What are some weird smells that you like?

[sserafim]

I like the smell of gasoline

 

[Dliena]

Books and school hallways.

 

[sserafim]

Books and school hallways.

I like the smell of books too

 

[_Broken_alice]

Pine based soldering flux. It does not smell like pine and has a smell absolutely unique to it.
That 'sterile' smell in medical settings. We love it.
The smell of Mori-Nu silken tofu. Both raw, and while cooking.
Salvia flowers in full peak bloom. We miss our small garden...
D-Limonene
Jasmine rice
Some varieties of high quality raw tobacco (not burned though, that is so icky and makes us gag)
PLA 3D printer filament while printing, but not all brands of it.
Spearmint (sadly badly allergic, but we still occasionally enjoy spearmint gum despite the risk of anaphylaxis)
Libraries with lots of old books are amazing. We have a few really good memories attached to libraries, and no bad ones.

Scents happen to be our autistic focus in exchange for an extremely poor visual memory. We can very reliably identify things we have smelled before, even if it has been years.

 

[Sylveon]

Petrol

 

[Homo erectus]

I like the smell of bakery, or bread baking when it's almost done. It feels hopeful.

 

[sserafim]

Pine based soldering flux. It does not smell like pine and has a smell absolutely unique to it.
That 'sterile' smell in medical settings. We love it.
The smell of Mori-Nu silken tofu. Both raw, and while cooking.
Salvia flowers in full peak bloom. We miss our small garden...
D-Limonene
Jasmine rice
Some varieties of high quality raw tobacco (not burned though, that is so icky and makes us gag)
PLA 3D printer filament while printing, but not all brands of it.
Spearmint (sadly badly allergic, but we still occasionally enjoy spearmint gum despite the risk of anaphylaxis)
Libraries with lots of old books are amazing. We have a few really good memories attached to libraries, and no bad ones.

Scents happen to be our autistic focus in exchange for an extremely poor visual memory. We can very reliably identify things we have smelled before, even if it has been years.

I like D-Limonene and spearmint too. I'm addicted to mint gum. My favorite flavors are polar ice and sweet mint

 

[Praestat_Mori]

I like the smell of gasoline

They r aromatic hydrocarbons. They r highly cancerogene. Well I like to smell them but I don't do it very often LOL

 

[sserafim]

They r aromatic hydrocarbons. They r highly cancerogene. Well I like to smell them but I don't do it very often LOL

Lol I know. Btw, I've always wanted to smell benzene

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Solvent? That's a cheap (and damaging) way to get high.

LOL yeah I never tried that. OP said gasoline but solvents (for painting and such stuff) also belong to the group of hydrocarbons.

Lol I know. Btw, I've always wanted to smell benzene

That reminds me of a scene in one of the chemistry lessons in school. We talked about the hydrocarbons and benzene and all that and the teacher had a bottle of benzene and he explained how cancerogenic this stuff is and we that's why we r not allowed to smell it, while in the same time he opened the bottle and liked to smell it ... ^^

 

[Agon321]

Mown grass.

 

[darkenmydoorstep]

Horse manure

 

[Malaria]

Gasoline and rubbing alcohol

 

[4am]

gasoline, smoke from cigarettes, acetone, subway (metro), hand sanitizer for nostalgia reasons

 

[Adûnâi]

I like the smell of the old Soviet cubic cupboards/chests for clothing. There was one in my old house, and there is now in my current apartment - and they all smell the same, probably wood+varnish? (And no, there are no panties there.)

 

[sserafim]

I like the smell of the old Soviet cubic cupboards/chests for clothing. There was one in my old house, and there is now in my current apartment - and they all smell the same, probably wood+varnish? (And no, there are no panties there.)

Lmao

 

[falling_snow]

i like the smell of dirt, rain, and fruit shop (smells like a fruit salad)

 

[Meteora]

I like the smell of gasoline

me too, a lot
And the smell of exhaust in the car park.
Smell of felt pens.
Smell of books or brochures
I can like the smell of sweat.

