Smells That You Like and Others Don't

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Originally Posted by Jen

I love the smell of gasoline at the pumps. Most people I know hate it.

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I'm the same way. I like the smell when I'm at the pump, but if gas gets on my hand or I take a gas can home, I hate that smell. It's weird.

^^ there's some weird innuendo here, in my head, and i cant place it. But co-sign on gasoline smell.

Originally Posted by Shellfish

plasticky smell of a newly opened vinyl shower curtain.

Originally Posted by Smile_Awhile

The smell of the first light off a cigarette.

Originally Posted by Jen

Me too! Just that first light ... after that the smell goes and it's just smoke.

Originally Posted by Scully

And maybe the fact that I'm a graphic artist is why I inhale the hot-off-the-presses printed literature that gets delivered from our vendors. I sniff paper! And I love the smell of an old book.

ALL OF THESE. I knew GC was my brothers and sisters from other mothers and misters.

A smell that I LOVED as a kid was those copy sheets that looked kinda purple-ish... not exactly carbon copies, but they had this alcohol-type smell that filled me with glee. Probably why I like the smell of rubbing alcohol and nail polish remover. And printer toner when the printer is warm.

ETA: Ditto copies! There's a scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High where they all smell the exam the teacher gives out... my entire 4th grade, yo.

Also, the inside of a Band-Aid tin container, new pencils/Crayola crayons (linked to that vinyl/new pencilcase smell).

The smell of hardware supplies takes me back to my childhood, as my grandfather owned a mom-and-pop type hardware store, before Home Depot/Lowes moved in. I can go to either of those stores (or be on a cronstruction site) and just be in LOVE with the smell in the air. Wood, metal, paint...yes.