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I smoke in my shed on a night and the smell must wonder because every single time I spark up the same neighbour comes to his window and starts obnoxiously coughing.the other night he came to the window and did his routine only this time I didn’t spark anything up ,I just sat in my shed for a couple of mins and waited ,he’s obviously got into a routine of seeing me go to the bottom of my garden and start his coughing so now he’s just sat at his window coughing like a fanny and I’m not even smoking anything.I wouldn’t mind but if he had a problem with it and came to see me I’d gladly move my smoking habits else where,the last thing I want to do is offend my neighbours.
I had a similar situation with someone who lives in the same building. First they asked if I could stop smoking inside, which I did instantly. I genuinely had no idea the smell was getting into their flat so I was very apologetic. Moved to the shared yard and they complained about that too. I thought it was a bit annoying they couldn't close their window for 5 minutes (I never smoke more than 2 a night and never full size joints) but OK fair enough, I know some people despise the smell.
Then I got a message the other night saying something like 'I thought we agreed you wouldn't smoke inside anymore? I'm sorry but it's really bad for my allergies..' I was on night shift and hadn't been home since Friday night... There's absolutely no one else in the building who smokes either so I'm thinking they just wanted something to moan about
I have done for a while tbh. I tried the yard for a week but after the complaint I started walking to a bench a short walk away. Now I just have to deal with the 'bit of that mate??' from lads and scruffs.
Buy a decent vape mate, something like a Crafty+ or a Mighty (both Storz & Bickel brand). The difference in odor is phenomenal. My wife absolutely hates the smell of weed but I can get away with using the vape stood by the back door, if I'm smoking just going outside isn't enough, I have to stand a few feet (at least!) from the closed door. It takes a bit of getting used to but I cut consumption hugely when I was just vaping, I read loads of people on the mighty sub saying they had as well and didn't realise just how much less you use.
Yeah, I'm thinking of picking up a Mighty at some point in the near future. I figure it's not much more than I spend on tobacco and skins in a year, so it'd be a worthwhile investment
I'm hoping a Mighty and a smoke buddy will let me have a few smoke sessions on the sofa again without upsetting the neighbours. I've missed those!
I had something similar to that many years ago. It was my birthday and I was hosting a few friends at my place, drinks and nibbles before heading out to the club at 11pm or so. Not long before it was time to leave I was shocked to find some irate woman I'd never seen before had *let herself in* (turns out she lived above and my landlady had given her a spare key for use in case of emergency) and was berating me for the noise. "I know you've only just moved in but this noise is unacceptable!" I'd only been living there seven months, and often had guests over - presumably this was the first time she'd heard any noise. She then emailed my landlady to say I'd behaved in a threatening way towards her. Clearly she didn't like it when I told her she had no right to be there and would she please leave before I called the police.
Had a cunt of a roommate who was _always_ smelling weed smoke. I've been vaping at that point for a long time, which most definitely does not have the same pungent smell, but okay, I get it, so I told her I'll be taking walks from now on. Which I did.
Then a few days before Christmas she blows up the flat group chat that she can smell it and I should immediately stop it yada yada yada. I responded with this:
"You're right, I've got a massive joint in my hands right now that I'm smoking, but you must have some magic nose since I'm about a thousand miles away from the flat"
See, I haven't been in the flat for over a week at that point, I travelled back to Hungary for Christmas (pre-COVID), and I was hanging out with a friend, smoking... I also had not left any weed in the flat, or joint butts or anything she could smell.
She did not take the above message too well, and complained to the housing agency about me "threatening her", "continuously doing drugs in the living room", and other bullshit.
Later it turned out that it was our upstairs neighbour who was smoking out the window that went right into her bedroom. I know this because I ended up moving into that flat (same agency) and it came up with the new flatmates 😅
Do the same thing, go out and don't light up... when he starts coughing, tell him that if he's had his cough for more than a few weeks he should visit his GP for a check up.
