What is that smell in the Hollister stores?

[chefIL11]

I was in a Hollister today*, and I noticed that I cannot pinpoint the smell, but it is definitely distinct... it isn't cologne or any fragrance. any ideas?

*For the record, I do not like hollister.

[carnivorousplant]

I cannot pinpoint the smell, but it is definitely distinct...

Have you seen Mr. Hollister recently?

[elmwood]

I was in a Hollister today*, and I noticed that I cannot pinpoint the smell, but it is definitely distinct... it isn't cologne or any fragrance. any ideas?

Upper middle class Generation Y hottie pheromones?

[DrMemory]

Ya didna say WHICH Hollister you were in. If it was Hollister CA, it was garlic, or mayhaps tomatos. That is all.

[gotpasswords]

Teen spirit.

[flamingbananas]

Teen spirit.
Yup. That place sure does smell like teen spirit to me.

[raz]

No, I think it IS the cologne they sell there. I went to school with a guy that always smelled like Hollister. I swear, anyone that went up to him would say "you smell like Hollister!" My friend and I used to make comments to him all the time that he smelled good.

So I think it is the cologne. Actually I think they sell a bunch of different types so maybe it's the combination of all of them or something.

[AHunter3]

::misreads thread title as having asked "What is that smell in the Hollister stories::

::tries to recall any mention of pervasive olfactory stimuli in the Happy Hollister books::