# Unlikely Candle Scents **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421 "2003-02-25T16:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/1 "2003-02-25T16:35:02Z")
Candle, potpourri, incense, whatever . . . Sautéd Liver & Onions Dog Paw Hot Tar Defiled Sock What else? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/2 "2003-02-25T16:35:57Z")
ear wax ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/3 "2003-02-25T16:38:26Z")
Beer Burp Boiled Egg After Sex Smell Wet Wool Melting Plastic ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/4 "2003-02-25T16:39:28Z")
Landfill Stinky Drawers That Sludge on the Bottom of the Garbage Can Broccoli (the vegetable, not the poster) Old Deep-Fryer Grease ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/5 "2003-02-25T16:54:51Z")
Asparagus Pee ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/6 "2003-02-25T16:56:23Z")
Limburger B.O. Wet dog Yard sneaker ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/7 "2003-02-25T16:58:29Z")
Dead skunk in the middle of the road Backed up septic system Scorched hair Shaquille O’Neal armpits Infected wound Last year’s fruitcake, found behind refrigerator 6 month old banana ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/8 "2003-02-25T16:59:05Z")
Gaseous fart Unchanged litter box Morning breath Aromatic armpit Burnt popcorn Locker room ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/9 "2003-02-25T16:59:45Z")
Saliva Chlorine **Broccoli** (the poster, not the vegetable) Petrol ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/10 "2003-02-25T17:03:43Z")
kerosene diesel fuel, although that always makes me think of the state fair burning leaves although that always makes me think of fall molded bread rotten eggs wet leather burning feathers ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/11 "2003-02-25T17:11:53Z")
burning drapes ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/12 "2003-02-25T17:17:33Z")
Manure Pile in the Morning 3-Day Fish on the Beach Refrigerator Leftover Surprise! Dead Mouse in the Closet Scummy Fishtank Forgotten Squash Freshly Painted Room lachesis ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/13 "2003-02-25T17:20:59Z")
Cat pee. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/14 "2003-02-25T17:48:11Z")
Odd, but not unpleasant: New Carpet Marmite Undesirable: The smell of a kitchen in which fish has recently been fried in a pan/skillet without benefit of extraction fan. Cheap beer left out overnight. I like hot tar, btw. Mmmm, bitumen… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/15 "2003-02-25T17:50:18Z")
Filthy ashtray. ---
**Author:** ![Snowcarpet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowcarpet/32/257_2.png) [@Snowcarpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowcarpet)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/16 "2003-02-25T17:51:31Z")
Hospital scent Garlic Toe jam Freshly soiled sheets ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/17 "2003-02-25T17:52:45Z")
The Smell Of That Weird Stuff That Sometimes Builds Up In Your Belly Button ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/18 "2003-02-25T17:54:25Z")
The potato I found under the seat of my wife’s Ford Explorer. Two-cycle engine scented baby vomit baby poop frat house ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/19 "2003-02-25T17:57:47Z")
ripe dog ass ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421/20 "2003-02-25T18:12:44Z")
Marijuana scented incense. Play-Doh armpit [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-candle-scents/157421.md?page=2)