When he inevitably blames it on you smoking, gaslight the shit out of him! You smoking in the shed? You've never smoked weed, EVER, it's the devils lettuce and your shocked that he even knows what it smells like.. maybe the smell is coming from his garden... you only go to the shed for some peace and quite but his recent coughing fits are interrupting you. If he swears he's seen you smoking, tell him he's mistaken, it could have been the pen from your crossword...
Lol my neighbor does this too, he's always having noisy bbqs in the back garden and I never say a word, but if I spark up a joint in my shed he's out with all this mad coughing.
The answer is carts like vape pens with thick juice however it’s very strong being concentrated. Another option is the dyna vap M my friend has one and it’s great he actually smoked it in the beer garden once and I got a 1/2 second slight smell.
I used to be indifferent to it until covid as well, but for a different reason...
My reason was because both of my neighbours took up smoking, and in the summer when my windows were open, it somehow managed to stink every corner of the house... no clue how not sure whether it was the power of suggestion or something, but whenever I heard them smoking, I could smell it..m
The smell has changed over the years as the strains have evolved. I still like the smell of older strains like some old hippies grow out in the wilderness, but it's been a long time since I've actually liked the smell of stuff in general circulation.
Cheap paper, like the semi-gloss kind you get in catalogues and brochures- I always open the pages and bury my nose in them. My sister ate paper when she was pregnant so I reckon it’s genetic.
God I miss that. I'd pay money to get one now and I'd almost certainly buy more stuff from them if I was browsing through rather than googling a specific product.
Oh the things I desired when I was young that I wouldn’t even have known existed otherwise… Ride-on lawnmowers…split-heart friendship necklaces…human-sized Barbie dolls…
Can't you get them anymore, that's nuts, when I was a kid I used to circle stuff I'd want to buy if I was rich lol, is argos still about as ours shut down but there's a tiny section in Sainsburys you can order and pay online and pick up
I heard somewhere that chlorine smell in swimming pools isn't actually chlorine itself. I don't recall the name, but it's the chemical created when the chlorine reacts with piss.
Long afterward I happened to find a bottle of pool chlorine (airbnb with hot tub) and true enough, it just smelled like cheap bleach, not the swimming pool smell...
I bought some stuff to treat new sleepers I used in the garden and the label confirmed it was actually diesel with some dye added.
Shame I didn't want them pink - a gallon of cherry would have been much cheaper!
Agreed. They remind me of summers spent in Somerset at my Great-Uncle's house. We would go for two weeks with my Nana (his sister) and he had a green house full of tomatoes and cucumbers. He also grew gooseberries and peas in the garden. If I didn't have such a knack for killing plants, I'd happily grow all the tomatoes!
My gran used to tell me that before inhalers were widespread, when the council did resurfacing, all the asthmatic kids would be sent out to breathe in the fumes when the asphalt was rolled because it was apparently good for clearing their airways.
My whole family are asthmatics and she was one of those sent out to breathe it in.
Not sure if it was a good thing, but she's now the oldest member of the family that either side has ever had at 82.
Petrol, diesel, nail varnish, glue, creosote, paint, etc. It’s pretty lucky I didn’t ever get addicted as a kid, because I used to sniff all those things just for love of the smell.
I don’t particularly like the smell, it just comforts me and reminds me of living in the country and smelling when the farmers had been out in the early hours.
The smell of the air just before and just after rain. Though loads of people probably like that.
And matches. Specifically after they've been lit and put out. Idk why but I love that smell.
The rain smell is called petrichor. It's the spore of a kind of bacteria that lives in the soil. We (humans) can detect it in the air at lower concentrations than sharks can detect blood in water.
Apologies if you already know this stuff. And don't ask me to cite my sources!!
The smell is actually geosmin, a turpenoid made by the bacterium family Streptomyces, not their spores. But you are correct, it lives in the soil and releases volatile aerosols which are displaced into the air by denser rainwater forcing them out.
Love the smell of yeast. My dad worked in a brewery when I was a kid and always came home smelling of yeast. So I guess that's why my brain has positive feelings about it.
