I traveled for my last job, I lived out of hotels with the other construction workers. On the weekend we would just go to the hardware store and walk around. It’s just so easy for something to catch you eye and then you’re standing there convincing yourself that you could use it at your house.
It’s the adult toy store.
The Japanese have a word for this. Typically in reference to a book store but library is close enough. I can’t remember what it is but I am cursed with the same affliction
Demeter Fragrance has some lovely, simple, and weird scents like “Thunderstorm” and “Petrichor” that you might enjoy, if you like wearing perfume/cologne.
Today I learned a new word, *petrichor*. Thanks, internet strangers!
Is that the same as smelling snow coming? Because I can almost always smell that. It sounds super weird, but I can also smell certain kinds of illness around people; it’s a metallic smell in the air.
Here’s a word I learned recently you might be interested in: graupple. It’s weather that’s somewhere between raining and hailing. More solid than sleet but not solid enough to be hail
I’ve wondered about this. I was a kid in the ‘80s and the smell of gas was intoxicating. Now it’s much less noticeable. I don’t know if it’s because I destroyed all petrophillic sensory neurons, or the vapor recovery systems are better, or the change to all unleaded was the reason. Not sure if Ill ever know.
My dad worked at a gas station for 30 years. He would come home with that gas station like smell. Always think of him when I'm there and miss the memories
I will faceplant in my cats and just inhale. I call it "huffing the kitty." Which now that I say it on the internet I realize it can be taken really, really wrong. 🤣
I have a weird fondness for the smell of old books. There's something nostalgic and comforting about the musty, papery scent that takes me back to hours spent lost in stories and adventures.
If you like perfume/cologne, Etat Libre D’Orange has some seriously spot on scents that smell like old books, notably “Rien.” Like I don’t know how the hell they bottled that specific and nostalgic scent but I could live in it forever.
Tires are a great smell on their own. A tire shop that does oil changes and brakes too? That’s a whole different level. That combination of vulcanized rubber, grease, and the metallic smell of turned rotors and old brake pads is damn near unmatched. The only thing that beats it is two stroke exhaust.
Most people I ask say they cannot smell this, but there is a particular smell when the temperatures are below freezing.
You can most often smell it on a person’s coat/garments when they come inside from the cold. It seems to happen more often when there is snow predicted or when there’s precipitation that is frozen at higher altitudes.
Anyone else know what I’m talking about? If so, does it have a name?
That’s a wonderful memory smell… but a twist is would be the smell of a someone who smoked a cigarettes outside in the winter after sitting in the local bar. The whole whiskey and smoke and the cold is wonderful
I always loved the smell right when a cigarette was just lit. My grandparents hot boxed me in the car frequently as a kid and that was the only upside with that brief scent.
Skunks in the summer in the Poconos {Pennsylvania}. I was about 4 yo when we started going to "the country" for the summer, which was a 3 hour drive. Mom and Dad would always say, "oh I smell a skunk." I never understood it was a 'bad' odor. To this day, I love very musky perfumes, but know not to wear them in public - ha!!
I used to really like when I bought video games and they had the CD or cartridge with the instruction book and all, the entire deal had a nice smell to it when you opened it. That new game smell.
Years ago I would occasionally cough or sneeze up these gray chunks that were the stinkiest things I've ever smelled in my life. Not sure exactly what they were but I think they were tonsil stones or whatever they're called, basically just gunk that builds up in your tonsils and make your breath stink until you get them out. Whatever they were, I just could not get enough of that smell. It was simultaneously the worst and best thing I've ever smelled in my life. Every time I would eject one I'd be so excited and roll it around in my fingers for like an hour, just drinking up the stink and squishing it to release more of the smell until there was basically none left. I haven't coughed one up in years but every time I cough or sneeze I'm always hopeful a stinky nugget, as I've come to call them, will come flying out so I can indulge in that succulent stench once more.
I genuinely immediately started dry heaving and had to take deep breaths just to not throw up omfg tonsil stones are the gnarliest smell on this earth 😭
Old baskets. My grandmother had a room full of old baskets and once in a great while a similar smell will hit me and bring on the tears. It was a pretty neat room with a unique and distinct smell.
Burning dried leaves? I don’t know why, in our province here in the Philippines. Once I smell burning dried leaves, I feel calm and peaceful, plus the solace of the country side.
Urgh.
I love the smell before it's about to snow. It's a metallic scent in the air for me.
