I’ll start with the fact that I kind of like the smell of gasoline, and also bleach for some reason.

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    I’ll start with the fact that I kind of like the smell of gasoline,

    That is not nearly unpopular.

    For me, pure Isopropyl alcohol (as in not part of some product). Reminds me of doctor’s office when I was a kid, and I like it.

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      There’s literally an Outkast song called “Gasoline” about it!

      🎵 “Don’t everybody like the smell of gasoline…” 🎶

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    I’m not a fan of the “new car smell”, for some reason. The “new computer smell”, on the other hand, is a rare treat.

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        Also not OP, but without a doubt yes every time. I’ve don’t think I’ve ever noticed the natural smell of a human being other than myself as a negative smell. OTOH, someone who is fresh out of the shower and used something like a strongly scented shampoo should quarantine themselves for at least a bit before doing something like getting on a bus.

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          Overall I agree but I’ve been much too close to some people who haven’t bathed in a while and that is an unpleasant smell.

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      If it’s something you have to be intimately close to smell it’s nice, if you sit down at the table next to me and I can smell it that’s rough

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    Spent gunpowder smells absolutely lovely.

    While not particularly good, it’s not bad either: I’m immune to the smell of cow dung. Pig, sheep, horse, etc smell horrible. But Cow shit is perfectly OK. Guess which animal I grew up with.

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      LOVE black powder. Whatever’s in my AR-15 shells is foul though. No other round bothers me. .22LR, .22MAG, .380. .45, any given shotgun shell, no problem. Every .223 round smells awful.

      Anyone know what that might be?

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        Dunno. I’ve mostly fired 7.62x51 NATO as well as some other NATO standard rounds. They are smelled the same.

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      Nauseated. Though as an American I’m about ready to give up on this crusade. Nauseous means you make others want to vomit.

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        https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nauseous

        They’ve even got a special note for people like you:

        Those who insist that nauseous can properly be used only to mean “causing nausea” and that its later “affected with nausea” meaning is an error for nauseated are mistaken. Current evidence shows these facts: nauseous is most frequently used to mean physically affected with nausea, usually after a linking verb such as feel or become; figurative use is quite a bit less frequent. Use of nauseous to mean “causing nausea or disgust” is much more often figurative than literal, and this use appears to be losing ground to nauseating. Nauseated is used more widely than nauseous when referring to being affected with nausea.

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      Most seafood doesn’t get me too badly, though I still don’t like it. Cooking shrimp, on the other hand, makes it hurt to breathe for some reason. Not the same as nausea, but it still sucks.

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    Perfumes and air fresheners. They all smell like toxic chemicals to me.

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    Cat piss does not smell particularly bad to me.

    Maybe it’s toxoplasma speaking.

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      I have cats, but they mostly pee where they’re supposed to.

      The icky cat pee smell happens when they pee on things not designed for cat pee, and then those things aren’t adequately washed. E.g., suitcases, clothes, curtains, backpacks.

      So, someone in my position might not think cat pee smells terrible, except I’ve been to houses where the cats weren’t as well-behaved, and those houses stank.

      When my wife and I were house-hunting, one of the houses we disqualified solely for the cat pee smell.

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      Yea I’m not a fan of them but cat piss and shit smells don’t disgust me at all. I can eat in the kitchen after my cat had a shit on the other side of the room, no problem.

      As you say, could be the toxoplasma.

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    I love the smell of bleach.

    Absolutely hate the stench of coffee. About the only thing worse is coffee with vanilla in it. Disgusting.

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      Ooh, I was struggling to come up with one but you helped me think of one: vanilla-scented anything is gross in my opinion. Real vanilla is fine but the synthetic stuff is nasty. Unfortunately for me, all of my friends seemed to love vanilla-scented candles and lotions and I couldn’t escape it as a teen and college student. Bleh.

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      Ah yes I hate the smell of coffee, thanks for reminding me of that!

      Stuff smells like cigarettes to me!

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    I hate the smell of raw brown sugar. I like it in foods, and it’s fine cooked, but the raw smell makes me gag.

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    Lavender because of garbage bags. Scented garbage bags are awful.

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      My Latin-American upbringing hurts reading this. I loveeee lavender smell. I’ve associated it with cleanliness.

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    Motor oil is a smell that I really like. It’s from growing up around mechanic shops, I think.

    I hate the smell of sandalwood. It’s just overwhelming and I can’t get past the heaviness of it. My coworkers use a tobacco and sandalwood scented room spray and I want to gag every time.

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    I like the smell of moldy houses. I’ve been told it’s a health hazard, so I don’t engage or encourage it, but when people excuse the smell in their residence, I tell them I like it.

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    I love the smell of wood burning/camp fire smell. There’s something I find comforting about it. I’ve yet to find a candle that exactly replicates the smell, but if I ever do, I’m buying 50.

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      Theres a tea called lapsang souchong. Its a smoked black tea.

      I tell people its campfire tea. God damn it smells good. Better than any candle ever will be.

      Edit: if you don’t really want to drink it you could also just use it as potpourri with it and get that wonderful campfire smell

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        Seconded. It’s like drinking a smoky campfire. It’s definitely not for everyone, or can be overwhelming. I like it occasionally. Nobody else in my house can stand it.

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          Theres a russian caravan which iirc is half and half assam and lapsang souchong which might be more palatable to people, but ill go full campfire for myself, everytime

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            I hated tea (well, didn’t really hate. Just didn’t see the point) until I had Smokey Earl Grey at my friend’s house which I immediately called Bacon Tea. The sweet from the Earl Grey plus the smokey from the Lapsang Souchong really reminded me of a good thick cut piece of bacon dipped in maple syrup.

            Then they recommended straight up Lapsang Souchong if I liked the smokey tea. I haven’t drank anything else since. That was like 8 years ago.

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              A number of loose leaf tea places ive been to have a cream of earl grey tea i like. Ill have to mix them, that sounds delicious!

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        I actually can’t stand tea, like TEA tea, but I do like herbal teas. I like the idea of using the lapsang souchong as potpourri, though! I’ll try that.

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          Now you have me thinking “can you water plants with tea? What plants would benefit from the tea?” Would the aroma also maybe help keep bugs away? Or would it attract more bugs"

          I think you and i just developed a new organic pesticide! And who says hate isnt constuctive! Lol

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      I think almost everyone likes that smell.

      I can imagine it’s hard to replicate in a candle, though.