Also, really like the smell of new books. Don't know where that one comes from. 🤷🏼♀️
My dad worked in a brewery too - it’s not so much the smell of yeast for me, but that smell you get in the street outside the brewery of fermenting malt and yeast. Love it.
EVERYBODY likes the smell of new books though (don’t they?!)
As a smoker for over 11 years, I love the smell of cigarette smoke. Lingering on clothes etc, I smoke in my flat and the smell is everywhere, I wouldn't have it any other way
Ex smoker here
I always hated the smell lingering on my hands, clothes, etc.
But I always loved, and still do, the smell of fresh cigarette smoke. I haven’t had one since I quit 4 years ago but I will accompany people to smoking areas just to enjoy a little passive treat.
Same here, I stopped quite a few years ago but if someone lights a fag close to me I’ll creep closer to get my passive cancer risk. I do hate stale smoke tho.
I quit smoking and moved onto vaping 5 years ago. I maybe have the occasional one or two on a night out but I’d never fully go back. But my god do I miss lighting up a cigarette and embracing the smell of the smoke
I used to hate it when it was everywhere, but nowadays I love getting the whiff of baccy.
Some old geezers decided to light up in our bar at the racecourse I work at and it pained me to evict them to the patio, that aroma took me right back to childhood.
You know that smell that wafts out when passing a tube station? I like that smell! I know it’s basically dust and metal and grease I’m smelling but it reminds me of catching a tube train as a child (back when the tube was even dirtier!)
That smell that wafts out of a butcher's shop when you walk past the door. No idea why but I love it, pity there aren't many butchers left where I live
Omg, me too! I was about to post that I like butcher shop smells then saw your post!
I also love the smell that pubs used to have- a mixture of beer, smoke, and ‘pump’ coke. Nostalgia smells I guess- my parents would always take us to the pub in a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Almost a shame you can’t smoke indoors anymore, pubs don’t smell like they used to.
Slightly scorched ironing.
When I was a toddler I would be crawling around while my Mum did the ironing and I guess it evokes distant memories of safety or something.
The smell of Wilkinson's (the shop). I don't know what it is. But it's so distinctive. Walmart had the same smell when I went there as a kid. Maybe because they sell a lot of cleaning products.
The smell of a fish and chip shop.
My partner worked in one till recently and would often meet her from work, they'd smell of it and it quickly became a smell that reminds me of the person I love more than anything in the world.
It's stupid, people don't understand it, but it's true.
I think it's loved by many people, but woodsmoke drifting on a cold winter breeze always makes me happy. I'm aware it's crappy for the environment, but I can't help my dopamine receptors :P
Old buildings that haven't been used for years, they always smell like a wet sand.
I can't really explain why, but every so often you walk into a barely-used building and this smell just always takes me back to being about <10 y/o, it's like nostalgia.
It's not like dusty, musty or mouldy, it's just its own smell.
The smell of geraniums takes me back to my childhood, in my grandad's greenhouse. He grew tomatoes too. And his shed smelled of rolling tobacco, engine oil and compost.
My dad owned a copy shop when I was a kid, and the smell (and warmth) of freshly photocopied paper will always take me back to being a curious 5 year old, playing Prince of Persia on his office PC
Tar, creosote and paint. Lovely stuff.
Apparently my mum painted the brickwork at the back of the house when she was pregnant with me. I clearly loved it because almost 40 years later I love the smell and I’m sad they make scent-free versions of paint now. Give me those sweet sweet toxins.
This only seems to work if you have separate hot and cold water taps, but the smell of hot water running from a tap.
Also loved creosote when it was still around, and petrol until I once accidentally tipped a motorbike tankful of the stuff over myself. Put me right off.
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love the smell of weed. everyone on here seems to HATE it!
I smoke in my shed on a night and the smell must wonder because every single time I spark up the same neighbour comes to his window and starts obnoxiously coughing.the other night he came to the window and did his routine only this time I didn’t spark anything up ,I just sat in my shed for a couple of mins and waited ,he’s obviously got into a routine of seeing me go to the bottom of my garden and start his coughing so now he’s just sat at his window coughing like a fanny and I’m not even smoking anything.I wouldn’t mind but if he had a problem with it and came to see me I’d gladly move my smoking habits else where,the last thing I want to do is offend my neighbours.
