People Confess Which Weird Smells They Actually Like

Skunk

"Skunk"

"Not getting sprayed directly because I've never had that happen so I don't know if I'd like it, but the lingering aftermath."

"My friend's dogs got sprayed and I helped get them bathed. It almost drove them out of their house, but I liked the smell. It lingered for months."

- LakotaGrl

Home Sh*t Home

"I grew up beside a sewage treatment plant, and it processes the waste of about 60,000 local people including surrounds (largest town in my country)."

"To everyone else it smells like sh*t and it did to me at the start, but now the smell is a comfort, a nice smell, like freshly cut grass or petrol at a petrol station!"

"I don't think it smells like sh*t anymore but when I smell it sometimes I have to pretend it smells bad."

- malzyboii

​Disney Home Video

"I remember liking the smell of Disney VHS cases."

- AtlUtdGold

"Omg. This unlocked a memory for me. I also loved this. But I haven’t done it in so long that I had forgotten. But this comment literally brought the smell right back. Thank you!"

- el-mil

"Me toooooo. Holy sh*t. I feel like it’s 1995 and I’m on the living room floor about to pop in Pocahontas for the 4th time today."

- lubs96

Memories

"I dont know if this counts, where I used to live is very common to hug people all the time, and if I have been in someone's home before, the place would have a particular smell, and almost everytime I would hug them, they would smell like their home."

"It always felt good to make that association, it was comforting somehow."

- Montpierce

"Same for me, and then when you're out and about and you catch a wiff of something that smells the same even if it's been years they pop into your mind."

- loonettt

New Tech

"The smell of brand new tech gadgets. It smells of technology. Whenever I buy a new mouse or keyboard (it is especially true for logitech products I don't know if it is a general thing) I sniff them as long as I can detect that sweet plastic-y, ultra clean-smelling goodness."

- bobisz

"Back when CD's were the dominant form of data transfer, I would LOVE every time a new one was opened, just sniffing the new CD."

"Years later, I discovered a nearly identical (to me) smell that works just as well... fresh saffron. Saffron smells like new CD's to me, and I love it."

- ConnectionIssues

Mimeograph Solvent

"Ah, back in the old days, the smell of papers that the teacher handed out that were fresh off those old hand-cranked mimeograph machines. The solvent. Mmmm."

- whazzup_b*tches

Pool Toys

​"Pvc pool toys when you're unfolding them before you blow them up."

- NoticeWhenUAreHappy

"I bought a shower curtain the other day and instead of a light plastic smell it smelled heavily of inflatable pool toys, best shower ever."

- I_PEE_WITH_THAT

More paper...

"New magazines or flyers."

- TLBG

"Freshly printed newspapers."

- Reddit

Basements

"I love the smell of basement- which I don't know if is weird, but I'm the only one I know who likes it."​

- AmeliaUsesReddit

"Yessss, also sometimes underground parking garages or stairwells have it. Everyone always thinks I’m an idiot when I bring it up."

- Fenzik

Hot Streets

"Asphalt or tar in the summer."

"I grew up in Chicago and I like that smell now for some reason."

- deadpantrashcan

​Home Depot

"The smell of Home Depot"

- lanuevagringa

"I have long been hoping for Yankee Candle to team up with Home Depot to do a lumber aisle scented candle."

- MintyFreshBreathYo

​Hot Pavement And Rain

"Hot parking lot when it first starts to rain."

- TheUSForestService

"The best! I can smell it now. Thanks for that."

"That smell in a sun shower is like the best feeling you could ever feel."

- uffdathatisnice

​Burnt Matches

​"Matches after the flame goes out."

- makeful

"Ooooh I like the smell when you blow out a candle."

- Kaisa_is_short

Mud

"Dirt in rainy season."

- Illustrious-Layer-86

"Farm dirt when they first till the fields in the Spring."

- Reddit

Car Storage

"Gasoline and garages."

"My sister opened her garage the other day and I said how much I love the smell and my entire family (solid 12 people) stared at me in disbelief."

- EnvironmentalSky8872

Meat of Fish

"Butchers or fish mongers. Triggers the caveman part of my brain."

- choccysmeg

The Other Carb

"Phenol. Toxic chemical used in antiseptic soap and some poisonous mushrooms, also known as carbolic."

"Smells simultaneously musty and clean, yet oddly pleasant."

- celestial800

While there are some smells that seem like everyone must hate them, there's always going to be someone who thinks they smell better than roses.