it'll sound daft but hot feathers is a nice scent! I agree pigeons are fab......clever too.