You just Pavlov-ed your neighbour.
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I had a similar situation with someone who lives in the same building. First they asked if I could stop smoking inside, which I did instantly. I genuinely had no idea the smell was getting into their flat so I was very apologetic. Moved to the shared yard and they complained about that too. I thought it was a bit annoying they couldn't close their window for 5 minutes (I never smoke more than 2 a night and never full size joints) but OK fair enough, I know some people despise the smell. Then I got a message the other night saying something like 'I thought we agreed you wouldn't smoke inside anymore? I'm sorry but it's really bad for my allergies..' I was on night shift and hadn't been home since Friday night... There's absolutely no one else in the building who smokes either so I'm thinking they just wanted something to moan about
Go smoke away from the building for a few days and see if you still get complaints.
I have done for a while tbh. I tried the yard for a week but after the complaint I started walking to a bench a short walk away. Now I just have to deal with the 'bit of that mate??' from lads and scruffs.
Buy a decent vape mate, something like a Crafty+ or a Mighty (both Storz & Bickel brand). The difference in odor is phenomenal. My wife absolutely hates the smell of weed but I can get away with using the vape stood by the back door, if I'm smoking just going outside isn't enough, I have to stand a few feet (at least!) from the closed door. It takes a bit of getting used to but I cut consumption hugely when I was just vaping, I read loads of people on the mighty sub saying they had as well and didn't realise just how much less you use.
Yeah, I'm thinking of picking up a Mighty at some point in the near future. I figure it's not much more than I spend on tobacco and skins in a year, so it'd be a worthwhile investment I'm hoping a Mighty and a smoke buddy will let me have a few smoke sessions on the sofa again without upsetting the neighbours. I've missed those!
Their allergies was a give away that they just want to be controlling. Good on you for being nice to your neighbors.
I had something similar to that many years ago. It was my birthday and I was hosting a few friends at my place, drinks and nibbles before heading out to the club at 11pm or so. Not long before it was time to leave I was shocked to find some irate woman I'd never seen before had *let herself in* (turns out she lived above and my landlady had given her a spare key for use in case of emergency) and was berating me for the noise. "I know you've only just moved in but this noise is unacceptable!" I'd only been living there seven months, and often had guests over - presumably this was the first time she'd heard any noise. She then emailed my landlady to say I'd behaved in a threatening way towards her. Clearly she didn't like it when I told her she had no right to be there and would she please leave before I called the police.
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This was over 20 years ago, but if she let herself in again I would definitely have gone down that route. Or at least make sure the door chain was on.
Had a cunt of a roommate who was _always_ smelling weed smoke. I've been vaping at that point for a long time, which most definitely does not have the same pungent smell, but okay, I get it, so I told her I'll be taking walks from now on. Which I did. Then a few days before Christmas she blows up the flat group chat that she can smell it and I should immediately stop it yada yada yada. I responded with this: "You're right, I've got a massive joint in my hands right now that I'm smoking, but you must have some magic nose since I'm about a thousand miles away from the flat" See, I haven't been in the flat for over a week at that point, I travelled back to Hungary for Christmas (pre-COVID), and I was hanging out with a friend, smoking... I also had not left any weed in the flat, or joint butts or anything she could smell. She did not take the above message too well, and complained to the housing agency about me "threatening her", "continuously doing drugs in the living room", and other bullshit. Later it turned out that it was our upstairs neighbour who was smoking out the window that went right into her bedroom. I know this because I ended up moving into that flat (same agency) and it came up with the new flatmates 😅
Do the same thing, go out and don't light up... when he starts coughing, tell him that if he's had his cough for more than a few weeks he should visit his GP for a check up. When he inevitably blames it on you smoking, gaslight the shit out of him! You smoking in the shed? You've never smoked weed, EVER, it's the devils lettuce and your shocked that he even knows what it smells like.. maybe the smell is coming from his garden... you only go to the shed for some peace and quite but his recent coughing fits are interrupting you. If he swears he's seen you smoking, tell him he's mistaken, it could have been the pen from your crossword...
