# Weird smells that you love. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382 "2001-10-24T20:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/1 "2001-10-24T20:35:16Z")
I love the smell of our walk-in refrigerator at work. It smells so good. It isn’t any particular smell, that gets me, but I guess they all mix together and make one big refrigeratory smell. I get excited when we run out of lemons or Mu-Shu pancakes becuase it means I get to go in the refrigerator and get more. What odd smeel do you love? ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/2 "2001-10-24T20:36:53Z")
Uh… That’s odd **smell**. Sorry about that? ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/3 "2001-10-24T20:39:38Z")
After you have finished a pint of Guinness and then let the glass sit for a day or so, it dries and leave an absolutely lovely smokey smell in the glass. ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/4 "2001-10-24T20:47:44Z")
Play-Doh! Or is that so universally recognized as a good smell that it doesn’t even count as weird? ---
**Author:** ![GreatKingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@GreatKingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreatKingRat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/5 "2001-10-24T20:47:49Z")
Vinegar. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/6 "2001-10-24T20:55:22Z")
I like the smell of skunks. Obviously I wouldn’t like it as much if I were covered in it, but driving by a skunk cloud always makes me happy. And I’d like to second vinegar. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/7 "2001-10-24T21:12:49Z")
Burning hair. My dog’s paws… they smell like popcorn. Aka “Frito Feet” stoid ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/8 "2001-10-24T21:17:44Z")
Bug spray. ---
**Author:** ![AndYrAStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/9 "2001-10-24T21:18:00Z")
Boy cat spray… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/10 "2001-10-24T21:21:36Z")
Napalm in the morning? Actually, I’ve always likes Ohio Blue Tip matches. And burnt gunpowder. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/11 "2001-10-24T21:25:59Z")
Gas. Ahem. As in the type you put in your car . . . smartguy. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/12 "2001-10-24T21:27:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*My dog’s paws… they smell like popcorn. Aka “Frito Feet” > > stoid \*\* I second that smell. My dog smells like corn chips when she’s a little past due on her bath and I love it. I bury my face in her big thick neck and just smell her. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/13 "2001-10-24T21:28:54Z")
I love walking down the detergent aisle at the market. All those combined perfumes and chemicals… it just smells so good. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/14 "2001-10-24T22:13:36Z")
any cycle rider worth a damn will tell you the smell of burnt castor-based pre-mix is pure heaven! (as long as its not mixed with aviation fuel, that really spoils it!) i like it so much, i run this expensive oil in my chainsaws and weedeaters just for the smell! if someone made an aftershave that smelled like it, i would buy it! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/15 "2001-10-24T22:49:04Z")
The smell of burnt dust from when you run the heater, especially the first time of the season. ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/16 "2001-10-24T23:08:36Z")
Lead pensils. You must first bite into them to get the full effect. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/17 "2001-10-24T23:11:08Z")
Oh dear, I almost forgot the best smell ever, anywhere: \*\* puppy breath!!! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![spheric\_thor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@spheric\_thor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spheric_thor)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/18 "2001-10-24T23:15:24Z")
I do love the skunk smell too.Everone else thinks i’m wierd. But that skunk smell early in the morning is the best. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/19 "2001-10-24T23:31:46Z")
A lite skunk smell in the air on an early morning run sulphur burning that smell of burnt gas and oil mixture from the boats down on the river on the opposite I hate boiling cabbage ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/20 "2001-10-24T23:32:30Z")
Another one for skunk smell. And WD-40. Plus, I enjoy the slightest whiff of ammonia every now and then. Hey, am I weird or what? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382.md?page=2)