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I'll start with the fact that I kind of like the smell of gasoline, and also bleach for some reason.

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[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 12 points 5 months ago

There's literally an Outkast song called "Gasoline" about it!

🎵 "Don't everybody like the smell of gasoline..." 🎶

[-] OhFudgeBars@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 20 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 5 months ago

It's that or artificially added by using a bit of baby powder.

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[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 14 points 5 months ago

I think the only reason that some people say they like it is because of the association with, you know, a new car.

[-] Mad_Punda@feddit.de 6 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

Cologne or perfume on a human. Stop. It's not nice, I don't want to smell you.

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago

But we all have a scent, would you prefer natural smell to perfume?

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 16 points 5 months ago

Not OP, but often, yes.

[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 9 points 5 months ago

Overall I agree but I’ve been much too close to some people who haven’t bathed in a while and that is an unpleasant smell.

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[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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.

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[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Literally anything that smells like seafood will make me nauseous

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

Perfumes and air fresheners. They all smell like toxic chemicals to me.

[-] BehindTheBarrier@programming.dev 19 points 5 months ago

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.

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[-] pelya@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

Cat piss does not smell particularly bad to me.

Maybe it's toxoplasma speaking.

[-] sverit@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago
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[-] robolemmy@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

I love the smell of bleach.

Absolutely hate the stench of coffee. About the only thing worse is coffee with vanilla in it. Disgusting.

[-] proudblond@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

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.

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[-] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Yep. Lavender makes me feel physically sick.

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[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

I hate the smell of raw brown sugar. I like it in foods, and it's fine cooked, but the raw smell makes me gag.

[-] 5in1k@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

Lavender because of garbage bags. Scented garbage bags are awful.

[-] ClusterBomb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 months ago

The smell of the freshly mown lawn. It smells so bad and I'm allergic so I guess this explains why I dislike how it smells.

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

I love the smell of wood burning/camp fire smell. There's something I find comforting about it. I've yet to find a candle that exactly replicates the smell, but if I ever do, I'm buying 50.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Theres a tea called lapsang souchong. Its a smoked black tea.

I tell people its campfire tea. God damn it smells good. Better than any candle ever will be.

Edit: if you don't really want to drink it you could also just use it as potpourri with it and get that wonderful campfire smell

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[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

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.

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[-] ladytaters@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

I know some people like the after rain smell but I despise it. Makes me think Im surrounded by dead worms

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Cooking oil.

I love me some fried food; I get nauseated smelling the oil itself while things are cooking though. It's worse depending on the oil or fats used. Straight butter and eggs frying in a pan is the worst.

I do janitorial work at McDonald's in the mornings and I always wait until after the switch to lunch to really clean the kitchen because the smell of the eggs being fried makes me wanna puke.

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[-] Drusas@kbin.run 9 points 5 months ago

Dislike lavender. I once passed through a town that produces a lot of lavender, has a festival for it and everything. It was so awful. Lovely area, though.

[-] Toes@ani.social 8 points 5 months ago

Pool water, I really like the smell of it.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago
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[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

The smell of diesel and 2stroke mix are nostalgic for me.

Also I love the smell of vinegar.

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[-] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago

Vinegar smell makes me want to vomit and it's used in every fecking fish n chips place. blergh

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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago

I love the smell of alfalfa, I even have scent modifiers in the scent. People think I'm crazy (not that they don't already).

[-] nascent@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

Alfalfa hay is the smell of my childhood. It makes me incredibly nostalgic.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

fresh printed business cards from an actual printing press, with ink.

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[-] SirBucksworth@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I can‘t stand the smell of coffee roasting since childhood… hated it when one of my employer moved office next to a coffee rostery

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

Cooking chicken and cooking fish just immediately makes me want to gag

Might have ARFID for those things, but I've also got a really weird social anxiety about food in a social context, so it just compounds how put off I am when I smell fish or chicken cooking

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[-] jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago

That distinct office smell. I can't describe it, but so many offices smell very similar

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Paper, printers, and office carpet adhesive.

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