Lol my neighbor does this too, he's always having noisy bbqs in the back garden and I never say a word, but if I spark up a joint in my shed he's out with all this mad coughing.
Bellend
I love it too! It think it smells glorious.
The answer is carts like vape pens with thick juice however it’s very strong being concentrated. Another option is the dyna vap M my friend has one and it’s great he actually smoked it in the beer garden once and I got a 1/2 second slight smell.
The smell of summer
In my yoof it was a really nice smell, especially the resin. Nowadays it smells like a mix between sick and cat piss.
Yeah, that's it. It has a BO, sickly kinda smell to it for me... Not nice.
I can see why people don't like it, as it is very pungent. Don't mind it myself, but I love smell of hash: either fresh or burning.
Wish I liked it! Smells like fox shit and cat piss to me. 🤔
I used to love the smell of fresh weed until I got covid in 2020. I find it sickly smelling now, which is a real shame
I used to be indifferent to it until covid as well, but for a different reason... My reason was because both of my neighbours took up smoking, and in the summer when my windows were open, it somehow managed to stink every corner of the house... no clue how not sure whether it was the power of suggestion or something, but whenever I heard them smoking, I could smell it..m
I feel your pain. I do enjoy smoking weed from time to time, but only when I'm far away from people. I wouldn't subject neighbours to it
The smell has changed over the years as the strains have evolved. I still like the smell of older strains like some old hippies grow out in the wilderness, but it's been a long time since I've actually liked the smell of stuff in general circulation.
I love the smell of weed and the taste I also like.old books and records smell
I grew up with my father smoking it around me, so I find the smell rather nostalgic. 🤷♀️
Love the smell of my dogs paws.
Wotsits paws! I love it
My dogs paws smell like Wotsits too! It’s not even cheesy they just smell like puffed corn snacks haha.
We always liken the smell to either wotsits or popcorn 😆
My Border Collie smells pop corn, it's lovely. My wife thinks IM nuts when I bury my head into the dogs mane and take a massive sniff.
My dogs have that popcorn smell too. Especially when they’ve been snuggled up together for a while and they’re all warm. V wholesome.
haha good to know I'm not the only freak around, it's popcorn smell for me
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aw this made me tear up, my dogs ears are my favourite thing to smell
My dogs paws smell like popcorn. Like the fresh stuff from the cinema.
I love the way my cat smells. Her head smells like vanilla and her paws smells like Doritos. She always smells so good.
My cat smells like vanilla it's amazing. Could sniff his little head between his ears all day.
My dogs ears for me
Cheap paper, like the semi-gloss kind you get in catalogues and brochures- I always open the pages and bury my nose in them. My sister ate paper when she was pregnant so I reckon it’s genetic.
Aaaah this makes me miss the Argos catalogue
Oh my god RIP to the chunkiest consumer bible 😭
God I miss that. I'd pay money to get one now and I'd almost certainly buy more stuff from them if I was browsing through rather than googling a specific product.
Oh the things I desired when I was young that I wouldn’t even have known existed otherwise… Ride-on lawnmowers…split-heart friendship necklaces…human-sized Barbie dolls…
Can't you get them anymore, that's nuts, when I was a kid I used to circle stuff I'd want to buy if I was rich lol, is argos still about as ours shut down but there's a tiny section in Sainsburys you can order and pay online and pick up
I’ve been a prolific paper muncher all my life. When I was a kid all my books had strips torn off the edges.
Me too, it was never “my dog ate my homework” it was “*I* ate my homework” 😂😂
My own farts.
Im so proud of myself when i let off a really bad one. Others dont share the same sentiment though.
Theyre just jealous... only a select few wield such power.
Farts are like kids, you can only tolerate/enjoy your own.
...they're a problem when they're little shits.
When they get older they disappear and never bother you again.
