Ask Lemmy

I’ll start with the fact that I kind of like the smell of gasoline,

That is not nearly unpopular.

For me, pure Isopropyl alcohol (as in not part of some product). Reminds me of doctor's office when I was a kid, and I like it.

Spent gunpowder smells absolutely lovely.

While not particularly good, it's not bad either: I'm immune to the smell of cow dung. Pig, sheep, horse, etc smell horrible. But Cow shit is perfectly OK. Guess which animal I grew up with.

I love the smell of bleach.

Absolutely hate the stench of coffee. About the only thing worse is coffee with vanilla in it. Disgusting.

Cat piss does not smell particularly bad to me.

Maybe it's toxoplasma speaking.

Perfumes and air fresheners. They all smell like toxic chemicals to me.

New car smell, it's awful. Sort of stale plastic if I were to describe it.

Amplified by long trips on bad roads as kid. Guaranteed to make you feel like vomiting on some sections. Now when I anticipate/pack for a trip I tend to smell that again even though I'm not even in a car.

Pool water, I really like the smell of it.

I'm not a fan of the "new car smell", for some reason. The "new computer smell", on the other hand, is a rare treat.

Motor oil is a smell that I really like. It's from growing up around mechanic shops, I think.

I hate the smell of sandalwood. It's just overwhelming and I can't get past the heaviness of it. My coworkers use a tobacco and sandalwood scented room spray and I want to gag every time.

Cologne or perfume on a human. Stop. It's not nice, I don't want to smell you.

Literally anything that smells like seafood will make me nauseous

Lavender. It's too strong

I like the smell of skunk.

I like the smell of moldy houses. I've been told it's a health hazard, so I don't engage or encourage it, but when people excuse the smell in their residence, I tell them I like it.

I like the smell of other people. We work so hard to scrub ourselves clean, but I like to smell of people, even sweaty. I ask my spouse not to shower too often, lol. (Not trying to ask them to be super stinky... just a little favor.) I sneak a little smell every time I hug my kids.

IDK if this is popular or not, but I never hear anyone talk about it, so *shrug*

I hate the smell of raw brown sugar. I like it in foods, and it's fine cooked, but the raw smell makes me gag.

Lavender because of garbage bags. Scented garbage bags are awful.

Vinegar smell makes me want to vomit and it's used in every fecking fish n chips place. blergh

Banana

A bagel covered in cheese and toasted is a heinous smell. I love cheese and I love bagels but for some reason it makes me gag.

Like: Chlorinated water smell, so yes bleach, there was a chlorinated water fountain in a building I used to work in and I would just go sit by it and smell it, so relaxing. Pot and tobacco both smell so good before they are burning, too, but the smoke, no, yuck.

Dislikes: I have trouble with rose, lavender.

I love the smell of basements. The humidity and the green, decades old moss on the wall gives off this refreshing yet mature scent. As a plus, it's also often cooler than the air at ground level. Mmmm.

Geraniums

I love the smell of mothballs

fresh printed business cards from an actual printing press, with ink.

Same for the gasoline. It's not as uncommon to like it as you might think

I love the smell of alfalfa, I even have scent modifiers in the scent. People think I'm crazy (not that they don't already).

I like the faint smell of cigarettes from a distance.

I grew up in a post-Soviet European suburb where almost everyone kept some kind of farm animal. The smell of chicken manure gives me the good kind of nostalgia.

On the negative side, both the smell and taste of strawberries is offensively generic.

I agree with you on gasoline. I also enjoy the smell of the blue liquid you put in your car and then spray on the windshield (I don't know what it's called).