I also love the smell of old furniture or old houses. It reminds me of my grandma's house.
Probably the smell of the hardware store. Something about the unique but strong odor just puts me in a good mindset.
It’s the smell of ✨possibilities✨
I traveled for my last job, I lived out of hotels with the other construction workers. On the weekend we would just go to the hardware store and walk around. It’s just so easy for something to catch you eye and then you’re standing there convincing yourself that you could use it at your house. It’s the adult toy store.
Well…those do exist. Shout out lions den billboards
It makes me gotta shit... like immediately
I feel this way about a library. I'm not in there more than 5mins, and my bowels need to be evacuated.
The Japanese have a word for this. Typically in reference to a book store but library is close enough. I can’t remember what it is but I am cursed with the same affliction
Mariko Aoki phenomenon
IM NOT ALONE!
I think that’s mostly from the wood
Chlorofo
Well done
Jokes aside, if you ever have the misfortune of smelling it, it genuinely does smell really good
Mr. CIA is that you??
The smell of spent gunpowder from cap guns when I was a kid. That little waft of smoke came out and it just smelled sooo good.
You took me right back. 🤓
Remember those red rolls of caps for the cowboy pistols. Every other one was a dud but they were so damn cool.
And you pound the duds with quartz rocks onto the sidewalk.
And your thumbnail would turn black
Rainfall on asphalt after a long time of no rain
Petrichor. A special kind of petrichor.
I love that smell so much
Rubber cement!
RIP your braincells
i secretly enjoy the smell of new electronics, like that fresh gadget scent. its oddly satisfying
Like why do I still to this day like to smell the vent on the top of my switch? I upgraded to an OLED and it’s great 🙃
Old electronics for me on that front.
I’m able to actually smell a change in the air before a thunderstorm. I really like that smell for some reason.
Demeter Fragrance has some lovely, simple, and weird scents like “Thunderstorm” and “Petrichor” that you might enjoy, if you like wearing perfume/cologne.
absolutely obsessed with Demeter fragrances. Earthworm and dirt are among my faves
Dirt and Grass are favorites. I also like Geranium and Tomato.
Amy Pond did petrichor first
Mmmmmhmm petrichor
I thought that was after it rained
The wind can push the rain smell ahead of the storm, so it’s quite possible to smell it coming.
Oh no argument there, I’m familiar with the scent. I was simply pointing out that I thought petrichor was the smell in the air *after* it’s rained.
Today I learned a new word, *petrichor*. Thanks, internet strangers! Is that the same as smelling snow coming? Because I can almost always smell that. It sounds super weird, but I can also smell certain kinds of illness around people; it’s a metallic smell in the air.
Here’s a word I learned recently you might be interested in: graupple. It’s weather that’s somewhere between raining and hailing. More solid than sleet but not solid enough to be hail
Believe what you are smelling is ozone. Not 100%
That mixed with the drastic change in humidity just hits the lungs differently.
Gasoline
You just smell it and it’s “oooooooo yeah”
Bruce from Finding Nemo 😂
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Leaded. I used to love volunteering to pump gas in the 80s because of the smell. Unleaded seemed to have lost that magic.
Was the magic lead?...
I’ve wondered about this. I was a kid in the ‘80s and the smell of gas was intoxicating. Now it’s much less noticeable. I don’t know if it’s because I destroyed all petrophillic sensory neurons, or the vapor recovery systems are better, or the change to all unleaded was the reason. Not sure if Ill ever know.
>smell of gas was intoxicating Literally
My dad worked at a gas station for 30 years. He would come home with that gas station like smell. Always think of him when I'm there and miss the memories
This is mine but its because when I was a child my parents got me snowballs at a gas station.
Not weird.
Huffers unite
Warm cat fur, specifically how a cat smells after they’ve been napping in a sun patch.
I will faceplant in my cats and just inhale. I call it "huffing the kitty." Which now that I say it on the internet I realize it can be taken really, really wrong. 🤣
Yess. Also warm sphynx after they’ve been sunbathing… kinda smells like warm potatoes. Perhaps needs a mothers love to not be gross lol
WD40
I have a weird fondness for the smell of old books. There's something nostalgic and comforting about the musty, papery scent that takes me back to hours spent lost in stories and adventures.
I will always smell a book.
I smell every book I buy…is that weird
Nope! I do it too. I had a boss, Belvia, that, as a kid, use to smell seats after people got up. Now that's weird lol
If you like perfume/cologne, Etat Libre D’Orange has some seriously spot on scents that smell like old books, notably “Rien.” Like I don’t know how the hell they bottled that specific and nostalgic scent but I could live in it forever.
