# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/81 "2001-10-28T21:35:09Z")
Phenolphthalien. I absolutely love the smell of this, and its part of what keeps me sane in my Anayltical Chemstry class - I enjoy the phenolphthalein titrations because of the indicator smell! ---
**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/82 "2001-10-28T23:10:48Z")
[ul] [li] Ditto machine fluid[/li][li] The still-wet dittos (dittoes?) themselves[/li][li] New crayons[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/83 "2001-10-30T11:10:14Z")
Brylcreem. My dad used it, when he had enough hair to necessitate it. One of the first boys I kissed used a mousse that smelled very much like Brylcreem (80s hair) and I think that was part of my attraction. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/84 "2001-10-30T11:18:01Z")
The smell of the veterinary clinic I used to work. ---
**Author:** ![Bouvier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Bouvier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouvier)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/85 "2012-03-09T17:11:17Z")
I have always loved the smell of sulphur from birthday candles as well as vinegar and have always been curious as to whether I’m just weird or if there are others who feel the same 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Bouvier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Bouvier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouvier)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/86 "2012-03-09T17:13:30Z")
Hi again, sorry, forgot to mention the wonderful smell of Canadian Tire when you just walk in — that is especially for any Canadian viewers! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/87 "2012-03-09T18:13:56Z")
I love the smell of zombies on a rainy afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/88 "2012-03-09T18:31:54Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > I love the smell of zombies on a rainy afternoon. Ah, cadaverine. Take me right back to me childhood, it does. What? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/89 "2012-03-09T18:38:28Z")
Tomato plants. I always associate the smell with my Mom out working in the garden. It’s a shame the leaves are poisonous; they’d make a lovely herb. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/90 "2012-03-09T18:39:57Z")
Basil Lemon thyme Lemon balm ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/91 "2012-03-09T18:44:09Z")
In the first few minutes of a rain shower on a really hot day in the summer, the hot sidewalk gives off this smell that I always associate with being a little kid. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/92 "2012-03-09T18:51:40Z")
> [@Winnie](#): > > 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. Mine too! I thought that was just me being weird. My old beagle’s ears smelled like celery salt to me, like what you put around the rim of a glass for a Caesar. My husband’s cat’s fur smells like corn chips too. My favourite smell in the world used to be my cat’s forehead. She passed away in 2008, and I miss kissing her on the head and just inhaling… ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/93 "2012-03-09T20:27:00Z")
The smell of a new vinyl LP record, after tearing off the shrink wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/94 "2012-03-09T20:36:17Z")
My grandmother’s basement…its a vague mix of mildew, old paper, and laundry detergent. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/95 "2012-03-09T20:39:44Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Mine too! I thought that was just me being weird. My old beagle’s ears smelled like celery salt to me, like what you put around the rim of a glass for a **Caesar**. > > My husband’s cat’s fur smells like corn chips too. > > My favourite smell in the world used to be my cat’s forehead. She passed away in 2008, and I miss kissing her on the head and just inhaling… Right now, there’s a lot of people going “Caesar?” What the hell’s that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/96 "2012-03-09T20:59:45Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Right now, there’s a lot of people going “Caesar?” What the hell’s that? 😃 I know. ;)🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/97 "2012-03-09T21:20:07Z")
The dusty smell when it has just started raining nearby - I assume I’m actually smelling dirt as the rain stirs it up. The marsh at low tide. Cherry pipe tobacco. Creosote. (My hometown has a creosote plant.) The inside of an old work truck - oil and cigarettes and sweat and such. Sulfurous water. Crayons on a warm day, like when one gets dropped in a vehicle. (This definitely stems from a childhood memory. Daddy put up an old army tent in the back yard for my brother and me. We accidentally left our crayons in there one day, and came back to find them melted in puddles on the canvas. If I were crafty, I’d make candles just to recapture that smell now and again.) ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/98 "2012-03-10T00:01:28Z")
I like the way that WD-40 smells, and the smell of Discount Tire. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/99 "2012-03-10T00:22:06Z")
Gasoline. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382/100 "2012-03-10T00:47:15Z")
Burned matches. Cordite/gun powder/exploded fireworks smoke fireplaces cigars Borkhum Riff (RIP Grandpa) Coffee beans gasoline rain on hot asphalt freshly cut grass baking bread grilling meat model airplane glue sharpies new car smell leather [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smells-that-you-love/89382.md?page=6)