hmm slightly OT
But I like the smell of gas. No I dont huff it,never would. I just like the smell of it when I’m pumping my own gas.
So no, the isle doesn’t bug me.
A mild tingling in the nose from detergents, but it’s nothing compared to the unbridled horrors of the pet food aisle.
Dunno if it’s just a local thing, but they seem to make the bags holding the dry stuff out of flimsy, easy to tear plastic. Oh the joys of dried liver and meat by products…
Maybe my mistake was buying the Gin 'N Tonic one.
Great novelty - Lousy perfume
Excellent point. Why is it that the one dogfood/catfood aisle of a grocery store smells worse than a Petco or Petsmart??
Tony Montana, for $50 I’ll describe how I smelled last week after I accidentally sprayed gas all over my clothes while filling up my car. 
Uggh. Artificial scents make me feel sick to the stomach. I think I’m allergic to the massive polymer chemicals they use. Unfortunately, I’m living with a mom who seems to love air freshners, scented candles, etc. Bleeeeaaahhh. :mad:
I love those perfumes! I have Rain, and even though I don’t own it (yet), the Dirt scent strangely attracts me… it smells like fresh forest ground. I like the Tomato scent, too.
In regards to the OP: I must be weird, because I love the smell of the detergent aisle, even though I can’t be there for long, because it does get overwhelming after a few minutes.
I used to love the smell of gasoline when I was a child. It no longer holds such charm for me.
Sure thing Blonde, but as any good Japanese male would ask, have you been wearing those “clothes” for a while first? [insert giant winking smilie >here<]
Doesn’t bother me a bit. One of my daughters, OTOH, is allergic to some perfume or other that is used. Within seconds of entering that aisle, she is teary and red-eyed. For our laundry we found a brand that is perfume and dye-free.
Ohh CAREFUL!
Describe how you smell now and it’s a deal. 
:eek:
lessee counts money $ 20, 30, 35, 40, 45, and $50.00
That isle gives me head spins. My friend actually vomited in it.
Bring it up to $100 and I’ll FedEx you my clothes, cowboy.
GET A ROOM, YOU TWO!
I like the smell of the detergent aisle. In fact, I like the smell so much that I somewhat look forward to doing my laundry, in a minor way.
I like the smell of gas, too. I also like the smell of skunk.
Good call, loquat. You’re saying inhalation of particulate phosphates hovering in that market section are triggering sneezing attacks due to surfactant action on the sinal membranes? What a smashing hypothesis.
What do artifical fragrance and colors have to do with getting cloths clean? I don’t even use detergent. I use SOAP!
And here I thought I was the only person in the country who couldn’t bear to walk down those aisles. My usual procedure is to take a deep breath while still a ways away, walk down the aisle holding my breath for as long as I can and when I can’t stand it any more, slowly start letting it out. I grab what I need in the process. I can’t stand any artificially scented products. They give me asthma attacks and generally make me gag. Scented candles and air fresheners are the devil’s tools. I’m sure Hell smells exactly like the detergent aisle.
However, I love the smell of stuff like gasoline and solvents (naphtha, acetone, etc.) I’m always so disappointed that I have to use these things in well-ventilated areas to avoid killing myself. Go figure.
You like the smell of your own gas?
That’s a good idea. Then you could re-use it.
It depends on my current level of chemical sensitivity.
If I scrupulously avoid the chemicals that affect me negatively (solvents, mostly), then I become less sensitive over time. Unfortunately, a couple of years ago, I received quite a lot of exposure in the workplace–before I even realized it was happening! I left that job, and now, I am back to being just moderately sensitive.
So, yes, I can walk down the detergent aisle with no problems. But I can’t use most of the cleaners sold in the supermarket. (I use Orange Clean, Comet, and Murphy’s Oil Soap to do most cleaning. I make my own glass cleaner. Anything like Fantastik is absolutely intolerable.)
And I absolutely can not walk into any gift shop that sells scented crap. Detergent smells affect me a lot less than the kind of artificial fragrances used in Glade-plug-ins and potpourris.* There is a drugstore in town that I would like to patronize, but I can’t even walk in the door.