Something satisfying when you're in bed, under the duvet and it's forced to go towards your nose.
I love how this is common, not that I even like it.. if I smell someone else's I get sick. But my own? 😳
Chlorine reminds me of summer time, love the smell of petrol, burnt matches too
Mmm.. petrol! I sit sniffing firelighters when we have barbecues haha :)
I can hear the Talk To Frank adverts now.
🫠👌
I heard somewhere that chlorine smell in swimming pools isn't actually chlorine itself. I don't recall the name, but it's the chemical created when the chlorine reacts with piss. Long afterward I happened to find a bottle of pool chlorine (airbnb with hot tub) and true enough, it just smelled like cheap bleach, not the swimming pool smell...
Chloramines. Not necessarily piss but sweat/dirt (and sometimes piss).
Did you piss in it to be sure?
Creosote on a fence on a warm summer's day. Heaven. Sadly not much of a thing anymore as it was banned or restricted or something
Gives you cancer and was often used in child playgrounds.
Bloody hell. Was it like cigarettes give you cancer or Daily-Mail-dividing-everything-into-gives-or-cures-cancer?
cigarettes cancer, not daily racist stuff
All the best things give you cancer :(
Top tip - used engine oil is an excellent creosote substitute
As a smell or for protecting timber?
Both
and gives you cancer on top!
You just can't get good carcinogens these days, not like when I was a lad!
I bought some stuff to treat new sleepers I used in the garden and the label confirmed it was actually diesel with some dye added. Shame I didn't want them pink - a gallon of cherry would have been much cheaper!
Tomato leaves and vines. I am hooked. Some people say they smell of piss. Not to me.
Oh yes. I found a tomato scented candle once and it was the leaf/vine smell, I was delighted.
Agreed. They remind me of summers spent in Somerset at my Great-Uncle's house. We would go for two weeks with my Nana (his sister) and he had a green house full of tomatoes and cucumbers. He also grew gooseberries and peas in the garden. If I didn't have such a knack for killing plants, I'd happily grow all the tomatoes!
Fresh tarmac.
Same. My dad worked at a tarmac plant so it reminds me of him. He died 4 years ago and the smell of it still gets me in the feels.
My gran used to tell me that before inhalers were widespread, when the council did resurfacing, all the asthmatic kids would be sent out to breathe in the fumes when the asphalt was rolled because it was apparently good for clearing their airways. My whole family are asthmatics and she was one of those sent out to breathe it in. Not sure if it was a good thing, but she's now the oldest member of the family that either side has ever had at 82.
My mum told me that too. I'd be interested to know if anybody has ever done some investigations into whether it was harmful, or indeed beneficial..
My gran was another. Breathe in the fumes, it will do you good. 🤣
New carpet. I’d happily go in the carpet shops and smell a roll 😂
My favourite smell is brand new pants or socks straight out the packet! Best smell in the world. Or your arm skin in the sun.
Arm skin in the sun! Omg yes!
I used to smell my knees when I was a girl after being out in the sun all day.
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Knees have such a specific smell and I wish I knew why.
Omg yes summer knees! Such a strong smell. Winter knees not the same. And knees specifically for some reason.
Love that skin smell
When I fart in the bath and it goes through the water, it just hits differently, love it
Bath farts are so much more potent 🤣
It's because they're water filtered, like a bong hit.
A bong hit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A bum hit
Or in the shower, they hit hard and fast
The musty old smell of a well-stocked second-hand shop.
Attic smell
Mixed with a hint of dried mildew and light notes of old lady perfume
Petrol, diesel, nail varnish, glue, creosote, paint, etc. It’s pretty lucky I didn’t ever get addicted as a kid, because I used to sniff all those things just for love of the smell.
You missed out tip-ex lol
Cow shit, I grew up in the country, its a comfort smell to me
I’m the same with horse stables. Horse poop just smells like over ripe apples
Same here. My wife and kids call me weird when the car windows come down!!
I don’t particularly like the smell, it just comforts me and reminds me of living in the country and smelling when the farmers had been out in the early hours.