 

[Againstthewind]

I bloody love the smell of books, I'm one of those weirdos smelling the pages as I flip the pages, it's like my heroin!

 

[astonishedturnip]

Hotel rooms/hallways and hotel pools

Old musty church smells -- the older the cathedral, the better

Concrete after/during rain (I love sitting on my porch during thunderstorms and just breathing it in)

Bonfire smoke

Hobby/craft stores and new school supplies

 

[kilowatt]

Acetone, Sulfur, rubbing alcohol, hospital smell, gas, metal, old books, my cat's fur, vitamins, skin, latex, I can probably keep going.
I like the smell of my girlfriend's perfume when it mixes with her sweat

 

[sserafim]

Hotel rooms/hallways and hotel pools

Old musty church smells -- the older the cathedral, the better

Concrete after/during rain (I love sitting on my porch during thunderstorms and just breathing it in)

Bonfire smoke

Hobby/craft stores and new school supplies

I like the smell of bonfire smoke too

me too, a lot
And the smell of exhaust in the car park.
Smell of felt pens.
Smell of books or brochures
I can like the smell of sweat.

You can like the smell of sweat? How? It smells disgusting to me

LOL yeah I never tried that. OP said gasoline but solvents (for painting and such stuff) also belong to the group of hydrocarbons.

That reminds me of a scene in one of the chemistry lessons in school. We talked about the hydrocarbons and benzene and all that and the teacher had a bottle of benzene and he explained how cancerogenic this stuff is and we that's why we r not allowed to smell it, while in the same time he opened the bottle and liked to smell it ... ^^

Lol I wish I could smell benzene. It's carcinogenic though so it's heavily restricted. For chemicals, I like the smell of benzaldehyde

 

[vadim]

Paint because it reminds me both of doing art in primary school and of going to work with my dad (paints houses for a living) outside of the school year. One of the few sources of social validation I got from my peers was people recognising my talent in art class. And I had a good relationship with my dad when I was younger, plus being inside an empty house or business that was being painted produced a weird but intriguing liminal feeling.

Medicine cupboards (I love the taste of cough syrup also, but specifically the smell of the cupboard that holds them is so good).
Nail polish
Nail polish remover

Acetone, Sulfur, rubbing alcohol, hospital smell, gas, metal, old books, my cat's fur, vitamins, skin, latex, I can probably keep going.
I like the smell of my girlfriend's perfume when it mixes with her sweat

Seconding hospital smell! Or doctor's practice. Or pharmacy. I love anything medical, basically.

 

[winamp]

fresh permeant markers, hand sanitizer, astringent, dirt especially wet dirt the kind of dampness you would find under a pile of leaves in the fall

 

[DarkRange55]

Weed (a lot of people hate it), some cigarettes, a brand of drain cleaner that smells like lemonene, new tires, tennis balls.

Depends on which of the 20,000 different terpenes, and also on the concentration.
When I am in a pine forest (or weeding my tomatoes), I breathe deeply without worry.
But I wouldn't stay in a small room and spray turpentine everywhere...

 

[sserafim]

fresh permeant markers, hand sanitizer, astringent, dirt especially wet dirt the kind of dampness you would find under a pile of leaves in the fall

I love the smell of leaves in the fall. Not dirt though lol

Weed (a lot of people hate it), some cigarettes, a brand of drain cleaner that smells like lemonene, new tires, tennis balls.

Depends on which of the 20,000 different terpenes, and also on the concentration.
When I am in a pine forest (or weeding my tomatoes), I breathe deeply without worry.
But I wouldn't stay in a small room and spray turpentine everywhere...

You like the smell of weed? How? It smells gross to me. I guess each to their own though

 

[Silent_cries]

Barns and stables. Being around animals is like heaven to me. Wish I could live on a farm.

 

[Meteora]

You can like the smell of sweat? How? It smells disgusting to me

Hm ok, now I feel a bit exposed but I loved the smell of my ex's sweat. It's pheromones, maybe, don't know.

 

[DylanNeverEnding]

Rain, cut grass, coffee,

 

[sserafim]

Rain, cut grass, coffee,

Same. I love the smell of coffee