Smells That You Like and Others Don't

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I was just talking yesterday about the smell of dead animal. I like its heavy, woodsy scent when it's not too strong and I'm passing through some woods in my car. It reminds me of home...but also, there's something in the odor that makes me hungry for meat. Throwback to some sort of early human instinct?

I also like skunk, gasoline at a distance, and dog breath.

On a weird note, I have a really sensitive nose and I am strongly affected by odors I don't like. I can smell milk going bad without opening the fridge. If I smell an odor that's offensive to me, I completely lose my appetite and can't focus on anything but the smell.

Is your super sensitive nose the kind where your sense of smell is so strong you can taste smells and it makes you ill? I have hyper senses (all five, to the point I can get overloaded and have anxiety with too much stimulation. I took medicine for fibromyaligia to try and "numb" me but it had an unfortunate blood pressure side effect.

Originally Posted by Tulip86

I love the smell in (most) Indian/Asian food shops, all of the spices smell so good.

I also really love vinegar, and use it in a lot of recipes, but boiling/cooking vinegar can smell really weird, and I know a lot of people hate it. Don't care, I love it anyway.

I couldn't think of anything until you mentioned vinegar. That is something I like to smell and eat and I guess a lot of people wouldn't like it. Thanks for helping me join in the thread