# What smells do you like that no one else does? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710 "2006-09-22T14:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/1 "2006-09-22T14:12:04Z")
Based on [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7800551). Try to think of something special, which is my way of saying **NO FART POSTS.** Me, I actually enjoy second-hand smoke off a quality cigar, in small doses. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/2 "2006-09-22T15:02:06Z")
I like the smell of burning rubber. And zit puss. Really gross, I know. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/3 "2006-09-22T15:07:31Z")
Second hand cigarette smoke. I quit six years ago. The earthy smell of dirt. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/4 "2006-09-22T15:20:55Z")
Hot, melted road-marking plastic. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/5 "2006-09-22T15:25:10Z")
Markers. Gasoline. Fire. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/6 "2006-09-22T15:57:32Z")
wet paint. LOVE the smell of wet paint. Everyone thinks I’m nuts. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/7 "2006-09-22T16:00:56Z")
Gasoline (although I guess that doesn’t count since **Mostly Clueless** likes it too). How about car exhaust? Mmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/8 "2006-09-22T16:09:04Z")
I think a lot of people enjoy the smell of good quality (i.e. cigar, pipe) tobacco, but I’m the only person I know of (until this thread) that likes the smell of secondhand cigarette smoke. I even like the smell of old, stale cigarette smoke. Skunk, in small quantities (though I’ve heard of other people liking this, too.) Gasoline, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/9 "2006-09-22T16:21:43Z")
definitely ear wax. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/10 "2006-09-22T16:56:01Z")
[QUOTE=lezlers] wet paint. LOVE the smell of wet paint. Everyone thinks I’m nuts. [/QUOTE] Me, too. Fresh paint and skunks. To me, a freshly painted skunk is heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/11 "2006-09-22T16:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] To me, a freshly painted skunk is heaven. [/QUOTE] That’s a sentence nobody has ever written before. I like the smell of rubber. Especially the pink rubber erasers we had in school. I would stick them up my nose. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/12 "2006-09-22T17:01:28Z")
I too like markers, especially dry-erase markers. And skunks ( at a distance ). And barns ( that aren’t too heavy on the ammonia ). And nail polish. And acetone. And small quantities of gasoline at a small distance. And fresh rubber. -Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/13 "2006-09-22T17:17:39Z")
Add me to those who like the smell of second hand cigarette smoke. Especially Marlboro. Brings back memories. Rubber: as in how it smell at the tire store. New tennis shoes They way the Sacramento Valley used to smell when they allowed the farmers to burn their rice fields. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/14 "2006-09-22T17:23:48Z")
Art gum erasers. They stink, but in a good way. Rubber cement thinner. Rubbing alcohol. Witch hazel. Burning leaves (and it’s a good thing too, as I live in an area where everyone can burn their yard debris, and it’s coming up on fall). ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/15 "2006-09-22T17:27:08Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-XmasOriginally Posted by **Eve** > [@](#): > > To me, a freshly painted skunk is heaven. That’s a sentence nobody has ever written before. [/QUOTE] Does a [cat freshly painted to look like a skunk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Pussycat) count? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/16 "2006-09-22T17:32:47Z")
I love the smell of creosote. On a summer day wood that has been soaked my it really attracts my attention. Probably, it causes drain bamage. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/17 "2006-09-22T17:35:13Z")
Gojo. The original, not the orange scented garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/18 "2006-09-22T17:39:04Z")
[QUOTE=yBeayf] I think a lot of people enjoy the smell of good quality (i.e. cigar, pipe) tobacco, but I’m the only person I know of (until this thread) that likes the smell of secondhand cigarette smoke. I even like the smell of old, stale cigarette smoke. Skunk, in small quantities (though I’ve heard of other people liking this, too.) Gasoline, as well. [/QUOTE] Skunk. Not Skunk like when one sprayed into my window. Skunk like when you’re driving down the road and you can tell one sprayed (or was run over) quite a distance away and it’s just barely wafting in. (But that may coming from liking the smell of pot). Also cigeratte smoke for me. Not stale cigeratte smoke or a lot of it. But when someone lights up in another part of the house. I like the smell of it when it first starts to drift into the room. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/19 "2006-09-22T17:59:28Z")
Ink. At most papers (those with printing plants) the smell of ink permeates the entire building, especially when the press is running. When I smell it today, I remember how much I used to love being a reporter. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710/20 "2006-09-22T17:59:53Z")
I _love_ the smell of cow manure. What can I say? I grew up in Wisconsin. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-smells-do-you-like-that-no-one-else-does/373710.md?page=2)