Smells you like/dislike ?

Smells you like/dislike ?

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J4CKO

Original Poster:

41,286 posts

199 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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My wife has got some hand soap for the kitchen and it smells of Roses allegedly, I cant stand it, it makes me feel queasy, she cooked smoked fish Risotto and that was making me heave as she re-heated it from the microwave, smells like old folks home !

Weird ones I like, Dettol, JET A1/plane fumes in general, the dog, aged 944 interiors, wood smoke, Cigar smoke (in small doses), Solder, uncatalysed petrol engines.


Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah

12,787 posts

99 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Creosote. Whilst no longer available it takes me back to 5 years old, when dad painted his fences with it.

DoubleSix

11,691 posts

175 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Jogging clunge.




Kind of a love/hate thing going on with that one.

Palms

254 posts

150 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Garlic, horrid smell

Love the smell of 2 stroke

fttm

3,666 posts

134 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Bacon , Deepheat, Castrol R .

MitchT

15,788 posts

208 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Love the smell of old cars. When I was at the Alexandra Palace show I poked my head into a Ferrari 400i - smelt wonderful. Then, a few weeks later at a restaurant in London, I ordered a Greek coffee. The grounds left in the cup smelt EXACTLY the same as the interior of that Ferrari! Also, the smell of F1 fumes at the 1990 British Grand Prix ... my cats heads (they smell like biscuit) ... the smell when you're opening a new Apple product's packaging ... Estée Lauder Pleasures ... a good French red wine, specifically the smell when you poke your nose back in the glass immediately after taking a sip ... Pizza ... Curry ... full English breakfasts ... sea air ... freshly cut grass ... freshly baked bread ... I could go on.

Dislike ... Tinned sweetcorn, cig smoke, diesel fumes, lilies when they start to turn (gives me a blinding headache).

Martin350

3,775 posts

194 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Like:

Peaty / smokey flavoured whisky
The interior smell of an old car. I bought my MG Midget partly because of how it smelt.
Angle grinding
Welding
WD40



Dislike:

Omelettes being cooked - but I love eating them
Any flavour of stuff that goes in those huge vape/cumulonimbus devices.
Cheesy Wotsits


Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Lavender.

I'm perfectly happy with the real thing, but can't bear lavender 'fragrance'. It's not the smell so much, but it seems to close my airways so I struggle to breathe.

alfie2244

11,292 posts

187 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Castrol R 2 stroke mmmmmmmmmmmmm cloud9

J4CKO

Original Poster:

41,286 posts

199 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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DoubleSix said:
Jogging clunge.




Kind of a love/hate thing going on with that one.
Clunge, my knowledge of Inbetweeners and general slang vernacular means I know that means female genitalia.

So, get that bit, but where does the jogging come in ? does your significant other partake in running and doesnt get chance for a shower post exercise or are you the scourge of local female runners and their laundry baskets ?

And why love/hate ?

Anyway, I had it in mind that lady gardens would make an appearance early on biggrin

227bhp

10,203 posts

127 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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I think puke has to be my worst.

J4CKO

Original Poster:

41,286 posts

199 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Martin350 said:
Like:

Peaty / smokey flavoured whisky
The interior smell of an old car. I bought my MG Midget partly because of how it smelt.
Angle grinding
Welding
WD40



Dislike:

Omelettes being cooked - but I love eating them
Any flavour of stuff that goes in those huge vape/cumulonimbus devices.
Cheesy Wotsits
My missus is with you on the Omelette thing, she cant abide it but loves them, I am ambivalent to the smell mostly, but burnt egg isnt nice and occasionally you get it bang on and it smells great.


Smell is different to other senses it has a direct link to memories so it can trigger them easily, so I think a lot of smells and our reactions to them are formed early on and our state of mind at the time may have a bearing on how we react now.





bingybongy

3,858 posts

145 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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The smelly bds that come into the pub straight after playing five-a-side without getting showered and changed every Thursday.
Bleach.

Digger

14,588 posts

190 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Weed! I don't partake at all, but when walking down a street and you catch the scent, I always find myself taking a few extra sniffs. smile

AdamIndy

1,661 posts

103 months

Saturday 11th February 2017
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Love
The smell of coffee, I love the smell but hate the taste.
Petrol
WD40
Tyre smoke, good tyres smell different to cheap ones too.
Lemons

Hate
Gearbox oil, makes me gag. It is rank!
My current wheel cleaner, smell like long dead ring piece. Probably.
Old people's homes
The public toilets at work
BO. JUST fkING WASH YOU SMELLY bdS! Not you lot obviously, you lot smell of directorship.hehe

seyre1972

2,607 posts

142 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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MitchT said:
Love the smell of old cars. When I was at the Alexandra Palace show I poked my head into a Ferrari 400i - smelt wonderful. Then, a few weeks later at a restaurant in London, I ordered a Greek coffee. The grounds left in the cup smelt EXACTLY the same as the interior of that Ferrari! Also, the smell of F1 fumes at the 1990 British Grand Prix ... my cats heads (they smell like biscuit) ... the smell when you're opening a new Apple product's packaging ... Estée Lauder Pleasures ... a good French red wine, specifically the smell when you poke your nose back in the glass immediately after taking a sip ... Pizza ... Curry ... full English breakfasts ... sea air ... freshly cut grass ... freshly baked bread ... I could go on.

Dislike ... Tinned sweetcorn, cig smoke, diesel fumes, lilies when they start to turn (gives me a blinding headache).
You can get a candle. that is meant to smell like new apple products ..

Tinned Sweetcorn !! Wife and daughter often have leave a half can open in the fridge .... makes me want to vomit

philthy

4,689 posts

239 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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Necrosis. Being brought up on a farm, and having worked in social hosing, it doesn't ever leave you.

On the plus side, a barbecue cooking, and the smell of a good malt.
Others include:
Rotting leaves in Autumn.
A "snow day" in the mountains.
Castrol R.
Wood smoke.

thebraketester

14,192 posts

137 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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Hate the smell of Diesel engines, coupled with fair ground rides = vom

Love the smell of petrol and petrol exhaust. Smell of a proper open fire.

WizzBang

297 posts

105 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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Like: Tarmac being laid, freshly cut grass, bread baking, vanilla.

Dislike: Peach. Really hate peach. Nothing worse than peach.

kwaka jack

270 posts

171 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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Like

2 stroke smoke
Garlic
Freshly cut grass
Petrol
Benzene (really not very good for you)
WD40
Bacon

Dislikes

Cigeratte smoke/breath, Its fking disgusting.
Body odour
Onions