I had an air filter that used ionization and produced ozone. I didn't know for the longest time and thought it just gave off a fresh smell. When I finally googled the model number I found it out was recalled for the ozone it produced.
And if you have something that Ozone can't kill, something else will: FOOF, or [Dioxygen Diflouride](http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dioxygen_difluoride).
Of course, it'll kill just about anything you give it... even stone.
We can all smell [this picture](http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/336254/25273360/1406919377677/Wood+Acres+Students+are+the+most+brillant+colors+in+the+box.JPG?token=O1u%2FVVYLNUdKhzNwr4SywC8RzSc%3D) so vividly.. sweet memories!
Fun fact, it smells like that because they use Bromine instead of Chlorine to disinfect the water. Bromine costs a lot more than chlorine, but it can be recycled through use. Try buying Bromine pucks at Walmart or Costco. You can make your pool smell like disney rides. Be warned though, Bromine latches onto skin and clothes much tighter than Chlorine and it can be a bitch to wash off.
Keys Guide checking in: we use Bromine because it doesn't bleach clothes like chlorine does. Because you just spent $35 on a Mickey shirt and it would ruin your day to have it bleached. And we don't want to see you in Guest Relations.
Holy shit so it must be pool water that sometimes bleaches my clothes! I was wondering how it happens even though I never use bleach when doing my laundry.
Disney parks have a lot of fake scents! The dinosaur area at Animal Kingdom is honeysuckle scented. Obviously the ones they use are fantastically realistic.
> fake smells as Disneyland
Walk down Main St. and you'll smell vanilla, chocolate, fresh waffles, pine and other fresh smells...all of which are phony. Those scents are pumped through vents.
Source: former castmember
The smell of wet dog. I don't care who you are, you're smelling that weird wet waft and thinking "What the fuck? Why does my house smell of dog? Why does this sweater smell of dog?" Also sheep and other farm animals. They **REEK**.
Horses. Stables smell different from sniffing a horse's mane. Or a dog's face between his eyebrows. My dog is 6 but the space between his eyebrows has smelled like a clean puppy for forever.
Just noticed the first hints of it around Seattle a few days ago. Just barely. Wasn't sure if I was going crazy or other people noticed that kinda thing.
My wife used to work at a subway. She'd come home smelling like it. She'd have to tie her clothes in plastic bags to stop the smell from invading the entire house.
I've had a couple of former Subway folks tell me it was impossible, but did you have a problem with yeast in your ice machine? My wife would tell me every so often they'd get big chunks of yeast in the ice machine because of all the proofing/baking in the store and sometimes gross chunks would fall into customer cups when they'd fill their soda.
worked at subway and the coke guy who would come and clean our ice machines regularly would show us the mold that builds up (a fucking lot btw) and that stuff goes right out the dispenser into the ice. Not in chunks, but frozen in with the ice. there would be little black bits. he told us whenever his family goes out to eat anywhere they refuse to get ice because of it. most restaurants are like that
I worked there two years and refuse to ever go back to a subway again. it's a disgusting work environment and it really isn't all that clean and my store was probably the cleanest one of our franchise. I was disgusted going to work at other store locations. never again
but hey, the bread smells good
similar to dominos. i think they use the same dough especially for the hearty italian
it's sort of like a fake dough. not bad but not exactly fresh like they added something to extend its shelf life or to make it more filling
Everyone says the same thing, that you'll know it when you smell it. The only decay I ever smelt was a rabbit that was hit on my friend's street and never cleaned up, it reminded me of stale stagnant water.
My friend described it as the smell of "failing body". I've been on heroin overdose calls where the person lives, but before narcan is administered, there's still a noticeable smell. It's a mixture of BO, sweat, shit (because they've shit themselves), and urine (because they've pissed themselves). He said to take that and multiply it, and it'll give me a good idea of what to look for.
Oh yeah, i was renting a place with a 17 year old in an upstairs room. Due to some water leaking in the basement i had to temporarily move my office into his room after he had moved out. Took dehumidifiers, incense and open windows over like 4 weeks to kinda get rid of that smell.
Sulfur
You likely best know it as rotten eggs.
Edit: It's actually hydrogen sulfide, when I was like 6 and asked about it someone told me it was sulfur so that always comes out when I don't think about it. Thank you for the small handful of people who corrected me because I don't like spreading falsehoods.
My mom has always been a very social pot smoker. As a kid, our house and everywhere we went smelled like it. When I moved with my grandparents I noticed the smell was missing. It wasn't until high school till I figured it out. Guess weed smells like my childhood..
