What is that smell in the Hollister stores?

I was in a Hollister today*, and I noticed that I cannot pinpoint the smell, but it is definitely distinct… it isn’t cologne or any fragrance. any ideas?

*For the record, I do not like hollister.

Have you seen Mr. Hollister recently?

Upper middle class Generation Y hottie pheromones?

Ya didna say WHICH Hollister you were in. If it was Hollister CA, it was garlic, or mayhaps tomatos. That is all.

Teen spirit.

Yup. That place sure does smell like teen spirit to me.

No, I think it IS the cologne they sell there. I went to school with a guy that always smelled like Hollister. I swear, anyone that went up to him would say “you smell like Hollister!” My friend and I used to make comments to him all the time that he smelled good.

So I think it is the cologne. Actually I think they sell a bunch of different types so maybe it’s the combination of all of them or something.

::misreads thread title as having asked "What is that smell in the Hollister stories::

::tries to recall any mention of pervasive olfactory stimuli in the Happy Hollister books::