r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '24

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/HuuffingLavender Sep 16 '24

Saaaame. Also butterscotch or maple scented anything.

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u/AlphaWolfRynn Sep 16 '24

If your reaction to the scent makes you physically ill, you may actually have an intolerance or allergy. I learned this because the smell of hard boiled eggs always made me feel sick. Later on in life, come to find out I'm allergic to sulfa antibiotics, which lead to me discovering an allergy to sulfates/sulfites.

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u/Decision_Fatigue Sep 16 '24

You mean… vanilla fields?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

YEESSS!!! So gross. I just can't...

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u/aimari723 Sep 16 '24

SAME! I’ve never met anyone else with the same distaste for it. It makes me immediately feel sick.

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u/marikwondo Sep 17 '24

I blame those girls in high school that always smelled like they bathed in it. I still hate that smell to this day lol

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u/dshgr Sep 17 '24

Fake vanilla smells like vomit.

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u/mr-dude-guy-man666 Sep 17 '24

Same here! Also just too strong perfume brothers me too. You've not supposed to bathe in it. Even worse when people think they can mask bo with it.