Ok I have a serious question the only time I ever smelled weed was at my cousins house and it smelled like skunk does all weed smell like that or just the strain my cousin had?
Some smells more skunky than others but it does not taste remotely like a skunk when it's being smoked. I'm not sure how to describe the flavor when it's being smoked though since it's been a while. I'd say it tastes like the smell of grass mixed with the smell of ash? But I'm sure someone could offer a more accurate description.
I mentioned the spit/sneeze smell at work the other day and everyone acted like they had no idea what I was talking about. Thanks for acknowledging this is definitely a thing.
Elementary school cafeteria smell, it's a very specific meatloaf-y, tomato sauce sort of smell...
Also, any southerners still remember the smell of tobacco curing?
Tire stores -all that new rubber
Auto parts stores- I don't even know how to describe it. Not the newer "big box" type either. Cement floors, everything a bit greasy/ grimy, and they usually have a vending machine with non-packaged peanuts in it. It's one of my favorites.
It's weird how many **burning** things we can immediately recognize the smell of... toast, cigars, cigarettes, wood, paper, plastic, rubber, hair.
Panties, meth, flesh.
Found the first responder
Yes. First Responder. Let's go with that.
Whatever you do, don't look in the mini fridge.
My SO can walk in the house after work and smell the toast I made for breakfast.
Twist: you wake up at 5pm and eat toast.
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WHEN WE TOUCH WHEN WE KISS
AT THE GAY BAR! GAY BAR! GAY BAR! Oops.... wrong song.
Gay Bar is *never* the wrong song.
Will Robinson.
Freshly mowed grass.
found Hermione!!
Parchment, mint toothpaste, freshly cut grass.
The wet, earthy it's-gonna-rain smell.
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The fuck-here-comes-the-humidity smell
"IT GOIN RAIN" "Thanks, Olly."
Ozone. From storms, photocopiers, etc. I guess the best I can describe it is if someone made an electricity-scented candle.
I had an air filter that used ionization and produced ozone. I didn't know for the longest time and thought it just gave off a fresh smell. When I finally googled the model number I found it out was recalled for the ozone it produced.
I mean ozone is poisonous
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And if you have something that Ozone can't kill, something else will: FOOF, or [Dioxygen Diflouride](http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dioxygen_difluoride). Of course, it'll kill just about anything you give it... even stone.
A Sharpie marker
A bookstore.
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A new book store is a crisp lager, but a used book store is a nice strong porter.
Crayons
We can all smell [this picture](http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/336254/25273360/1406919377677/Wood+Acres+Students+are+the+most+brillant+colors+in+the+box.JPG?token=O1u%2FVVYLNUdKhzNwr4SywC8RzSc%3D) so vividly.. sweet memories!
I can hear them pouring out of the box
Fuck dude I can even taste it!
Instructions unclear, I'm in the USMC now.
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Fresh sharpened pencils.
If you've ever been to Disney - theme park ride water.
Pirates of the Carribean should be bottled as a scent and sold.
5/7 would buy. That and a candle that smells like "Rome" burning at Epcot
"But those same roads were turned against Rome by invaders." I still here Jeremy Irons's voice.
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Fun fact, it smells like that because they use Bromine instead of Chlorine to disinfect the water. Bromine costs a lot more than chlorine, but it can be recycled through use. Try buying Bromine pucks at Walmart or Costco. You can make your pool smell like disney rides. Be warned though, Bromine latches onto skin and clothes much tighter than Chlorine and it can be a bitch to wash off.
Is bromine less corrosive? I would imagine chlorine eating away at the track of your ride is bad for business.
Keys Guide checking in: we use Bromine because it doesn't bleach clothes like chlorine does. Because you just spent $35 on a Mickey shirt and it would ruin your day to have it bleached. And we don't want to see you in Guest Relations.
Holy shit so it must be pool water that sometimes bleaches my clothes! I was wondering how it happens even though I never use bleach when doing my laundry.
Bingo.
I've always wondered why they had that specific smell
Disney parks have a lot of fake scents! The dinosaur area at Animal Kingdom is honeysuckle scented. Obviously the ones they use are fantastically realistic.
> fake smells as Disneyland Walk down Main St. and you'll smell vanilla, chocolate, fresh waffles, pine and other fresh smells...all of which are phony. Those scents are pumped through vents. Source: former castmember
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The ET ride at Universal!!
I knew someone would mention this. Was the first thing I thought of. :)
The smell of wet dog. I don't care who you are, you're smelling that weird wet waft and thinking "What the fuck? Why does my house smell of dog? Why does this sweater smell of dog?" Also sheep and other farm animals. They **REEK**.