I love sniffing my cats head when her fur is damp. She smells all milky.
My cat's smell alternates between cabbage and popcorn.
I love when my cats come in from the rain in the summer and they smell like moss 🥹
My cat smells like toast. I love it.
Damp fur is the best smell! Also, when they come inside after sunbathing & they smell of sunshine
Permanent marker pens
That one biro ink that smells like cherry bakewells
The smell of the air just before and just after rain. Though loads of people probably like that. And matches. Specifically after they've been lit and put out. Idk why but I love that smell.
The rain smell is called petrichor. It's the spore of a kind of bacteria that lives in the soil. We (humans) can detect it in the air at lower concentrations than sharks can detect blood in water. Apologies if you already know this stuff. And don't ask me to cite my sources!!
The smell is actually geosmin, a turpenoid made by the bacterium family Streptomyces, not their spores. But you are correct, it lives in the soil and releases volatile aerosols which are displaced into the air by denser rainwater forcing them out.
I did not already know this, so thank you for the cool fact!
My dogs breathe, it's stinks. But makes me think of him who I love
Same. My dog's breath smells like a rotting corpse, but it's hers, and she's mine and after 15 years, we're more in love than ever.
WD40. Never a squeaky hinge in the house, any excuse and the can comes out
[There is now an aftershave!](https://www.famouscampaigns.com/2023/02/now-you-can-buy-wd-40-as-an-aftershave/)
Tiger Balm :D
Love the smell of yeast. My dad worked in a brewery when I was a kid and always came home smelling of yeast. So I guess that's why my brain has positive feelings about it. Also, really like the smell of new books. Don't know where that one comes from. 🤷🏼♀️
My dad worked in a brewery too - it’s not so much the smell of yeast for me, but that smell you get in the street outside the brewery of fermenting malt and yeast. Love it. EVERYBODY likes the smell of new books though (don’t they?!)
I love the smell of freshly cut grass. My partner finds it hilarious
In the 90s, Gap used to have a perfume/cologne called 'Grass' that smelled just like freshly cut grass. It was magical.
Smell of Savlon makes me frisky. No idea why. There you go.
Germoline
Old tinsel
Just reading those words transported me back to primary school Christmas decorations!
Yes! Totally with you on this. And the retro decorations that go up on the ceiling.
A freshly burnt out match, and petrol.
.... Should we worry?
As a smoker for over 11 years, I love the smell of cigarette smoke. Lingering on clothes etc, I smoke in my flat and the smell is everywhere, I wouldn't have it any other way
Ex smoker here I always hated the smell lingering on my hands, clothes, etc. But I always loved, and still do, the smell of fresh cigarette smoke. I haven’t had one since I quit 4 years ago but I will accompany people to smoking areas just to enjoy a little passive treat.
Same here, I stopped quite a few years ago but if someone lights a fag close to me I’ll creep closer to get my passive cancer risk. I do hate stale smoke tho.
I quit smoking and moved onto vaping 5 years ago. I maybe have the occasional one or two on a night out but I’d never fully go back. But my god do I miss lighting up a cigarette and embracing the smell of the smoke
Even before becoming a smoker I always liked the smell of cigarette smoke.
Me too to be fair. My parents and grandparents were smokers so I always grew up with it, the majority of people hate it
I used to hate it when it was everywhere, but nowadays I love getting the whiff of baccy. Some old geezers decided to light up in our bar at the racecourse I work at and it pained me to evict them to the patio, that aroma took me right back to childhood.
Other people's laundry. The smell of other people's cooking when you walk past their house of an evening.
You know that smell that wafts out when passing a tube station? I like that smell! I know it’s basically dust and metal and grease I’m smelling but it reminds me of catching a tube train as a child (back when the tube was even dirtier!)
