# This room smells like chocolate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606 "2017-03-20T13:07:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/1 "2017-03-20T13:07:38Z")
Just one room in my flat. I don’t know why. It’s not coming from outside, as it tends to built up when the windows are shut. There is no chocolate in that room. Just an unused bedroom with nothing in it. It’s been like that for years. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/2 "2017-03-20T13:43:42Z")
\ It’s the ghost of Milton Hershey. \ Can you get him to come haunt _my_ house? It mostly smells like dog. I haven’t been in a long, long time, but the whole town of Hershey, PA used to smell of chocolate. You used to be able to do plant tours, too. That was boss. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/3 "2017-03-20T14:05:57Z")
Isn’t there a species of spider that smells sort of like chocolate? But to make a whole room smell, there would have to be thousands of them in the walls. Thousands and thousands. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/4 "2017-03-20T14:20:38Z")
Did the lady of the house spill some Coco Chanel in there? 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/5 "2017-03-20T15:58:27Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Isn’t there a species of spider that smells sort of like chocolate? But to make a whole room smell, there would have to be thousands of them in the walls. > > Thousands and thousands. Maybe [this orchid](https://www.orchidweb.com/products/oncidium-sharry-baby-sweet-fragrance-amaos~232.html) is blooming in the room, and no one ever noticed. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/6 "2017-03-20T16:03:27Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Maybe [this orchid](https://www.orchidweb.com/products/oncidium-sharry-baby-sweet-fragrance-amaos~232.html) is blooming in the room, and no one ever noticed. The petals contain potassium benzoate… That’s bad. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/7 "2017-03-20T19:10:26Z")
My kid’s room smells like ass and feet. Chocolate would be a huge improvement. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Isn’t there a species of spider that smells sort of like chocolate? But to make a whole room smell, there would have to be thousands of them in the walls. > > Thousands and thousands. You are an evil, evil person. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/8 "2017-03-20T19:21:06Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > But to make a whole room smell, there would have to be thousands of them in the walls. I paneled an interior wall of my workshop with pegboard. Just used it like sheetrock. Every now and then a fucking spider will come through a hole and do his thing. Creeps me right the fuck out! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/9 "2017-03-20T19:33:06Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > The petals contain potassium benzoate… That’s bad. The E.U., FDA, Canada and, most importantly, Coca-Cola disagree with you. [Potassium Benzoate is a ubiquitous food preservative.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_benzoate) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/10 "2017-03-20T20:20:48Z")
Don’t worry burpo–[somebody got it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krbl911ZPBA). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/11 "2017-03-20T23:25:27Z")
Can I go now? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/12 "2017-03-21T11:51:53Z")
My bedroom smells like cigarettes ever so faintly. I don’t smoke, never have. My landlord doesn’t smoke; never has. My neighbors don’t smoke or allow smoking in their homes. I’ve shampooed the carpet and totally cleaned the room. Still the random occasional smell of ciggies. It’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/13 "2017-03-21T15:50:53Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > The petals contain potassium benzoate… That’s bad. But it comes with a free frogurt. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/14 "2017-03-21T18:50:32Z")
Update, room now smells of burning. Possibly the bonfire outside may be related. Further investigation reveals cobwebs, but not many. They are attached to a chair, which I am entirely confident is not 90% by weight spiders. And, as I am entirely confident, there is no reason to investigate further. No Coco Chanel, nor any women. No apparent orchids. Further developments, if any, will be reported. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/15 "2017-03-22T03:04:15Z")
This is a crazy thought: Do you have old windows that have pocket weights? Someone may have unscrewed the panel and dropped a chocky into the weight space. Of course, after a lot of time has passed, you would think a candy bar would stop smelling of chocolate and would smell rotten, then stop smelling at all. Still… ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/16 "2017-03-22T04:13:06Z")
I don’t have a room that smells like chocolate, but I do have mysterious smell in my dryer. It smells really good after I dry a load of clothes. I could make a lot of money if I could bottle and sell it. That might not seem like a strange thing, but I use unscented laundry detergent and I don’t use fabric softener, so where is that smell coming from? I open up the dryer and I just want to stick my head in there and just breathe in and smell it. Maybe I’m hallucinating a smell, but it happens every time I use the dryer. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Drummond\_Bays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Drummond\_Bays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drummond_Bays)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/17 "2017-03-22T19:47:20Z")
My FIL re-did his basement bathroom, and neglected to install a membrane under the shower. The surrounding area has acquired a strong artificial chocolate smell, oddly enough much like chocolate flavoured condoms. :o Is the bedroom adjacent to a room with water? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-room-smells-like-chocolate/782606/18 "2017-03-22T20:10:43Z")
Count your blessings. I have a room that smells like B.O. Can’t figure out the source–we’ve had the carpets shampooed & repainted the walls, but the B.O. smell persists. Sometimes it’s barely detectable and other times it’s pretty strong. I’d prefer chocolate.