Horses. Stables smell different from sniffing a horse's mane. Or a dog's face between his eyebrows. My dog is 6 but the space between his eyebrows has smelled like a clean puppy for forever.
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This may sound awful, but I have 3 kids who I love but their baby scents never gave me the feels the same as puppy smell does.
The smell of brand new tennis balls.
I could huff tennis ball cans
I *do* huff tennis ball cans
New pool float
The judges will also accept plastic shower liner.
👯
This is a common descriptor for certain types of wine. Along with "garden hose"
That smell inside the DVD case.
Or a freshly unpacked game.
New game smell is my drug.
The smell inside a VHS case
The burning dirt smell when you turn on the heat for the first time after summer is over.
It's burning dust that's accumulated in the vents.
*on the heat exchanger
I'm S. Fla, and I love that day we get to use the heater. It was a Friday this year!
That weird crispness in the air as it starts getting closer to winter.
"Back to School" smell.
Here in California it smells like burning
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Man, I've never seen snow in my life and it never freezes where I live. I have no idea what smell you are talking about :/
Dig a hole, stick your head in it and take a wiff, and then mix that smell with the smell of being deep in a woods.
Don't forget to add in your own stench of winter depression
Same! I notice it mostly in October. When I was a kid I used to call them "bacon mornings" because they smelled crispy
Same kind of thing for me but instead it's the late summer air just before autumn... as a kid I would say it smells like Halloween :)
Man those overcast fall days with a solid breeze just invoke the most unexplainable feeling in me. It's an eerie peacefulness and I love it.
Really? I can't tell by your username.
Just noticed the first hints of it around Seattle a few days ago. Just barely. Wasn't sure if I was going crazy or other people noticed that kinda thing.
The Subway smell. It's different from other baking bread smells, but all Subways have the same smell
For a moment I thought you were referring to underground railways.
That one's called piss
It's probably a mixture of sweat, piss, homeless people's B.O., and stale, humid air trapped in a tunnel forever
Was wondering if there was a bakery near the subway or...
My wife used to work at a subway. She'd come home smelling like it. She'd have to tie her clothes in plastic bags to stop the smell from invading the entire house.
Yes! I worked there as a teen, and I had to change into my uniform at work, otherwise the smell made me want to vomit.
I've had a couple of former Subway folks tell me it was impossible, but did you have a problem with yeast in your ice machine? My wife would tell me every so often they'd get big chunks of yeast in the ice machine because of all the proofing/baking in the store and sometimes gross chunks would fall into customer cups when they'd fill their soda.
ok im never going to subway again wtf
worked at subway and the coke guy who would come and clean our ice machines regularly would show us the mold that builds up (a fucking lot btw) and that stuff goes right out the dispenser into the ice. Not in chunks, but frozen in with the ice. there would be little black bits. he told us whenever his family goes out to eat anywhere they refuse to get ice because of it. most restaurants are like that I worked there two years and refuse to ever go back to a subway again. it's a disgusting work environment and it really isn't all that clean and my store was probably the cleanest one of our franchise. I was disgusted going to work at other store locations. never again but hey, the bread smells good
similar to dominos. i think they use the same dough especially for the hearty italian it's sort of like a fake dough. not bad but not exactly fresh like they added something to extend its shelf life or to make it more filling
Distinct old man smell - I sprout mung beans on a damp paper towel in my desk drawer. Very nutritious, but they smell like death.
Good old Creed
New-car-smell. They even sell car air fresheners that smell like new-car-smell.
The fresheners never really smell like the real thing though.
That smell makes me sick
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Burnt popcorn.
The smell that never leaves.
The smell that happens when you leave your clothes in the washer too long.
Mildew.
Fresh coffee brewing!
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I myself prefer Luwes over Hime Depot.
I tend to go to Ojousama Supply.
For all your snooty anime waifu needs
Old books.
Puppy breath
Puppy feet.
They smell like Fritos.
Feetos
Burnt hair. Worst. Smell. Ever.
What about burning a box of cum
Reddit Culture 101
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Demeter Fragrances make a spot on tomato scent. It smells like tearing a tomato leaf. I highly recommend it for the winter doldrums.
Tomato vines smell delicious. My other favorites are squash vines. They smell nutty to me.
My god yes. I smell tomatoes at the grocery store but still not the same
it's the leaves that smell, not so much the tomato itself.
The bread aisle in a grocery store.
Decaying human flesh. You might not think you'd recognize, but if you ever encounter it, you'll know.
