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Steam Deck fan smell
Oh so you're the reason they put out that health and safety statement.
No, Valve went out of their way to make it smell like electric strawberry.
Beat me to it
Wtf I thought I was alone
Gasoline.
Gasoline and motor oil.
Skunk
This is mine too. Smells like weed to me.
I get what you mean… as long as it’s from a distance or a long time after it sprayed. I was recently in the vicinity of a skunk that had just sprayed (not at me, but happened maybe 50 feet away max), and holy shit it’s so, so much worse up close. I had an N95 on and had to retreat because the stench was unbearable. Like burning tires and acid and it’s SO overwhelming that you can fucking taste it.
0/10, would avoid if possible. I still find the smell from a good distance like a 6/10 though.
Lapsang Souchong tea, most people seem to hate it. Also plastic glue
the sharpie pro marker
Secondhand cigarette smoke (but not too strong) even though i've never smoked
Microbiology labs. It’s this weird microbe-on-agar musk.
That's a good one, I like it too!
I got excited the first day I saw a case of chocolate agar come in. Then I read what it was.... 😔
Now, some of the labs where they compounded, they had all the flavor extracts, so doing inventory on that stuff I'd take my time and take big whiffs of fake banana and grape candy flavor. Way better than the VOCs and weird metals I normally got to smell in most of the lab and chem store areas.
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It's pharmacies for me. Not sure how to explain it, but it's smell I really like for some reason
Alfalfa. I even have scents made after it, which has led many to suggest I'm taking my role as a rural woman too far.
Fresh cut hay reminds me of helping my grandparents. So you’re not alone with the farm/ rural smells. Alfalfa is a sweet, neutral scent - I’d argue it’s better than some of the perfumes and cologne out there that just smother me with their smell
The first time a heater turns on for the year
Tbh the smell gives me a tiny bit of anxiety because I'm always hoping that a fire doesn't break out lol
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My man's sweaty taint.
Okay, we can all go home now, we found the winner
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There’s a distinct musty basement smell. Not like…moldy and swampy, but just a little damp.
Cannabis.
It's the only thing I could have and describe as, "baby vomit as a prevailing odour, with hints of Stilton, chocolate, and a lot of pinesol in the background" as something positive.
Bakelite, especially fresh sawed or sanded.
Delicious cancer.
Can't really put it into cohesive words. But the smell of something like a basement/garage/stairwell, a bit damp/moist. Smells like petrichor
Cigarette smoke drifting on cold air
Cocaine
Freshly poured asphalt.
fresh gear grease is kinda nice. got a bit of a black peppery scent that's quite pleasant
I once read an article about how Valve is discouraging customers from smelling the exhaust of the Steam Deck.
Intrigued and willing to risk a couple brain cells for science, can confirm, it does smell nice.
Gasoline exhaust, but not diesel. Maybe the engine should be old as well....
Me.
I had a partner who smelled weirdly almost indistinguishable from me. Now my own scent reminds me of them.
A long time ago I dated a girl whose natural scent was this subtle heady musk.
Oh, but it was intoxicating. 30 years and I can still remember it.
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Those giant metal permanent markers and yo mom's feet.
Potassium cyanide. We used a very dilute form of it as a laboratory reagent (a safer alternative to its cousin hydrogen cyanide, in case that’s what you’re thinking of). It just smells clean - sort of like a candle that’s labeled as “fresh laundry” or “spring breeze”.
A newly opened package of those survey marker flags you stick in ground. It smells like those old vinyl pool floaties dialed up to 11.
When the toilet has been cleaned with a lot of chlorine/bleach, and I pee in it, it smells nice. It's probably not good for me, but I can't help but take a few sniffs when that happens.
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Leather oil + dry horse poop
Creosote, not the plant but the stuff they treat wood with. Smells like piers and amusement parks. Love it. Carcinogenic.
Xylene. I think it's maybe used as a paint thinner in some cases? I work in a lab where it is used daily in fairly large quantities (although not for thinning paint). I love it. Highly toxic tho lol.
Stinky tofu. I know it's supposed to smell like an open sewer or other such insulting comparisons, but to me it smells like a delicious meal about to land.
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