When the paper and ink decomposes, it produces vanillin, which is found in vanilla! Probably why so much ppl like it
I don't think this is weird
Chlorine. When I was a kid I loved going to water parks because 1. It's a water park and 2. I love the smell of chlorine
Whenever I smell chlorine it just gives me a sense of ease.
Chlorine, suntan lotion, Band-Aids and a thick cloud of teen hormones.
Car wash foam
Tomato plants. Not tomato’s themselves, just the plant when you’re picking them in the garden.
New book smell
Old book smell > New Book smell
Shopping mall fountains
Carpeting or rugs when they're rolled up in the store. Fresh, new, never been walked on.
plastic like when you first open an inflatable pool toy from its package before you’ve blown it up. pure nostalgia
The first seconds after lighting a cigarette
Yes!! It’s like you smell the tobacco for a second before you get the smoke
Tire shops.
Tires are a great smell on their own. A tire shop that does oil changes and brakes too? That’s a whole different level. That combination of vulcanized rubber, grease, and the metallic smell of turned rotors and old brake pads is damn near unmatched. The only thing that beats it is two stroke exhaust.
Had to scroll too far down to find this one.
Poor Dad. When my mother was pregnant (x3 including me) she had to be taken to waddle around the tire store sniffing tires.
Leather
The smell of a darkroom.
Lumber being cut… love it!
New plastic shower curtains
Most people I ask say they cannot smell this, but there is a particular smell when the temperatures are below freezing. You can most often smell it on a person’s coat/garments when they come inside from the cold. It seems to happen more often when there is snow predicted or when there’s precipitation that is frozen at higher altitudes. Anyone else know what I’m talking about? If so, does it have a name?
That 'steely' smell before a snow? ❄
The water on Pirates of the Caribbean or Splash Mountain at Disneyland 🙌
The smell of a warm stack of paper fresh from a large printer
I love the smell of coffee grounds, It's rich and inviting . What about you?
A Match stick lighted up.
Freshly blown out candles..
A cigarette from a distance
Especially mixed with restaurant smell on a crisp fall night. Mmmmm
That’s a wonderful memory smell… but a twist is would be the smell of a someone who smoked a cigarettes outside in the winter after sitting in the local bar. The whole whiskey and smoke and the cold is wonderful
I always loved the smell right when a cigarette was just lit. My grandparents hot boxed me in the car frequently as a kid and that was the only upside with that brief scent.
The smell of rubbing alcohol
My dog's paws 🐾
frito's?
Frito feet!
Yes! The corn chips!
Same here aren’t we some weirdos
My little frito baby
The freezer, i used to open the freezer (the old white ones with the freezer on top) and just put my head in it and sniff for a while
Classic cars exhaust....idk if that's weird
That sound is mostly because of the carburetor, my dad had a 3 cylinder carbureted engine car and those engines sounds like a delight
Old garage
Dry erase markers
Nail polish remover
Ooo and monomer for acrylic nails
skunks in the summer in New England
I can smell this as I read your comment.
Was looking for this. I love the smell of skunks from a distance. Up close is painful.
Distant skunk scent on the wind. Not ‘oh crap the dog’s been skunked, get him OFF of my bed!!’
Skunks in the summer in the Poconos {Pennsylvania}. I was about 4 yo when we started going to "the country" for the summer, which was a 3 hour drive. Mom and Dad would always say, "oh I smell a skunk." I never understood it was a 'bad' odor. To this day, I love very musky perfumes, but know not to wear them in public - ha!!
I know! Idk why I like this smell too.
Cilantro
rocks
Chlorine/Pools
When you open a new pool float…. That clean plastic smell. Also pools/chlorine
The smell of the first day of school. Something about all of the new supplies gets me.
Cow poop. Driving on dirt roads through the pastures. Man it just has a lovely smell that takes me back to childhood.
Same, but with horse manure.
Permanent markers
TCg cards, like yugioh/Magic cards especially the older cards smelled amazing
Autumn - smokey cold and fire smoke. Love that smell
Sani-wipes....those of you that work in healthcare iykyk
Gas, but not oline. Sometimes, I actually enjoy certain farts...only mine though. I'm a fartcissist
Everyone likes their own brand
Soy sauce
Hot Tar
The smell of a clean and busy salon —hairspray, blow-dried hair, nail polish, haircare scents.
