# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/41 "2019-02-09T15:40:53Z")
Onions. I like the smell, but I cannot eat them. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/42 "2019-02-11T00:57:25Z")
Coffee. I won’t even eat coffee ice cream. Popcorn. The hulls drive me nuts. After decades of avoiding them, I tried a variety that claimed to have few hulls. I discovered that I don’t like popcorn anymore. ---
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/43 "2019-02-11T01:11:38Z")
Unshaven vagina. The pubes get caught in my teeth. ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/44 "2019-02-11T02:49:50Z")
I think Rodney Dangerfield said, “I don’t do cocaine, I just like the smell.” ---
**Author:** ![Fundisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Fundisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fundisi)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/45 "2019-02-11T14:26:53Z")
Corn on the cob. Love the smell of it cooking, and being eaten, with the melted butter and pepper…but can’t take more than one bite ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/46 "2019-02-11T14:32:09Z")
Cloves! I like the smell while they are cooking, if I taste them, I will vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/47 "2019-02-11T19:37:58Z")
Coffee. It smells good (at least when it does), but I can’t stand it. I’ve had people ask me if I’ve tried decaf, after I said “I don’t drink coffee, don’t like it”… uhm… the problem isn’t the caffeine… > [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > 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. Ah, you’re the guy the bf’s of several of my HS classmates wanted to be. After just a pull they’d be going “oh, I’m so high… I’m sooo high…” but sounding and moving perfectly sober. The point didn’t so much seem to be getting high as claiming to have gotten high. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/48 "2019-02-11T20:07:59Z")
> [@UCBearcats](#): > > Unshaven vagina. The pubes get caught in my teeth. You seem to have mastered the single entrendre. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/49 "2019-02-11T20:30:16Z")
> [@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. Yep. Ok, I like a mocha, with extra choco and whipped cream, but that’s about it. But the smell of fresh ground coffee is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/50 "2019-02-11T20:31:44Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > 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. You have to get it REALLY fresh. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/51 "2019-02-11T20:32:55Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > 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. I hate skunkweed. But yeah, unburnt pipe tobacco is rich smelling. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/52 "2019-02-11T20:37:24Z")
I _quite_ like fish and chips, now and again. But it’s the smell of it that’s wonderful. There have been plenty of times when the smell has dragged me in, and then after a couple of mouthfuls I’m thinking - _you know what…?_ j ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/53 "2019-02-12T08:38:08Z")
Flan, looks and smells amazing but the taste and texture, slimey yuck! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/54 "2019-02-12T11:43:59Z")
**[Moderating]** > [@UCBearcats](#): > > Unshaven vagina. The pubes get caught in my teeth. OK, do I even have to explain why this is wrong? This is an official Warning for trolling. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/55 "2019-02-12T13:44:25Z")
Mushrooms. Love the earthy rich aroma and flavor when cooked, but the texture is unsettling. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/56 "2019-02-12T13:46:52Z")
Fresh print smells wonderful. Boards games, books, newspapers, anything with ink. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/57 "2019-02-12T14:23:03Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Fresh print smells wonderful. Boards games, books, newspapers, anything with ink. Tastes lousy, though. ---
**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 12, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/58 "2019-02-12T15:10:12Z")
> [@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 > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 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?” I thought I was the only one! Nothing better than a brand-new parking lot after it’s been baking in the Florida sun. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/59 "2019-02-13T19:15:47Z")
Paella comes to mind for me. I think it smells heavenly, but most of the time I’ve eaten it I’ve found it vaguely unpleasant, like a mix of flavors and textures that ALMOST work together but…don’t quite. Not inedible, just…would have rather eaten anything else off the menu. Cassoulet is similar, but I’ve only had it once so it COULD be a bad sample. Smelled great, full of stuff I love, but tasted like an overdose of salt and fat and protein without any actual flavors along for the ride. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157/60 "2019-02-14T04:04:25Z")
I have a house plant (Phyllanthus angustifolius, a.k.a. foliage flower) whose flowers smell like bacon fritos. Unfortunately I can’t eat it. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-smell-of-xxx-cant-eat-it/829157.md?page=2)