# Love the smell of xxx, can't eat it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157 "2019-02-08T07:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/21 "2019-02-08T15:35:05Z")
Fish. I keep putting it on my plate because it smells so good, and then when I bite into it I remember why I _don’t_ eat most fish. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/22 "2019-02-08T15:50:49Z")
Pumpkin pie. Smells great, tastes disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/23 "2019-02-08T15:56:53Z")
Another vote for coffee! ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/24 "2019-02-08T15:57:23Z")
I hate smoking. Can’t stand cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc. but I love the smell of the tobacconist store. However, I will not buy this tobacconist, it is scratched. Another vote for marijuana, too. I can’t smoke as it makes me too paranoid, but i do love the smell, and by extension, I like the smell of a far off skunk. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/25 "2019-02-08T16:11:51Z")
Put me down for coffee as well. I also love everything about the smell of cigarette smoke. The only time it’s bad is if it’s been sitting for a while (then it’s pretty bad) but the smell of someone smoking around me or even afterwards is so intoxicating. Gasoline! Love the smell of it, can’t really drink it though… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/26 "2019-02-08T16:12:14Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Any coffee for me. Coffee beans, fresh ground coffee, most of the time brewing coffee… all smells I like. Can’t drink the stuff and I hate coffee flavored anything. +1 ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/27 "2019-02-08T16:50:43Z")
The smell of grilled onions makes my mouth water, but the texture makes me gag. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/28 "2019-02-08T16:56:29Z")
Shrimp. Love it, would eat nothing else if I could, but I can’t. Several years ago I had a mess of shrimp and got all itchy and swoll. I’ll risk a small bite if they’re in front of me, because I can’t help myself, but for the most part I have to abstain from the shrimps. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/29 "2019-02-08T17:17:16Z")
Yet another coffee “smells great, tastes bad” vote…though I do drink it ( albeit sweetened and lightened with non-dairy creamer ) as an essential wake-up drink, plus it really helps “getting things moving” “downstairs”. I remember my father smoked a pipe, and had all manner of flavored tobacco: maple rum, cherry etc. It smelled _delicious_. I once asked to try it, and despite the wonderful aroma, the mouth taste was just hot acrid smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/30 "2019-02-08T17:37:57Z")
I love the smell of coffee - I even have boiled it just for the scent alone - but can’t drink it usually; too sensitive to caffeine (even decaf) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/31 "2019-02-08T20:04:58Z")
Gasoline. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/32 "2019-02-08T20:13:20Z")
I still remember how delicious (1950’s) Play-Doh used to smell. After my first and only taste test I decided to stick with enjoying the fragrance. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/33 "2019-02-08T20:31:54Z")
I love the smell of xxx in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/34 "2019-02-08T20:41:16Z")
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a real porn theater, but I don’t really recall the smell of triple X all that fondly. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/35 "2019-02-08T20:45:17Z")
If I can expand the OP a bit: Weed. I’m a real lightweight, after just a little I get very confused to the point I can hardly speak English. But I love the smell. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/36 "2019-02-08T20:46:59Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > If you want to go with non-food items I love the smell of hot asphalt as it’s being poured. Not going to eat it Me, too! Also mothballs, gasoline, acetone and - in the words of Bill Bryson, skunk, when it’s just far enough away that you sniff and say, “Is that a skunk?” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/37 "2019-02-08T20:49:41Z")
I always liked the smell of a new Band-Aid. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/38 "2019-02-08T20:59:04Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Any coffee for me. Coffee beans, fresh ground coffee, most of the time brewing coffee… all smells I like. Can’t drink the stuff and I hate coffee flavored anything. Same thing here. I can detect it in microscopic amounts; ketchup too. Never liked either. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/39 "2019-02-09T05:14:44Z")
I always liked the smell of coffee and beer when I was a youngster. I found them to not taste nearly as good as they smell! I have read that acquired tastes are merely Stockholm syndrome applied to taste buds. It really helps it along when the beverages in question have visceral rewards! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/40 "2019-02-09T12:09:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Any coffee for me. Coffee beans, fresh ground coffee, most of the time brewing coffee… all smells I like. Can’t drink the stuff and I hate coffee flavored anything. Same, sadly. The only time I’ve managed to drink coffee was in a Turkish place, but that was a moment of exceptional need. How can something that smells so enticing taste so fecking minging? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157.md?page=3)