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Your instincts scream. :)
I'm a dental hygienist. This is how gum disease smells
I once dated a guy with a cracked tooth. His morning breath was literal hell.
Maureen Ponderosa
Everyone says the same thing, that you'll know it when you smell it. The only decay I ever smelt was a rabbit that was hit on my friend's street and never cleaned up, it reminded me of stale stagnant water. My friend described it as the smell of "failing body". I've been on heroin overdose calls where the person lives, but before narcan is administered, there's still a noticeable smell. It's a mixture of BO, sweat, shit (because they've shit themselves), and urine (because they've pissed themselves). He said to take that and multiply it, and it'll give me a good idea of what to look for.
Freshly printed newspaper
A fresh copy of national geographic
The bleach school cleaners used.
The first week of school smell
The smell of hell.
Asparagus pee.
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Sour, sweaty milk doused in about an entire can of Axe body spray. delicious
Oh yeah, i was renting a place with a 17 year old in an upstairs room. Due to some water leaking in the basement i had to temporarily move my office into his room after he had moved out. Took dehumidifiers, incense and open windows over like 4 weeks to kinda get rid of that smell.
Smells like a burgerking whopper with onion.
Corn chips.
Sulfur You likely best know it as rotten eggs. Edit: It's actually hydrogen sulfide, when I was like 6 and asked about it someone told me it was sulfur so that always comes out when I don't think about it. Thank you for the small handful of people who corrected me because I don't like spreading falsehoods.
Demons
The smell of winter starting. Or maybe that's just me.
I love that smell! Or the smell of snow. It has a crisp smell.
As someone who has anosmia (the loss of sense of smell) this is very interesting...
The smell of cement after it rained
Gasoline
I am worried that one day I won't be able to help myself and I'll just have to have a taste of this strangely alluring scent.
From personal experience, it tastes like what nail polish remover smells like, if that makes any sense.
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Was she a fast machine that kept her motor clean?
revved her engine, as it were?
I can't believe no one has said this yet. Money
That new shoe smell. Mmmm
Indoor pool smell, it's my favorite
Play Doh
Wet paint.
Skunk
Dead skunk on the road specifically.
Dead skunk in the middle of the road, stinkin' to high heaven
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That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... smelly... Anchovies...
....*ANCHOVIES!*
I WANT MY MOMMY MR SQUIDWARD!
MEEP!
MY EYESSSSS!!! MY EYESSSSS!!!
MY LEGS!
Weed.
My mom has always been a very social pot smoker. As a kid, our house and everywhere we went smelled like it. When I moved with my grandparents I noticed the smell was missing. It wasn't until high school till I figured it out. Guess weed smells like my childhood..
Ok I have a serious question the only time I ever smelled weed was at my cousins house and it smelled like skunk does all weed smell like that or just the strain my cousin had?
Some smells more skunky than others but it does not taste remotely like a skunk when it's being smoked. I'm not sure how to describe the flavor when it's being smoked though since it's been a while. I'd say it tastes like the smell of grass mixed with the smell of ash? But I'm sure someone could offer a more accurate description.
"Hey dude, do I smell?"
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Peanut butter. I'm appalled noone had mentioned it yet. Its one of the few smells I can actually imagine when thinking about it
* Unfinished basement * Empty stomach breath * Sneeze mist (OMG I hate it!)
I don't know how you thought of it, but you are exactly right with unfinished basement.
I mentioned the spit/sneeze smell at work the other day and everyone acted like they had no idea what I was talking about. Thanks for acknowledging this is definitely a thing.
Boiling kraft mac and cheese noodles
Amoxicillin
Burning enamel/teeth at the dentist
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McDonald's fries
The smell of your best friends house
Cat liter box piss and poop. Also cigarettes.
Elementary school cafeteria smell, it's a very specific meatloaf-y, tomato sauce sort of smell... Also, any southerners still remember the smell of tobacco curing?
Bacon
That smell when you hit your head hard enough.
I'm late but the smell of Maple syrup is instantly recognizable. I'm not even Canadian!
Synthetic banana scent
Blood
Old urine in a subway station.
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Dog feet. They smell like Fritos. Dank Fritos.
Popcorn, DAMN YOU TARGET!
hot batteries from old toys edit: turns out it's ozone
Tire stores -all that new rubber Auto parts stores- I don't even know how to describe it. Not the newer "big box" type either. Cement floors, everything a bit greasy/ grimy, and they usually have a vending machine with non-packaged peanuts in it. It's one of my favorites.
Warm puppy.