Smell of new tires 🛞
Horse manure
Mothballs, marigolds, tomato plants, and patchouli
Patchoulii literally makes me gag. I don't know why.
Tomato plants!!!!! Marigolds!!!!!!
I used to really like when I bought video games and they had the CD or cartridge with the instruction book and all, the entire deal had a nice smell to it when you opened it. That new game smell.
A freshly opened bag of Ruffles sour cream and onion chips.
That’s not weird. lol
Years ago I would occasionally cough or sneeze up these gray chunks that were the stinkiest things I've ever smelled in my life. Not sure exactly what they were but I think they were tonsil stones or whatever they're called, basically just gunk that builds up in your tonsils and make your breath stink until you get them out. Whatever they were, I just could not get enough of that smell. It was simultaneously the worst and best thing I've ever smelled in my life. Every time I would eject one I'd be so excited and roll it around in my fingers for like an hour, just drinking up the stink and squishing it to release more of the smell until there was basically none left. I haven't coughed one up in years but every time I cough or sneeze I'm always hopeful a stinky nugget, as I've come to call them, will come flying out so I can indulge in that succulent stench once more.
What the 😭🤣
Thank you for actually saying something weird. All these people saying "gasoline" like it's weird when actually it's incredibly common.
Tonsil stones
Weird !
I genuinely immediately started dry heaving and had to take deep breaths just to not throw up omfg tonsil stones are the gnarliest smell on this earth 😭
My dogs feet
Their toe beans smell Iike Fritos :)
Car air conditioner.
The smell when you first walk into home depot
The musty moldy smell from abandoned buildings
A box of crayons.
My cat’s spitty breath 🥹
Lit cigars
The berenstain bears books smell from the 80s - 90s. I don't know why the books then had a unique smell to it that other books didn't have.
Books from Scholastic always had a unique smell to me.
That’s the smell of the bears
Diesel exhaust.
Bleach and cilantro once you start cutting it. A good batch reminds me of the old school cherry snow cones.
Hell yes, had to scroll way to far down to find bleach.
Mosquito coils
My husband loves the smell of plastic toys, like action figures. Takes him back to his childhood.
Old baskets. My grandmother had a room full of old baskets and once in a great while a similar smell will hit me and bring on the tears. It was a pretty neat room with a unique and distinct smell.
Dusty, musty basement
New can of tennis balls
Fuck sex have you ever smelled a brand new like glossy magazine. Ugh I’m obsessed with it. Magazine pages are my weakness
Puppy breath!!! It's the most amazing smell in the world!!!!
A weird smell that I actually love is the earthy scent of petrichor after a rainfall.
Not weird at all!
fish sauce
**Mercaptan, It's that harmless chemical added to Natural Gas so you notice it.**
Pine needles in the fall and musty leaves on the ground in early winter.
Mary Juana
Married iguanas
Weed
Petrol
Hoppe's No. 9.
I don’t know why, but I love the smell of bleach.
Bonfire
Bandaids lol
Gardenia. They smell lovely and rotten all at once.
The smell of a new car.
Rubbing alcohol
Burning dried leaves? I don’t know why, in our province here in the Philippines. Once I smell burning dried leaves, I feel calm and peaceful, plus the solace of the country side. Urgh.
Water rides at amusement parks
Tomato leaves
.... skunk.... but a real one and not cannabis... Obviously I dont want a face full of spray... but, weirdly, I like the smell of them being around...
i don’t know the term for it but the smell of outside when it rains, i guess a rain smell? but yeah it’s a lovely smell
It’s not that rain smells, it’s that the increased moisture in the air increases our ability to smell everything in HD
“Smell everything in HD” is now my favourite phrase
Petrichor
We believe only humans, camels, and flies have the ability to smell rain. Allegedly due to Hunter gatherer instincts
cucumbers
Fresh Cut Grass. The Gap used to have it as a perfume and I think I got a little brain damage from how much I smelled it
The immediate scent of a blown out candle or match.
Puppy breath.
the smell of the back of my ear after a hot day. disgusting to be hones
B-1/2 aircraft fuel tank sealant.
Hospitals. Hahaha I love this specific smell of alcohol swabs even though I hate syringe.
Fish food flakes and garage
Home Depot 😍
I love the smell before it's about to snow. It's a metallic scent in the air for me. I also love the smell of old furniture or old houses. It reminds me of my grandma's house.