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I was caught sniffing my own bellybutton at school. Was it so wrong?
(via a finger, I might add) (my OWN finger) (jeez!)
What did it smell like?
Cocaine
The only thing I like about going to the Dentist, is the Coke-like smell.
Petrol being pumped and two-stroke being combusted.
My balls.
Can't remember, getting caught put me off for life.
C'mon. For the sake of science, just one little dab. Do it for the children.
Glue. I remember being in a woodwork class when very young and the teacher saw me sniffing it and took it off me in a pretty robust way. I had no idea why. Got home and told my parents and they explained why.
It was a one time event.
This is hilarious
Blood (smell)
and Blood (taste)
New tyres.
Smells like bike shops*
*Or as I call it a well spent teenage era
Modern bike shops just don't hit the same
I love the smell of...
1) Evo Stick Contact Adhesive - my Dad used to use it and I have some great memories
2) Warm engine smell - similar to the above. It's about time spent with my Dad (I think)
3) Castrol R and Nitromethane model engine fuel smoke - RC model helicopters were a hobby of mine for a while
4) Horse/Cow 5h1t - years of farming created a lot of good memories associated with this
5) Sheep Dip - same reason as above
Back when smoking was allowed in pubs...walk past a pub on a Saturday lunchtime and the fans are pumping out a heady combination of old beer and smoke. Loved that.
Hand-rolled cigarette smoke wafting past your nose in the wind down at the beach.
Horse manure. It reminds me of mucking out the stables as a child. Also gathering dung from my field when I owned a pony.
The oily metallic smell of a proper garage or workshop. Could sit and breathe it in all day.
When I was younger I loved the smell my mum's car made in the garage when it started up. Not the same since they've taken lead out of petrol. Probably explains a few things 😁
Oh yeah the contact adhesive, agreed.
Petrol fumes.
A new magazine - Singletrackworld especially.
Fresh cut grass.
Old school travelling fairgrounds. Diesel fumes, candy floss and vomit!
My dad's Erinmore Mixture pipe tobacco when I was a nipper.
Brut 33 from when I was about 13 and every auntie and uncle bought it for me at Christmas in the form of soap (on a rope), talc and deodorant. See also Hai Karate and Old Spice! Minging really, but very evocative of a time and place.
tert-Butyldimethylsilyl chloride. It's like the essence of an earthy/grassy smell, but hydrolyses in your lungs to form hydrochloric acid.
Paraffin. I think because as a kid we'd have a paraffin heater hissing away on the landing during winters (pre-central heating). Quite comforting. I like a meths burner in a tent porch for the same reason, even if it does sometimes make your eyes water.
Solvents as many above (when I was at uni there was an "ether" lab with shielded lighting, no flames etc, plus not great ventilation - it was magic), also roofing/road tar and Castrol R (putoline in the same group as all them for me).
I also like the sort of fruity smell you seem to get on cold winter days around cattle farms - actually no idea what it is, silage maybe (or cold cowshite)?
I really like the smell of burning hair
Cellulose dope - many hours in the loft as a teenager building model aircraft. Possibly explains why I was always happy 😀
Also later in life spray painting cars with cellulose paint - lovely.
That's Xylene or Toulene isn't it? Pear drops, nasally.
(No smoking)
Nope, failing on this one. If I like it why shouldn't I?
I agree. It's a bit like that "disproportionately angry" thread. Things that make me really angry deserve to. Smells I like I can't see any reason why I shouldn't.
Smells I like I can't see any reason why I shouldn't
A few reasons for not smelling too much Xylene/Toluene:
Post-It Notes.
Warm electronics.
Cocaine failing that nail varnish remover
I'll bite : Organic Fuego Loco Hash. Circa 45% thc & riddled with terpenes. Smells just like transmission fluid, really chill high. I could use it as a smelling salt.
Not seen Tipex mentioned yet
Agree on gt85, warm electronics.
The greasy smell out of pub kitchen vents
Donner kebab
Another new book smeller here.
The smell of Cradley Heathens speedway
I know that smell! I used to live not far from Monmore Green! Similar smell at Hednesford Raceway. Damn there's some memories rekindled!
So not a thread about Spud-U-Like? (Pronounced "spudyouliquet" obv.) Sorry. Hate the U but I'll go anyway.
Wetsuit. Pref new and dry but doesn't matter. Sniff sniff.
I don't suppose it's bad but I love the small you get when you rub or bash quartz rocks together
Oh, another petrochemical one: cross-channel ferries. The car decks have a unique smell. Well I mean other ships might smell like that, I've never been on any other kind.
Yes! We used to go across to Esbjerg on the DFDS ferries back in the day; then for many years I didn't go on any ferry, til a couple of years back I was on the Holyhead boat, and it took me right back.
The old record player from the '60's when you lifted the lid to stick sunny afternoon 45 single on and then play the b side to death too I'm not like everybody else
The scalextric smell when you've tired the cars out , they're too hot and need a rest
Nobody has yet said the best answer
BURNING RUBBER
Cats, even kittens have a unique foot odour. You’ve got to sink your nose right between their toes (permission required!)
cats also give a great ‘fresh air smell’ when they’ve been active outdoors.
Can’t abide the smell of ‘foosty’ handbags.
There's a little ritual at home. After I come home from windsurfing, after an afternoon in a wetsuit, Mrs Bigjohn sniffs me and says "You smell rubbery" I then do my best Benny Hill Chinese accent "Ah so, fank you werry much".
That's lovely. Also kinda cheesy 😉
Castrol TTS in a 125 ridden WFO.
Whatever dangerous stuff they used in F1 cars at the start of the 90s.
Castrol TTS in a 125 ridden WFO.
Whatever dangerous stuff they used in F1 cars at the start of the 90s.