I’ll start with the fact that I kind of like the smell of gasoline, and also bleach for some reason.
I’ll start with the fact that I kind of like the smell of gasoline,
That is not nearly unpopular.
For me, pure Isopropyl alcohol (as in not part of some product). Reminds me of doctor’s office when I was a kid, and I like it.
There’s literally an Outkast song called “Gasoline” about it!
🎵 “Don’t everybody like the smell of gasoline…” 🎶
Spent gunpowder smells absolutely lovely.
While not particularly good, it’s not bad either: I’m immune to the smell of cow dung. Pig, sheep, horse, etc smell horrible. But Cow shit is perfectly OK. Guess which animal I grew up with.
Love the smell of new years eve.
Nothing better than spent firework shells.LOVE black powder. Whatever’s in my AR-15 shells is foul though. No other round bothers me. .22LR, .22MAG, .380. .45, any given shotgun shell, no problem. Every .223 round smells awful.
Anyone know what that might be?
Dunno. I’ve mostly fired 7.62x51 NATO as well as some other NATO standard rounds. They are smelled the same.
I love the smell of bleach.
Absolutely hate the stench of coffee. About the only thing worse is coffee with vanilla in it. Disgusting.
Ooh, I was struggling to come up with one but you helped me think of one: vanilla-scented anything is gross in my opinion. Real vanilla is fine but the synthetic stuff is nasty. Unfortunately for me, all of my friends seemed to love vanilla-scented candles and lotions and I couldn’t escape it as a teen and college student. Bleh.
For me, coffee is okay, and I love vanilla, so I’ll have to disagree here
Ah yes I hate the smell of coffee, thanks for reminding me of that!
Stuff smells like cigarettes to me!
Cat piss does not smell particularly bad to me.
Maybe it’s toxoplasma speaking.
I have cats, but they mostly pee where they’re supposed to.
The icky cat pee smell happens when they pee on things not designed for cat pee, and then those things aren’t adequately washed. E.g., suitcases, clothes, curtains, backpacks.
So, someone in my position might not think cat pee smells terrible, except I’ve been to houses where the cats weren’t as well-behaved, and those houses stank.
When my wife and I were house-hunting, one of the houses we disqualified solely for the cat pee smell.
Yea I’m not a fan of them but cat piss and shit smells don’t disgust me at all. I can eat in the kitchen after my cat had a shit on the other side of the room, no problem.
As you say, could be the toxoplasma.
Perfumes and air fresheners. They all smell like toxic chemicals to me.
New car smell, it’s awful. Sort of stale plastic if I were to describe it.
Amplified by long trips on bad roads as kid. Guaranteed to make you feel like vomiting on some sections. Now when I anticipate/pack for a trip I tend to smell that again even though I’m not even in a car.
You are not alone my friend. I heard that Chinese ppl feel the same way as you do and pay ppl to remove the smell before using the car. I don’t know if it is because of the same reason tho haha
I’ll say the same but you already did. I hate this smell too
Pool water, I really like the smell of it.
Sorry to be the one to break it to you, but…
Chloramines result from the combination of chlorine disinfectants and the perspiration, cosmetics, and urine that enter pools on the bodies of swimmers.
Love the smell of pool water!!
Literally anything that smells like seafood will make me nauseous
Nauseated. Though as an American I’m about ready to give up on this crusade. Nauseous means you make others want to vomit.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nauseous
They’ve even got a special note for people like you:
Those who insist that nauseous can properly be used only to mean “causing nausea” and that its later “affected with nausea” meaning is an error for nauseated are mistaken. Current evidence shows these facts: nauseous is most frequently used to mean physically affected with nausea, usually after a linking verb such as feel or become; figurative use is quite a bit less frequent. Use of nauseous to mean “causing nausea or disgust” is much more often figurative than literal, and this use appears to be losing ground to nauseating. Nauseated is used more widely than nauseous when referring to being affected with nausea.
Both are technically correct
Still bugs me though
Cologne or perfume on a human. Stop. It’s not nice, I don’t want to smell you.
But we all have a scent, would you prefer natural smell to perfume?
Not OP, but often, yes.
Also not OP, but without a doubt yes every time. I’ve don’t think I’ve ever noticed the natural smell of a human being other than myself as a negative smell. OTOH, someone who is fresh out of the shower and used something like a strongly scented shampoo should quarantine themselves for at least a bit before doing something like getting on a bus.
If it’s something you have to be intimately close to smell it’s nice, if you sit down at the table next to me and I can smell it that’s rough
Motor oil is a smell that I really like. It’s from growing up around mechanic shops, I think.
I hate the smell of sandalwood. It’s just overwhelming and I can’t get past the heaviness of it. My coworkers use a tobacco and sandalwood scented room spray and I want to gag every time.
I’m not a fan of the “new car smell”, for some reason. The “new computer smell”, on the other hand, is a rare treat.
I’ve always found the new car smell to be very unpleasant, which makes sense since I’m pretty sure it’s just a bunch of chemicals off-gassing.
they even make new car smell scent that you can put in used cars. if they want to go overboard they’ll pour it down the air vents
Gross.
It’s that or artificially added by using a bit of baby powder.
When I was a kid, my grandparents got a new car. I got sick in it all the time because of it. I hate that smell to this day - but at least I don’t get sick anymore.
I think the only reason that some people say they like it is because of the association with, you know, a new car.
I like the smell of skunk.
I like the smell of other people. We work so hard to scrub ourselves clean, but I like to smell of people, even sweaty. I ask my spouse not to shower too often, lol. (Not trying to ask them to be super stinky… just a little favor.) I sneak a little smell every time I hug my kids.
IDK if this is popular or not, but I never hear anyone talk about it, so *shrug*
I’ve noticed that there’s good BO and bad BO. I think it depends on which bacteria make up the skin fauna. I can’t stand the bad BO but I like the good BO, at least from someone I’m in a sexual relationship with (since you need to be really close to smell it, as it’s usually not a strong smell).
The bad BO smell I associate with clothing, towels, or equipment not drying out properly. It can require bleach to get rid of the smell entirely.
The good BO smell I can’t really describe.
And ever since I’ve started using pre- and pro-biotic soap/lotion, I’ve noticed that I’ve only had the good BO, even after not showering for a few days. This is an added bonus because I started using it in the first place to successfully clear out a recurring skin infection. And the pro-biotic lotion smells amazing, too.
I’ve also noticed I like the smell of my arms, which is a different smell entirely. Not sure if it’s the skin or the hair. I have to put my nose directly on my arm to smell it.
Seriously! People with a healthy skin fauna smell great.
I think it has a lot to do with how frequently people shower using soap. Showering with just water should be much more common. I use soap only about once a week but shower almost every day. I’ve never had less issues with body odor.
Lavender. It’s too strong
Yep. Lavender makes me feel physically sick.
My Latin-American upbringing hurts reading this. I loveeee lavender smell. I’ve associated it with cleanliness.
I like the smell of moldy houses. I’ve been told it’s a health hazard, so I don’t engage or encourage it, but when people excuse the smell in their residence, I tell them I like it.
Old musty library!