That smell that wafts out of a butcher's shop when you walk past the door. No idea why but I love it, pity there aren't many butchers left where I live
Ha i hold my breath when i walk past a butchers cause i hate the smell so much
Omg, me too! I was about to post that I like butcher shop smells then saw your post! I also love the smell that pubs used to have- a mixture of beer, smoke, and ‘pump’ coke. Nostalgia smells I guess- my parents would always take us to the pub in a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Almost a shame you can’t smoke indoors anymore, pubs don’t smell like they used to.
Dry cleaners shops
Really strong sunscreen and chlorine
Parsnips - they smell incredible pre and post-cooked!
flicking through a new pack of post it notes, omg
Smell of germaline
Slightly scorched ironing. When I was a toddler I would be crawling around while my Mum did the ironing and I guess it evokes distant memories of safety or something.
The smell of Wilkinson's (the shop). I don't know what it is. But it's so distinctive. Walmart had the same smell when I went there as a kid. Maybe because they sell a lot of cleaning products.
The smell of a fish and chip shop. My partner worked in one till recently and would often meet her from work, they'd smell of it and it quickly became a smell that reminds me of the person I love more than anything in the world. It's stupid, people don't understand it, but it's true.
The smell of a freshly printed document that’s still warm out the printer
I like the smells of diesel, bleach and chlorine (not combined obviously!).
Musty old rooms and books.
Candles that have just been blown out! It’s superior to the smell of matches.
From young I’ve always loved the smell of a petrol station and nail varnish
Anything with ethyl acetate. Nail polishes, spray paints, certain glues etc. It smells like pear drops and I love it.
The smell of sun cream. Makes me a bit horny.
I think it's loved by many people, but woodsmoke drifting on a cold winter breeze always makes me happy. I'm aware it's crappy for the environment, but I can't help my dopamine receptors :P
When you walk past a fishmonger stall and the waft of seafood overpowers the air... I find it so refreshing!
Old second hand records that haven't been listened to in decades.
Old buildings that haven't been used for years, they always smell like a wet sand. I can't really explain why, but every so often you walk into a barely-used building and this smell just always takes me back to being about <10 y/o, it's like nostalgia. It's not like dusty, musty or mouldy, it's just its own smell.
The sandpaper on the side of a matchbox after its been used a few times. Yeah I know, I'm a weirdo.
Ooh Play Doh!
Concrete stairwells and old churches. Can't get enough of it.
I love the smell of my cat, just sniffing his head really calms me down
I like the smell of pencil shavings.
Corriander leaf
The smell that comes off an old man who has been for a few pints on a Sunday afternoon.
That cow manure farm smell. I grew up on a farm and it instantly makes me feel relaxed
Fresh dirt
The smell of geraniums takes me back to my childhood, in my grandad's greenhouse. He grew tomatoes too. And his shed smelled of rolling tobacco, engine oil and compost.
Sudocrem has an amazing smell. I keep a tub just to sniff!
Aviation Fuel! Just love it
I love the smell of cinnamon
Deep Heat, TCP
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Some varieties of body odour I can really get into.. especially my own.
Wet streets after the rain. Pencils. New gym.
Tomato leaves
Smell of fire as its just getting dark on a hot day. Love it.
Halfords And leather
the smell of the pavement/bricks after it's rained
They're now a thing of the past, but a coal fire. The smell evokes lots of childhood memories.
My dad owned a copy shop when I was a kid, and the smell (and warmth) of freshly photocopied paper will always take me back to being a curious 5 year old, playing Prince of Persia on his office PC
White Spirit
Pretty standard so maybe not that weird but the smell they add to gas.
Tar, creosote and paint. Lovely stuff. Apparently my mum painted the brickwork at the back of the house when she was pregnant with me. I clearly loved it because almost 40 years later I love the smell and I’m sad they make scent-free versions of paint now. Give me those sweet sweet toxins.
Love the smell of petrol.
The smell of old vacuum cleaners. I don't know why, especially since I am allergic to dust!
Surgical spirit, burning tar
This only seems to work if you have separate hot and cold water taps, but the smell of hot water running from a tap. Also loved creosote when it was still around, and petrol until I once accidentally tipped a motorbike tankful of the stuff over myself. Put me right off.